We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."
"It doesn't cost too much."
"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"This solution offers a very good view of our network and allows us to effectively monitor performance."
"The most valuable features are language support and technical support."
"One of the best features is the reports feature."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"From web interfaces to custom monitors and alarms, this product has a high level of flexibility that can be molded to suit your business needs, regardless of the size of your organization."
"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."
"It can be complex to set up and configure."
"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."
"It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad."
"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."
"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."
"The solution needs to integrate with additional SDN technologies that are part of the hyper market."
"GUI needs improvement with a more graphical dashboard."
"We'd like to see a bit more automation in the future."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Darktrace and Centreon, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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