We performed a comparison between Broadcom Network Flow Analysis and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to have visibility. We deal with cybersecurity, so visibility is very important."
"It is an overall stable solution."
"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."
"Wireshark is a good tool to start with network analyzing and packet capturing."
"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's easy to troubleshoot issues because there's a large online community."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."
"You can use Wireshark to see the traffic packet format, the IP layers, the fields, and the enabled flags."
"I like the filtering feature as we can filter data easily. This feature is also available in tcpdump, but it's a simple piece of software. Wireshark is more advanced and has many features. It allows you to filter a lot of things. The output can be filtered easily. The most important feature is colorization. If I say, "Okay, this particular SMB protocol in red, it will show me red." It's easy to identify that protocol or capture data."
"Currently, Broadcom Network Flow Analysis does not support high-availability solutions, making it an area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see more security features, like a lost protection package."
"I would like better control of bandwidth from the service provider."
"In the future, it would be nice to see color coding. It is just black and white."
"The decryption of encrypted packets could be better."
"With Wireshark, you cannot download and utilize the packet in automation."
"The solution has a steep learning curve. There are so many filters and features that are frequently being updated, it takes research, experience and familiarity to be able to use them. It could be a lot more user-friendly."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"It would be better if they offered a hybrid version like My Cloud Control."
"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."
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Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is ranked 10th in Network Troubleshooting with 6 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is rated 8.4, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Broadcom Network Flow Analysis writes "A stable tool that helps identify the complete flow analysis in a network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is most compared with WatchTower Security Management App and SCOM, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Nagios XI, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM and Colasoft Capsa. See our Broadcom Network Flow Analysis vs. Wireshark report.
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