SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."

"The solution helps manage networks."

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

"The dashboard alerts me when a critical device goes off the network."

"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."

"The program is scalable enough for our usage."

"The software management tools are very useful for our customers."

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

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

"The solution is easy to install and use."

"The most valuable feature of Wireshark is the ability to choose a destination of flow that has not been working as expected."

"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."

"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"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."

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

"Being able to dissect email data and figure out what is inside email messages was the most valuable feature. Such a feature is pretty helpful for an ongoing forensic investigation or when there is a potential insider threat that you are trying to investigate. It allows you to see the network activity of the users you are investigating. It also gives you more visibility into your network. It was very easy to set up. There is a lot of information out there on Google and YouTube about how to use it. There is also community support. If you have any trouble, it is pretty easy to find an answer online. You will have to do some digging only if you have a very specific use case."

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

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

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

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

"I would like to see better customization capabilities."

"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."

"Customer Support is quite complex."

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

"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."

"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."

"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."

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

"It needs the ability to follow multiple interfaces for specific traffic from different network zones/virtual networks. It would help to understand how any packet is going through the network."

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

"I have not used Wireshark to an advanced point where I could provide a detailed opinion on improvements needed."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

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

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

"It's free."

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

"It is free."

"It is free to download and install. It runs on multiple platforms, so how can you go wrong?"