We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NPM 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."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"SolarWinds NPM provides an overview of network monitoring, extending its capabilities to cover other aspects, such as virtual machines and servers. The platform has features like NetPath, which is particularly beneficial for end-users, offering insights into issues like latency, packet loss, and connectivity problems with routers, switches, or servers."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"As we look to add more servers to our virtual environment and to understand the impact, the solution allows us to dig into the historical charts related to capacity planning."
"One of the best features is the reports feature."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."
"I use the filters very often, to determine what type of traffic I am looking for. The use of filter allows traffic to be segmented so that a value can be looked at individually apart from the other traffic."
"I can save the traffic and analysis when I want to. Also, it's especially helpful to follow the stream (TCP, UDP, etc.)."
"The strongest feature of this solution, is the ability it gives us to carry out deep-packet inspections on our network, particularly when a function isn't performing as it should."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"The drill-down available for packet analysis is great. It gives a network security engineer insight into what is going on at the packet level and enables better troubleshooting."
"The product is simple to implement."
"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."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."
"They need to work on their automation and automatically discover devices. They are not very good at automatically discovering devices."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"The dashboards for this solution could be improved. We would like to divide the dashboards to give a clear view to our management team to show what we have and what deficiencies exist in our network."
"The product is scalable, but at a cost. Extra modules have to be purchased for each extra server. The initial set up isn't complex, but will require someone who is experienced with the network monitoring system"
"In terms of scalability, there is room for improvement. When you start monitoring, if you have so many interfaces and you're trying to monitor them at a faster interval, or a shorter interval, you get to a point where you need to request another node."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"SolarWinds needs to be improved such that it is on par with the leading products in the market."
"Sometimes I need to use tcpdump when I need to check the packets on CLI."
"The only thing that I don't like is sometimes there is an update, and something that I was using is either no longer there or it has changed."
"Its user interface was a little less friendly. They can make its user interface a little bit more friendly. It is for technical people, and most of the technical people would be able to figure it out, but it would be good to improve its user interface. They can maybe build artificial intelligence into it. Currently, it takes a lot of manpower to analyze and dissect all the data."
"The product has been using the same GUI for many years."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"The decryption of encrypted packets could be better."
"It is difficult to scale this solution."
"With Wireshark, you cannot download and utilize the packet in automation."
SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and HPE OneView, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, ClearSight Analyzer, Microsoft Network Monitor and Colasoft Capsa.
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