SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"Visibility in the network is huge. Using the NetFlow analyzer, along with their NPM and NCM modules, are key for keeping our network up to date and for visibility."

"The product is a great experience to use and I never experienced any problems with this software application."

"This solution gives us a simple way to monitor traffic that is coming in and out, showing how much bandwidth is both inbound and outbound clearly on the dashboard."

"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."

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

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

"NTA gives you visibility so you can make good decisions regarding new devices and adding uplinks of traffic."

"The performance analysis is a valuable feature, and 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."

"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."

"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."

"The product is simple to implement."

"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."

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

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

"What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation, supports cards and monitoring permissions, and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities, so you won't need to install other tools and can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark."

"The session-level filtering features are valuable."

"It is scalable, but it could be simplified because it is not completely easy. The price could be reduced to make this product more competitive."

"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."

"The licensing model of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is always an issue for users because competitors offer unlimited and perpetual licenses, and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's model is quite costly compared to other brands."

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

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

"The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad."

"The solution should improve its automation feature. It's quite limited compared to other products."

"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."

"DNS could be improved."

"With Wireshark, you cannot download and utilize the packet in automation."

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

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

"The Wireshark search function shows green for a correct search and red for an incorrect search."

"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."

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

"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 reasonable."

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

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

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

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

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

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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