We performed a comparison between Broadcom Network Flow Analysis and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It is an overall stable solution."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to have visibility. We deal with cybersecurity, so visibility is very important."
"It provides good visibility to the customers. People are still evaluating it, but it provides visibility and helps them to take action to remediate and mitigate the issues that are highlighted on the dashboard. It has good integration with the Cisco switching platform."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Currently, Broadcom Network Flow Analysis does not support high-availability solutions, making it an area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see more security features, like a lost protection package."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The configuration of the solution was quite complex."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
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Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is ranked 65th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews. Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is rated 8.4, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Broadcom Network Flow Analysis writes "A stable tool that helps identify the complete flow analysis in a network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is most compared with WatchTower Security Management App, Wireshark and SCOM, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Broadcom Network Flow Analysis vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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