We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two DX NetOps solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"We were able to standardize the internal processes across all internal departments, resulting in almost an elimination of non-standard process flows through our organization."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"The Global Collections are what I found to be most valuable. With the Global Collections, you're able to organize and categorize devices into "folders," or functional groups and categories, so that it doesn't matter which SpectroSERVER those devices are on."
"With SolarWinds, we are now able to accurately gauge bandwidth consumption."
"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."
"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."
"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."
"NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility."
"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."
"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is the dashboarding. The user interface also has room for improvement because it's currently clunky."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is application visibility because some applications aren't being recognized correctly. You can see applications such as Facebook and YouTube, but SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer needs to have more visibility into more applications. Currently, SolarWinds fails to detect more powerful applications, such as Zoom and Teams. If SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can recognize every application and be able to report on each in terms of bandwidth, then that would be good. This is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"As people always complain about the pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it's an area for improvement in the solution. People find it expensive. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is support, as it could be better."
"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 1st in DX NetOps with 115 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our DX Spectrum vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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