SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"I rate the support in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer as 10 out of 10 because whenever I open a tech ticket, they respond instantly, and their engineer is well-equipped to resolve the issues."

"The support is excellent."

"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."

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

"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."

"The solution helps manage networks."

"The session-level filtering features are valuable."

"The GUI is easy to use."

"It has good basic features."

"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."

"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 has a good syntax to put the commands in and get information out of."

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

"Setup is very easy. It's also possible to change source code and compile if you want to change something in the code, because it's free."

"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."

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

"SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer could improve its flexibility and integration with AI to provide analytics beyond just showing up/down statuses and traffic volumes."

"Currently, it shows only the top ten applications or ports in use, while the remaining data appears as 'remaining traffic,' causing confusion."

"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."

"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."

"The tool itself is very complicated, so training is required to handle it effectively."

"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."

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

"We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer."

"Wireshark could be improved by adding more monitoring features."

"DNS could be improved."

"This product needs to improve the UI."

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

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

"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."

"The pricing is really good."

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

"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."

"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 solution's licensing is high-priced."

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

"The pricing is reasonable."

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

"It is free."

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

"It's free."

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

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

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

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

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