We performed a comparison between ManageEngine OpManager 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The detections are fine when they work."
"The alerting feature has improved our organization. We can create multiple alerts and refine them to how we need to use them."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to reach most of our network devices and get the most from them."
"Monitoring is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Some of the most valuable features are the accessibility of the solution and the fact that it is simpler than other products. For example, discovering devices in the network is very simple, making it user-friendly."
"We don't have to keep an eye on it; it has a good automation option, which keeps us informed. It gives very less false positives. Overall, a really great product."
"The setup was easy."
"Some of the useful features are NetFlow and analytics."
"Being able to dissect email data and figure out what is inside email messages was the most valuable feature. Such a feature is pretty helpful for an ongoing forensic investigation or when there is a potential insider threat that you are trying to investigate. It allows you to see the network activity of the users you are investigating. It also gives you more visibility into your network. It was very easy to set up. There is a lot of information out there on Google and YouTube about how to use it. There is also community support. If you have any trouble, it is pretty easy to find an answer online. You will have to do some digging only if you have a very specific use case."
"What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation. It supports cards and monitoring permissions and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities. You won't need to install other tools to use Wireshark, so this saves you time. You can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark."
"Wireshark's best feature is that it's adaptive, which means it's the go-to tool for network-related developers."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."
"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product is simple to implement."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We would like link monitoring included. At times we need to monitor those specific links closely."
"ManageEngine OpManager could improve by having a better cloud presence."
"This product is little bit slow sometimes. It may be that we need to change the configuration to improve performance."
"With regard to configurations, however, it would be nice to have more documentation on SNMP configurations. For example, if I want to add a new vendor, it would be great if ManageEngine provided the requirements for that vendor, such as the commands needed."
"There should be an option to get mobile notifications or SMS mirror notifications for critical issues. That way, when we don't have access to email, we can still receive notifications via our phones."
"It is sometimes difficult to manage the user interface. It can get very complicated."
"It would be great if there were some sort of artificial intelligence feature which would help us make improvements in the network once we find an issue, and do it automatically."
"The main area for improvement for ManageEngine OpManager is its performance."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"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."
"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."
"Big trace files (more than 1,000,000 packets) can be slow, but then you can use "TraceWrangler" (also free) to help with slicing and dicing the data."
"Wireshark could be improved with a delay option when getting data automatically."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"You need some basic knowledge to work with Wireshark. Maybe it could be more user-friendly just for new users. Just for the new generation."
"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."
ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of ManageEngine OpManager writes "Helps us monitor all the infrastructure in our company but UI monitoring is not practical". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, SCOM and Nagios XI, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and Microsoft Network Monitor.
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