SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."

"The support is excellent."

"What the network team found most valuable in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it helps them to troubleshoot or analyze the issue. For example, traffic that comes from our location: India, goes to the US, so for the network team to analyze where the traffic comes from and where it is directed, and whether the packets are being dropped, they use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. The network team also likes that through the solution, they can analyze the complete traffic utilization and how they're going to use it. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is user-friendly. The team finds it comfortable to use."

"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."

"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."

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

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

"Wireshark analyzes networks, captures traffic and decrypts information passed through the communication channels into a form that is readable and can thus be used to learn how network protocols work."

"It has good basic features."

"Wireshark has a lot of features. It's a powerful tool if you're familiar with it. You can see everything on the network with it."

"The strongest feature of this solution, is the ability it gives us to carry out deep-packet inspections on our network, particularly when a function isn't performing as it should."

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

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

"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."

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

"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."

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

"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."

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

"The analysis can utilize algorithms like K-means clustering or associative neural networks for predictions rather than relying on generative AI, which is more suited for text."

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

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

"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."

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

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

"This product needs to improve the UI."

"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."

"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."

"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."

"Running Wireshark through an admin account for multiple exploits is unsecured."

"Not always simple to setup and get the filtering right when capturing data."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"The solution is open source so is free."

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

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

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

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

"It's free."

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

"The tool is free."