We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"Their support team is efficient, and it is easy to set up."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its graphical interface and reports."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"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."
"The ability to decrypt traffic and the abundance of filters available are both valuable features."
"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 most valuable feature of Wireshark is the ability to choose a destination of flow that has not been working as expected."
"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."
"It has a good syntax to put the commands in and get information out of."
"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"The product has been using the same GUI for many years."
"Wireshark is similar to an OS defense tool, meaning that it runs on an OS such as Ubuntu and Fedora, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with Windows or if it's a straightforward process to run it on Windows. Right now, my team needs to run Wireshark from a dongle to use it, so it's an OS-dependable tool, and that's an area for improvement. I was unable to use Wireshark on Windows, and I couldn't capture it, as I'm unsure how to configure the wireless card into monitoring mode on Windows. The process was straightforward on Linux, but it wasn't the case on Windows OS. It seems Wireshark isn't compatible with all OS. For example, you can analyze the log, and you can analyze it on the Windows server, but you can't do a capture in Windows. Configuring Wireshark for Windows isn't as easy as configuring it for Linux."
"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."
"The solution has a steep learning curve. There are so many filters and features that are frequently being updated, it takes research, experience and familiarity to be able to use them. It could be a lot more user-friendly."
"The average person would probably find Wireshark hard to use. When I first installed it, I was overwhelmed by all the data it was shooting out. It doesn't make sense until you start doing some research and figure out what everything means. It isn't the most user-friendly tool. It just provides so much information."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
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SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Datadog, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Colasoft Capsa, ClearSight Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor.
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