SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

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

"We have already seen a return on our investment by going with ThousandEyes."

"It allows us to pinpoint which protocol is overloading the link."

"It provides proactive monitoring, rather than waiting for applications to go down due to heavy bandwidth or latency."

"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."

"It doesn't cost too much."

"NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility."

"The network performance monitor I have embedded has been able to give me a customized dashboard."

"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."

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

"It helped in the sense that it allowed the team to troubleshoot networks faster."

"If you're dealing with troubleshooting network, voice issues, or network operations, having a tool like Wireshark to dive into packet details is important. The initial setup is straightforward. Anyone starting out or looking to deploy it on your personal PC or machine can do it easily."

"I find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze."

"Wireshark has been getting better and better in the time I've been using it and it is a very helpful tool."

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

"Wireshark does exactly what I want and leaves me with no need to look elsewhere."

"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."

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

"Customer Support is quite complex."

"One area that we struggle with is the price. Because the price of this solution is so high, we are largely unable to introduce it into the local market, and only the banking sector has the means to afford it."

"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."

"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. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements. It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model."

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

"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."

"Wireshark does not allow you to make any changes relevant to the network; in other words, you can only observe the network."

"You need some basic knowledge to work with Wireshark. Maybe it could be more user-friendly just for new users. Just for the new generation."

"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly."

"The solution’s user interface could be improved."

"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."

"The average person would probably find Wireshark hard to use. When I first installed it, I was overwhelmed by all the data it was shooting out. It doesn't make sense until you start doing some research and figure out what everything means. It isn't the most user-friendly tool. It just provides so much information."

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

"I wish the filters were a little bit more prepopulated."

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

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

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"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."

"Licensing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is paid yearly, and there are no additional costs that you need to pay apart from the standard licensing fees because you don't need to purchase another solution to make SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer work. Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is more expensive than other solutions."

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

"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."

"The tool is free."

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

"It is free."

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

"It is an open-source solution."

"The solution is open source so is free."

"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."

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