Nagios Core vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

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We performed a comparison between Nagios Core and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Nagios Core vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer

September 2020

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Juniper Mist Premium Analytics

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the market share of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is 0.4% and it decreased by 34.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of Nagios Core is 5.1% and it increased by 81.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is 1.6% and it decreased by 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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IT Infrastructure Monitoring

4.7%

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

3.2%

Featured Reviews

Shiva_Prasad

Senior Technical Consultant at Black Box Network Services

Jan 25, 2024

A cloud solution for warehousing with a troubleshooting feature

The initial setup is straightforward. It's based on user requirements. We also conduct heat mapping using a couple of tools. The only requirement is to understand the technical or configuration aspects from the user's end and then configure it. Mist takes no more than 15 to 20 minutes for a particular deployment. You need to understand the end user's environment and have a concrete plan on whether it's a greenfield installation or an existing one, considering the density and height. Based on that, we need to develop a passive heat map. Then, you need to discuss with the user to understand exactly what needs to be configured and what they require in their environment. Based on that, you can proceed with the installation. Additionally, you can perform post-installation heat mapping to ensure it matches the earlier heat map. I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

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Nishith Vyas

Sr. System Administrator at Guj Info Petro Limited

Mar 21, 2023

An Open Source Fully Featured Data Centre Monitoring Tool

I started working with Nagios Core when RHEL 5 was there & since then it is still in functioning mode various types of hosts and services have been configured such as the IBM AIX, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Cisco Routers, WLCs, Switches & certain gateway level firewalls. (Fortigate, Juniper Netscreen, Checkpoint, Radware AppDirector Load Balancer) As my knowledge gains, I've started deploying additional plug-ins (as stated above) to have a productive monitoring environment. Please Note: Nagios Exchange is a great source of plug-ins for testing purposes. Nagios is still functional & doing well after many years despite having 500+ nodes & 2500+ services. Moving further, the Nagios HA pilot project is in progress to have a high availability & business continuity. In opposite to Nagios XI, Nagios Core needs to be configured through a shell console only. Though open-source GUI Content Management tools are available I'm good @ shell level only. Using NCPA, We monitor active & passive checks both. However, Active checks mostly work well in my architecture. The biggest difference between Nagios Core & XI is, everything comes pre-built with Nagios XI, while for Nagios Core, all add-ons need to be configured individually. So, Nagios Core Engineer/Administrator requires in-depth shell-based knowledge & a clear understanding of Nagios Structure for all kinds of troubleshooting.

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MarkS

IT Analyst at Hawkbridge Consultants

Sep 23, 2019

Has a lovely graphical interface, it's easy to use, has powerful reporting features, and excellent support

The biggest problem with SolarWinds is that they've tried to integrate a lot into the core modules. I think it would actually really benefit if they are more focused. It's packing a lot of technology in now, it's very confusing areas in respect to what the product can potentially do. Even though it's split into very specific core modules, there's quite a lot of overlap. I think anybody being dropped in front of SolarWinds for the first time could initially be overwhelmed. I think it's a very comprehensive product. It could do to even be toned down a bit. It is very powerful. They keep on pushing more and more features and I don't think it's a good thing, because we've noted quite a few stability issues with the product. I'm not saying 100% of it is all SolarWinds really related, but it's doing a lot. It's a very complex product and it's difficult to troubleshoot it when it goes wrong. The problem is that SolarWinds is trying to bolt in too much and that can leave bugs, which you have to then sort out, leaving the product unstable. SolarWinds needs to try and slow down and improve the stability of the product, as opposed to bringing out more and more features.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."

"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."

"Dashboard provides monitor of total assets."

"The application performance monitoring feature is valuable."

"Key features include the GUI interface, its notification capabilities, and the real-time reporting."

"The solution is quite efficient."

"Other products are good but from the configuration point of view Nagios is really very lightweight. The price is really good in my opinion. Another important thing is that my Nagios engine still works with Dual core 8GB ram for the last 10 years."

"The most valuable feature is the performance parameters of the system."

"Nagios monitors our servers, so we know if anything goes wrong and can solve the problem before it happens."

"Alert calls occur anytime a service goes down or a matrix is difficult and that helps us to quickly restore service and transfer work."

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"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."

"The program is scalable enough for our usage."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis."

"The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment."

"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."

"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 initial setup was straightforward."

"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."

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Cons

"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."

"The technical support needs improvement."

"It is a bit slow due to latency."

"The scalability needs improvement, it's not scalable at this time."

"Cloud monitoring is an area for improvement because there aren't too many plugins available."

"Nagios Core can improve the graphical interface, it would make things a little easier."

"The tool needs to improve the integrations."

"I believe Nagios Core will need to provide an option for big data platforms in the future."

"Bandwidth monitoring is the pain point for me because Nagios Core does not monitor bandwidth effectively like Cacti does."

"There is room for improvement in the graphics."

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"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."

"This solution does not do a very good job when I am trying to look deeper into my internal network, in particular with respect to individual ports."

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is the dashboarding. The user interface also has room for improvement because it's currently clunky."

"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements. It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model."

"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."

"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."

"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."

"Technical support needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."

"The enterprise version has technical support. The version we are using is free."

"We are using the free version of Nagios Core."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Nagios Core is an open source solution, and there are no licensing fees."

"Nagios Core is a cheap solution."

"Lessening the price point would be an improvement."

"We are using the free version."

"We have saved a lot of time, money, and effort in reducing disaster times, which is owed to Nagios quick alerting."

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"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."

"The solution's licensing is high-priced."

"We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Educational Organization

64%

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Financial Services Firm

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The solution is expensive. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.

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What needs improvement with Juniper Mist Premium Analytics?

The technical support needs improvement.

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What do you like most about Nagios Core?

What I like about Nagios Core is that it helps me ensure everything is running smoothly by checking the status of hos...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nagios Core?

It's free.

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What needs improvement with Nagios Core?

I have found Nagios Core to be challenging in terms of its centralized architecture and configuration complexities, e...

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

The product is not too expensive. The license is renewed yearly. When it comes to support for NetFlow Traffic Analyze...

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

In terms of improvement, it can be complex to set up and configure, and the user guides provided can also be complex,...

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Overview

Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is a comprehensive network analytics solution that provides organizations with valuable insights into their network performance and user experience. The primary use case of this product is to enable IT teams to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their network infrastructure.

The most valuable functionality of Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is its AI-driven insights and recommendations. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, it analyzes vast amounts of network data to identify anomalies, predict potential issues, and suggest remediation actions. This proactive approach helps organizations minimize network downtime, improve user experience, and optimize network performance.

By providing real-time visibility into network performance, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics helps organizations quickly identify and resolve network issues. It offers detailed analytics on network traffic, application performance, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to pinpoint the root cause of problems and take immediate action. This not only reduces troubleshooting time but also enhances overall network reliability.

Furthermore, Juniper Mist Premium Analytics enables organizations to optimize their network infrastructure. It provides insights into network capacity utilization, application usage patterns, and user behavior, allowing IT teams to make informed decisions about network design, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This helps organizations to ensure that their network is efficiently utilized and can support the growing demands of their users.

This is IT infrastructure monitoring's industry-standard, open-source core. Free without professional support services.

SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer enables you to capture data from continuous streams of network traffic and convert those raw numbers into easy-to-interpret charts and tables that quantify exactly how the corporate network is being used, by whom, and for what purpose.

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Airbnb, Cisco, PayPal, FanDuel

Oceaneering International, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, 335th Signal Command, Immofori

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September 2020

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