SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer vs Wireshark comparison

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

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

"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."

"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."

"The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me."

"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."

"The solution helps manage networks."

"I find this tool very helpful in identifying the top traffic paths from source to destination, and determining which routes are consuming the most resources."

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

"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."

"The feature to incorporate Voice over IP (VoIP) incidents into network traffic analysis is valuable. Capturing voice or SIP communication allows for examination of interactions between SIP clients and SIP servers. This helps the team investigate or analyze issues related to call center servers and operators."

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

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

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

"The GUI is easy to use."

"The product is simple to implement."

"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."

"It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."

"They should work on the configuration of the Log Analyzer feature."

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

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

"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."

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

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

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

"We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer."

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

"Wireshark could make the filtering rules easier to apply and offer a drag-and-drop option as opposed to type and text."

"Big trace files (more than 1,000,000 packets) can be slow, but then you can use "TraceWrangler" (also free) to help with slicing and dicing the data."

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

"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 could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"It is free."

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

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

"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 tool is free."