We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and SolarWinds NPM 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."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"The solution's analytics and thrust detection capabilities are good. We're still adjusting it. It's a little hypersensitive, but it is working right now."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The nice thing about SolarWinds is that it's kind of all-in-one. I can manage the status of my networking devices, whether they are up or down, I can see how much traffic is going across an interface, and I can run a report that tells me exactly what that traffic is."
"It is scalable."
"The stability is fantastic."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see better filters."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"It's a good solid solution but integration with Network Access Control products with Cisco ISE would be good."
"It would be good to have high security."
"The only real caveat that we have or that I have an issue with is when I go on vacation, it's a little hard for me to go and modify alerts so that I don't get alerted about things when I'm on vacation."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"Time: A worldwide deployment can be confusing for dispersed users with non-local times. Each node should have a local time (with summer offset if appropriate) & each user should view & report in their local time."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
"I would like to see integration with antivirus or other security endpoint solutions."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 58 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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