Statseeker Reviews

We primarily use this solution for monitoring. We check primarily for failures or latency in the network. 

This solution helps us to find the problem endpoints sooner.

Depending on how you sort your data, you can have a problem area come up to the top of your list. It also depends on what you are polling for, such as interface utilization, packet drops, or errors.

The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where you have everything right there on the screen.

I would like to see a friendlier user interface in the administration tool.

This solution is pretty stable, and we haven't really had any problems.

I have not used technical support for this solution.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

I was not involved in the initial setup of this solution.

One of our in-house teams handled the implementation.

I would recommend this product. It does what it is supposed to do.

This solution will help to find problem endpoints sooner, or other issues such as throughput and network congestion.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Capacity management of devices and carriage services.

Summary Reports provide a quick way to identify where potential issues are. Drill-downs provide more granular details very quickly.

• Custom reporting
• 95th Percentile
• Trend lines

Detailed data can be hard to extract in CSV form. Sometimes, being able to dump down raw data would be good so various time periods across a longer period could be analysed. At present, data can be presented within Statseeker, but there is lots of "white space" between data points.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

Excellent. Support team is brilliant. Always responsive. Always positive.

Currently using a variety of tools across multiple accounts.

We are using the Professional edition but would love to upgrade to the higher level Enterprise, as having the full feature set would be the way to go.

Understand what your outputs and customer requirements are first. Then configure the environment to support those needs.

SNMP monitoring for up/down locations and bandwidth monitoring: We are able to see problems before they start.

We can be proactive with our calls to customers to see what’s going on in their location before they might even know there is a problem.

The tool is pretty good as it is. It monitors everything we need it to on a day-to-day basis. You know, if I had to complain about anything, it would be the documentation. The videos are good but I’m a manual-reader kind of guy. A comprehensive document, including how-to’s, would be a great addition.

When it comes to documentation I think of Cisco as being the gold-standard.

You can go to their website, search for what you need and within a few click be at a document that will explain, step-by-step what you need to do.

Statseekers’ videos are useful for the basics but when you start getting into details I find there isn’t a lot of documentation.

Of course this might just be a matter of me not being able to find it on the website.  Which again comes down to me being able to search the available documentation. Either by an index-type search or clicking on a screenshot of a Statseeker screenshot and getting some sort of help context.

We have used the solution for two years.

We haven't encountered any issues with stability. I have to say Statseeker has been the most stable of all the applications we use for monitoring.

We have not yet encountered any issues with scalability. We’re still a small customer and I only monitor 20,000 or so interfaces.

We have always been using Statseeker.

Our network is a little special so we have to use a host file, which is burdensome but manageable.

The product seems comparable to other similar solutions, but I don’t pay the bills. I just get to spend the money.

There is no high availability over multiple locations (datacenters) and if you want to maintain what is monitored, I suggest you use the host file. Automatic has never really worked the way I expected it to.

Link transmit / receive graphs, errors, up status in one view.

We can quickly see at a glance the overall status of devices on the network. We can see which links are being heavily utilised at a glance and then investigate further if required. We can see what’s down very easily and we can tailor the monitoring screen to suit our needs.

The interface looks like a Windows 3.1 program. It needs a complete refresh. Sometimes it is difficult to see all the information you are after about a list of devices as it seems to only present what will fit on the first page and there is no way to scroll to the next page.

4 years.

Not that I am really aware of. The product is very stable and just sits there doing its thing (which is exactly what we want it doing).

We haven’t experienced any scalability issues, but that may be because we’re a relatively small organisation (less than 150 devices being monitored).

Quite good and helpful in the past. Training and briefing sessions are provided.

It was our first monitoring tool and we have kept it, but we also have an additional tool to complement Statseeker.

Straightforward. Doesn’t take long to setup and get operational.

We evaluated SolarWinds and ManageEngine.

Ensure you are clear on what you need the tool to do and get a proof of concept on your network to prove it. Make sure that the tool can be tailored to provide you with what you need, not just what comes out of the box.

The primary use of Statseeker is to monitor network performance on physical, data, and network layers of the network.

It improved departmental network operation and support, and delivered a better service to my customers, improving their businesses.

• Grouping
• Threshold/alerts
• Netflow analyser
• Private MIB object support

These are most valuable as they can provide more visibility into network performance, and for network troubleshooting.

Also, the easy-to-use Reporting feature is so important for presenting network performance to clients and business managers.

Statseeker presents a comprehensive view on a dashboard of how the network is performing. It collects three layers (physical, data link, and network) of data from network devices. This data is processed to produce informative and easy-to-read reports.

It could use more features on Netflow analyser, such as time series graphs and a single network export UDP port and UDP forwarding. 

Also, more private MIB object support such as WAN optimisation performance and wireless.

I haven't encountered any stability issues for many years.

I haven't encountered any scalability issues. Generating a large report is so quick.

I give top marks to their great support.

Initial setup is so simple and ready to use.

Pricing isn't expensive; very reasonable.

I am happy to advise others to use this product for monitoring their networks, as it is working so well. It is easy to use and a great value for investment.

Our primary use for this solution was to monitor devices. I was the Statseeker administrator before we switched to a new solution. I do, however, still go back and use it.

This solution allowed us to monitor bandwidth usage within the data center.

The most valuable feature is alerting.

I like the dashboard because it is simple and fast. The granularity is really good. I’m impressed.

It would be nice if they had twenty-four-hour technical support because we contact Australia and we have to wait for them to open.

Technical support for this solution is pretty good. The group we called was based out of Australia.

The initial setup for this solution was straight forward. They have good technical support and a good website that is clear.

We had some assistance from the National Statseeker team.

We did see ROI while we were using the solution.

Statseeker is pretty cheap.

We evaluated PRTG by Paessler AG before settling on this solution. We have since adopted a new solution, although I do still use Statseeker.

I like this product and would recommend it to a colleague at another company. It is fast, simple to use, pretty cheap, and they give you support.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.