SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"I would recommend SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer to others because it's very easy to use."

"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."

"At the end of the day, you can get very comprehensive reports showing you everything that is happening in the domain."

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

"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."

"The program is scalable enough for our usage."

"For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution."

"Overall, for my use cases, this product is very good and I recommend it."

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

"It has good basic features."

"Being able to dissect email data and figure out what is inside email messages was the most valuable feature."

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

"I use this free, open-source solution daily for packet analysis, and the packet details pane is particularly valuable."

"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 find Wireshark a very useful tool. Its best feature is that it allows me to deeply understand what's going on at the packet level, as well as any adverse signatures that I can analyze. When I need to create an IPS rule, I need to check the traffic deeply to get more insights about the actual traffic, what's the name of certain flags, etc., and I'm able to do all that through Wireshark. The tool is also user-friendly."

"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."

"Technical support needs improvement."

"The plotting of the device on the map is not appropriate."

"Customer support is quite complex."

"Technical support needs improvement."

"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."

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is application visibility because some applications aren't being recognized correctly."

"One thing I have noticed is that it is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network, so that is something that could be improved."

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

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

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

"Wireshark is also used for hacking which is a security breach."

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

"Bigger memory footprint."

"A room for improvement in Wireshark is its ease of use for beginners. It could be better. Another room for improvement in the tool is for it to provide more details about the traffic load. At the moment, Wireshark is adequate for me, so there isn't anything I'd like added to it in its next version."

"Cannot be used to diagnose any kind of network intrusions and hacking exploits."

"DNS could be improved."

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

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"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 pricing is reasonable."

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

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

"The pricing is really good."

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

"The solution is open source so is free."

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

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

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

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

"The tool is free."