We performed a comparison between Observer GigaStor and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetAlly, Auvik, Wireshark and others in Network Troubleshooting."The ability to capture packets. It is not only for monitoring. That is very important for a company that wants to keep an eye on the packets, the transactions, the flows..."
"There are many valuable features, but understanding end-user response times stands out. It provides a score-based evaluation of user experience, helping customers quickly pinpoint whether issues originate from the network, server, client, or application. Additionally, it facilitates in-depth analysis of application dependencies."
"I also have the ability to see an application's performance, to see what's going on, why a network is slow, why this program for this user is experiencing a delay or some network issue"
"It's able to capture packets and, after a long time, you can come and use that information; to check, to analyze - everything you would want to do. So it's very good and helpful if you want to protect your data. It is stored in a certain place where you can access it every time you want to analyze it."
"This solution allows us to see exactly what is going on in the network and we can very quickly solve issues with users."
"It can help to write your rules, organize firewalls, your block, and also your protocols and IP address to come in or out of your network."
"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."
"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."
"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."
"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"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 product is simple to implement."
"The options that are required to get the details for the packet drops are good."
"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."
"Maybe the graphical user interface could be simplified to allow people to use it more easily. It's already good, but they can work more on it to make it even easier."
"Graphics need improvement. Because a lot of the information there you have to input first in some case to have full potential. It could be more automated."
"I would like to have more than 4TB of storage available in the portable version of this solution."
"GigaStor feeds into Apex. So, the area where there could be improvement would be in artificial intelligence. For example, the incorporation of more advanced machine learning or AI capabilities could enhance its functionality."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
"It needs the ability to follow multiple interfaces for specific traffic from different network zones/virtual networks. It would help to understand how any packet is going through the network."
"It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control."
"There is a disadvantage when it comes to sampling intervals. Additionally, I've heard from a colleague that Wireshark might be less effective in the voice domain."
"Whenever we select one of the packets, in terms of the number of bytes, for example, there are three planes, and in the detailed plane, I have to count the number of bytes manually."
"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."
"We would like the product to be developed so that it doesn't rely on internet access for installation. We would like to see all of the components required to be integrated into the installer."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
Observer GigaStor is ranked 14th in Network Troubleshooting with 7 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. Observer GigaStor is rated 9.0, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Observer GigaStor writes "Aids significantly in the threat-hunting process and provides a score-based evaluation of user experience". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". Observer GigaStor is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Kentik and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Colasoft Capsa and AirMagnet Survey.
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