SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."

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

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

"It was easy and straightforward to set the program up."

"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."

"We conduct network traffic analysis for a couple of key reasons. First, we look for traffic anomalies, such as unexpected increases or decreases in network traffic within specific segments. This helps us determine if the network needs to be re-architected."

"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."

"It helps us know when a branch is down because it has a graphic presentation of all the locations a node represents."

"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great. It gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."

"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."

"The solution is easy to install and use."

"Wireshark is a pretty good tool if somebody wants to learn packet analysis or just plain, simple debugging of network issues at an L2 or L3 level."

"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."

"The solution is a good tool for network troubleshooting or management."

"It helps in analyzing if something looks suspicious, such as a brute force attack or scanning from somewhere."

"The session-level filtering features are valuable."

"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."

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

"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."

"This solution does not do a very good job when I am trying to look deeper into my internal network, in particular with respect to individual ports."

"SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer could improve its flexibility and integration with AI to provide analytics beyond just showing up/down statuses and traffic volumes."

"Customer Support is quite complex."

"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."

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

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

"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 does not allow you to make any changes relevant to the network; in other words, you can only observe the network."

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

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

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

"It is easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of data you are looking at."

"Great scalability, but they are beginning to sacrifice ease of use for complexity."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"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."

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

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

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"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 really good."

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

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

"It is an open-source 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."

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

"The tool is free."

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

"It's free."