SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis."

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

"The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me."

"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."

"This solution gives us important information about the utilization of protocols, particularly in terms of how often they are used."

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

"So far, it is a very stable product."

"I have found the most valuable feature you can design your sniffer the way you want to."

"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."

"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."

"The initial setup is simple."

"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."

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

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

"It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."

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

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

"The problem is that SolarWinds is trying to bolt in too much and that can leave bugs, which you have to then sort out, leaving the product unstable. SolarWinds needs to try and slow down and improve the stability of the product, as opposed to bringing out more and more features."

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is the dashboarding. The user interface also has room for improvement because it's currently clunky."

"Customer Support is quite complex."

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

"Technical support needs improvement."

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

"This product needs to improve the UI."

"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."

"The speed of the Internet could be improved, especially its performance."

"We'd like to be able to extract the output into an Excel table."

"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search. If there were a way to provide a description about what a search - and the similar ones which are available - can do, while a person is typing it, it would make the product easier to use and simultaneously decrease the learning curve."

"The solution has a steep learning curve. There are so many filters and features that are frequently being updated, it takes research, experience and familiarity to be able to use them. It could be a lot more user-friendly."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"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."

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

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"The pricing is really good."

"The tool is free."

"We are using a freeware version of this solution, so there are no licence costs involved."

"We're using the free version of Wireshark."

"It's free."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

"It is an open-source solution."