SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"What the network team found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it helps them to troubleshoot or analyze the issue. For example, traffic that comes from our location: India, goes to the US, so for the network team to analyze where the traffic comes from and where it is directed, and whether the packets are being dropped, they use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. The network team also likes that through the solution, they can analyze the complete traffic utilization and how they're going to use it. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is user-friendly. The team finds it comfortable to use."

"The solution helps manage networks."

"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."

"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."

"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."

"The program is scalable enough for our usage."

"What people found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its report customization feature."

"It helps in analyzing if something looks suspicious, such as a brute force attack or scanning from somewhere."

"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."

"The most valuable feature of Wireshark is the ability to choose a destination of flow that has not been working as expected."

"Wireshark is a good tool to start with network analyzing and packet capturing."

"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."

"The product is simple to implement."

"The best part about Wireshark, in my opinion, is its ability to analyze packet capture files."

"This solution does not do a very good job when I am trying to look deeper into my internal network, in particular with respect to individual ports."

"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."

"There is a lack of documentation ......as well as a lack of dashboards."

"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."

"The solution should improve its automation feature. It's quite limited compared to other products."

"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."

"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."

"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."

"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."

"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."

"It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control."

"A room for improvement in Wireshark is its ease of use for beginners. It could be better. Another room for improvement in the tool is for it to provide more details about the traffic load. At the moment, Wireshark is adequate for me, so there isn't anything I'd like added to it in its next version."

"Sometimes I need to use tcpdump when I need to check the packets on CLI."

"The product has been using the same GUI for many years."

"This product needs to improve the UI."

"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"The pricing is really good."

"I don't have information on the licensing cost for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because it's bundled with another SolarWinds solution. My organization has seven different models and pays for the license yearly. My organization also had to deploy additional pollers, but the cost wasn't very expensive, though I can't give the exact numbers."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"It's free."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

"I've never personally had to pay for it, making it a highly valuable internet resource that's accessible for use. While they offer some paid versions, our firm has utilized the free version for the past three years."

"It is free."

"It is free to download and install. It runs on multiple platforms, so how can you go wrong?"

"Wireshark is free of charge, and there's no license involved."

"It is an open-source solution."

"It's a stand-alone tool. If there is a commercial license for it I am unaware of it."