SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

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

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

"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

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

"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."

"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 tool provides insights into top utilization applications or it identifies which circuit or application is consuming the most on the complete one-gig circuit traffic path."

"I like the filtering feature as we can filter data easily. This feature is also available in tcpdump, but it's a simple piece of software. Wireshark is more advanced and has many features. It allows you to filter a lot of things. The output can be filtered easily. The most important feature is colorization. If I say, "Okay, this particular SMB protocol in red, it will show me red." It's easy to identify that protocol or capture data."

"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."

"It has good basic features."

"The solution is easy to install and use."

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

"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."

"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."

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

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

"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."

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

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

"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."

"I would like to see better customization capabilities."

"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."

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

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

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

"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."

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

"This product needs to improve the UI."

"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."

"Whenever we select one of the packets, in terms of the number of bytes, for example, there are three planes, and in the detailed plane, I have to count the number of bytes manually."

"It is difficult to scale this solution."

"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."

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

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

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"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."

"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've never personally had to pay for it, making it a highly valuable internet resource that's accessible for use. While they offer some paid versions, our firm has utilized the free version for the past three years."

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

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

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

"It is an open-source solution."

"It is free."

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