We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations 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 most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"This product alleviates the day-to-day headaches for us, in regards to metrics."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"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."
"It is a good application, providing for real-time monitoring of the organization of data. It can basically identify points of peak traffic where possible issues are being caused."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"The most valuable feature is the way it handles data, from Layer 2 up to Layer 7. We can see everything that happens in the network."
"Wire data analytics."
"Not only can you look at the protocol import level. It also has a live PCAP analysis."
"The most valuable features are security detections, perimeter detection, dashboards, and alerts."
"This solution is more applications reference architecture focused. Its benefit is that it specializes in that space."
"There are many valuable features in this product, but probably the biggest is the customization capability it has."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"One thing I would like to see improved is if it could automatically be tied through ISE, instead of you having to manually get notifications and disable it yourself."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"I would like to see some improvement when it comes to reporting."
"I would improve the Rule-Based Access Control (RBAC) by providing granular access control to the data."
"They either have to go broad or decide what their bread and butter is and get really good at that."
"They have a new solution, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and I think it needs improvement."
"We'd like to see a local presence within the region in order to have seamless service whether it's the support, the implementation, or professional services."
"Network visibility is something that needs to be improved."
"This solution would be improved if it had the ability to retain data longer."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is ranked 57th in Network Monitoring Software with 8 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is rated 8.6. 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 ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations writes "Great for identifying application interdependencies with helpful support but needs better visualizations". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations is most compared with NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, ThousandEyes, vRealize Network Insight, SolarWinds NPM and Dynatrace. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. ExtraHop Reveal(x) for IT Operations report.
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