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."The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."
"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"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."
"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."
"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."
"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."
"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It covers everything from end to end, from the standpoint of endpoint machines and the routers and switches. The switch port also comes there."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds NPM are network performance monitoring and the overall benefit for servers."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."
"It can be complex to set up and configure."
"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."
"I'm expecting to see a little bit more artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. They need a bit more sophistication in that."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."
"I would like to see better customization capabilities."
"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve by adding the deepest inspection, performance networking, and IP address discovery."
"The only thing that can be improved is to continually add to the existing capabilities of the product."
"The aesthetic widgets should be dynamic widgets, so the customization can be even more customizable."
"Real-time analytics is the major weakness of the SolarWinds NPM platform today. They've done a fantastic job enabling the collection of data. Users are now demanding the ability to generate their own graphs, views, and so on; all of this must be done by an admin today."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
"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"
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
"Fortigate firewalls are one example of a product that we are unable to monitor properly via SolarWinds NPM."
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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, Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Darktrace and ScienceLogic, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager and ThousandEyes. See our SolarWinds NPM vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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