SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"I would recommend SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer to others because it's very easy to use."

"I can point out the exact root cause 'why.' If there is a slowness, I can point out what was before the issue or before the slowness, what it is, and what is now."

"The most helpful feature of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is bandwidth analysis, which lets you see who's hogging your network."

"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."

"With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption."

"We were previously using Zabbix, we also looked at alternative products such as Nagios, but SolarWinds was actually decided on only because it's got a lovely graphical interface, it's easy to use, has powerful reporting features, and excellent support."

"We conduct network traffic analysis for a couple of key reasons. First, we look for traffic anomalies, such as unexpected increases or decreases in network traffic within specific segments. This helps us determine if the network needs to be re-architected."

"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."

"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great, as it gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."

"I use the filters very often, to determine what type of traffic I am looking for. The use of filter allows traffic to be segmented so that a value can be looked at individually apart from the other traffic."

"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."

"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."

"This is a tool that gives you a clear-cut idea about where the issue is, and where the packs are dropping."

"What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation, supports cards and monitoring permissions, and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities, so you won't need to install other tools and can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark."

"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 best thing about Wireshark is the community/ecosystem."

"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."

"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files."

"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."

"The pricing is expensive."

"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."

"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."

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

"Customer Support is quite complex."

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

"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically. It could also work faster."

"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."

"Can be difficult for non packet heads to understand"

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

"Bigger memory footprint."

"I would like better control of bandwidth from the service provider."

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

"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."

"The pricing is really good."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"Wireshark is open source and gives great value and functionality to the network investigation."

"The tool is free."

"Wireshark is an open-source product, so it's free to use."

"I am using the free version of this solution."

"It's free."

"Wireshark is open-source and free of charge."

"Wireshark is free software, so you can download it and use it for free with no licensing fees."

"It is free."