SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."

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

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

"The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment."

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

"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."

"What my organization likes best about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its easy deployment. It's also well-integrated in terms of monitoring because my organization also uses a SolarWinds solution for monitoring. You can connect SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer directly to that monitoring tool to get information. My organization also finds the default graphs that appear before the configuration in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer very useful."

"It doesn't cost too much."

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

"The initial setup is simple."

"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."

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

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

"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."

"The product is simple to implement."

"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. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."

"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."

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

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is application visibility because some applications aren't being recognized correctly. You can see applications such as Facebook and YouTube, but SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer needs to have more visibility into more applications. Currently, SolarWinds fails to detect more powerful applications, such as Zoom and Teams. If SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can recognize every application and be able to report on each in terms of bandwidth, then that would be good. This is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."

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

"They should work on the configuration of the Log Analyzer feature."

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

"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."

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

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

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

"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."

"Wireshark's UI isn't easy to handle and doesn't have as nice a view as Omnipeek."

"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."

"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."

"Wireshark could make the filtering rules easier to apply and offer a drag-and-drop option as opposed to type and text."

"The decryption of encrypted packets could be better."

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

"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."

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

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"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."

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

"Wireshark is free software, so you don't have to pay any licensing fee. Individual people can use it and then donate to Wireshark."

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

"It's free."

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

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

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

"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."

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