We performed a comparison between SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."
"For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."
"The software management tools are very useful for our customers."
"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
"What my organization likes best about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is its easy deployment. It's also well-integrated in terms of monitoring because my organization also uses a SolarWinds solution for monitoring. You can connect SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer directly to that monitoring tool to get information. My organization also finds the default graphs that appear before the configuration in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer very useful."
"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."
"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"All the features are very good. The monitoring of the equipment, the configuration manager, and the IP address monitoring are great."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"It can be complex to set up and configure."
"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."
"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."
"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."
"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."
"Technical support could be improved with quicker response times."
"I'm expecting to see a little bit more artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. They need a bit more sophistication in that."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"The integration with the APIs and the web servers deployed can definitely be improved."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
"I think Solar Winds NPM needs to create a profile with documentation responsibility."
"The scalability can be better."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Zabbix, Darktrace and ScienceLogic, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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