We performed a comparison between NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and OmniPeek 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Packet decode and bandwidth analysis reports are the two most valuable features."
"The ability of the dashboards is useful for discover, mapping and understanding of application behaviour."
"If one of our network pipes is getting plugged up by somebody using too much bandwidth, we can use the NETSCOUT tool to examine and find out what is going on."
"The speed that you can get from the top of a problem all the way down to the packet layer of troubleshooting analysis."
"The stability of this product is ok."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is being able to drill down into any kind of troubles that are reported to us, by use of identifiers."
"The best feature is when we have it connected permanently via TAPs. That enables us to constantly collect data and then we can go back in time... To be able to rewind, back in time, and see the problem as it happened, is very helpful."
"When we have any type of outage, and we dig into it, we are able to tell what the root cause is instead of having to go through Wireshark, etc."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek was the ability it gave us to see the connection procedure."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek is the ability to assign custom color codes to the different packets easily."
"I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching."
"The most valuable features are the voice bot, which checks the quality of service for voice, and the expert view that gives me insight on what and where to troubleshoot."
"It's a solid piece of software. It's stable."
"The most valuable feature is OmniPeek is user-friendly."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like more in-depth convergence between all the applications, especially when I look for information through a data mine."
"The GUI has gotten better over time but there could be some improvement in how the GUI is built."
"The current solution is not easy to scale, because it is an appliance-based solution. So, you have to swap everything out."
"The solution could do more for security. It should offer more security-related features."
"The feature I am looking for is the Arbor technology, especially to run in parallel with our firewall... It's getting there."
"NG1 has been stable for a while in our environment - at least we have what we needed. But with nBA, there's a lot of room for improvement."
"NETSCOUT nGeniusONE's pricing is higher compared to the competitors. It is more than 15-18 percent of competitor costs. It also needs to add AI features."
"NETSCOUT nGeniusONE can improve the detection of what area of the infrastructure could be having an issue, such as an application, server, or network. It needs to find evidence of a fault."
"Making it more clear on how to configure the filters, or really automating them, would be an improvement."
"I am not using OmniPeek for automation, we only do manual testing. Automation testing is tedious to do. The automation should be more user-friendly. I have exposed some APIs but the usage is not user-friendly."
"The solution's automation has room for improvement."
"I would like to see the saving feature improved. We have had issues if you do not save your progress then you have to start from the beginning."
"I would like to see the tool work in an open environment the same as how it does in a closed environment."
"I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software."
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NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is ranked 23rd in Network Monitoring Software with 47 reviews while OmniPeek is ranked 38th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is rated 8.2, while OmniPeek is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE writes "We use it every day for the triaging of events, saving us a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OmniPeek writes "Easy to identify packets, beneficial color assigning, and responsive support". NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Dynatrace, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics and SolarWinds NPM, whereas OmniPeek is most compared with LiveAction LiveNX, Colasoft Capsa and LogicMonitor. See our NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs. OmniPeek report.
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