We performed a comparison between Azure Network Watcher and PRTG Network Monitor 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."
"What I like most about Azure Network Watcher is that it's focused more on the architecture. I also like that it has a packet capture feature that tells you how the packet travels and whether it's exiting Azure, etc."
"I like the visibility."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Network Watcher is the cloud-native application firewall. It is helpful for securing databases."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Network Watcher is using the gateways with the connections. The monitoring is useful for the logs and application insights into the data. The traffic filtering issues when it comes to deploying those applications are helpful."
"The most valuable features I have found are typology, visualization, and capture."
"The solution is stable."
"We use the solution to monitor network services. It helps to capture any network issues."
"It provides good visibility."
"It helps the entire organization become digitally enabled."
"The email notifications are helpful, and the dashboards are user-friendly for people with little network monitoring knowledge."
"Stable and scalable network monitoring tool. Installation is simple and straightforward."
"The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
"Ability to create a dashboard inside software monitoring."
"It is nice to have one place where all the information is right there in front of us."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard interface. It's very clean, it's very simple to use."
"From a network point of view, we can see the state of the network, as well as bandwidth usage and downtime."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution could improve by limiting the need to clarify the logs. When the clarification is minimized, it is better for everyone involved."
"Lacks sufficient security features."
"Azure Network Watcher needs to have better documentation and it needs to capture information accurately."
"Azure Network Watcher could improve by having other built-in applications. For example, an application to log activities for in and outbound traffic."
"The initial setup and initial learning curve could be improved to be easier."
"Azure is good, however, the Fortinet GUI is more intuitive and I like it more than anything else."
"I still use Wireshark and Azure Network Watcher to get the required data. My team captures the traffic from Azure Network Watcher, downloads it, then imports that traffic into Wireshark to get more details on the number of hits and replies, for example. If you can do that on Azure Network Watcher and have Wireshark built-in, that would make Azure Network Watcher better. If Azure Network Watcher has that functionality where you won't need a third-party tool to get what you need, that would be helpful. I'm also expecting more from Azure Network Watcher. It's more complex than knowing how the IP flows from its source to the destination. The tool also needs more open-source features, such as having some built-in Wireshark that improves monitoring for customers. Sometimes, you encounter a VPN tunnel, network, or routing issue, but finding out more about the blockage is challenging. Is it one hundred percent an Azure issue? Is it a peer issue? You don't get complete information from Azure Network Watcher, so you must use other tools and depend on your strategies to resolve a specific issue. If more features could be added in the next release of Azure Network Watcher, specifically ones you can find on open-source tools, then that would be a plus point for the tool."
"I would like to see in the future if we can troubleshoot as a firewall because it is equipment as a network player and some diagnostics."
"The technical support service should be improved."
"I would like to see more updates available in this solution."
"They could improve the process of updating the license."
"The dashboarding definitely needs improvement."
"PRTG would be improved if it required less memory to run."
"The solution has to evolve as an end-to-end monitoring solution. It has to do better at understanding the application at the deepest level."
"The clustering aspect needs improvement, as there is a bit of confusion about you do when hit that 5000 probe mark."
"The scalability of this solution could improve as well as the automated provisioning of the infrastructure."
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Azure Network Watcher is ranked 33rd in Network Monitoring Software with 9 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Azure Network Watcher is rated 7.8, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Network Watcher writes "Helpful database security, good support, and beneficial cloud-native application firewall". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Azure Network Watcher is most compared with Microsoft Network Monitor, Nmap, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and NetBrain, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Azure Network Watcher vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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