We performed a comparison between Corelight and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 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."Corelight is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the embedded IDS from Suricata."
"It's easy to create additional dashboards specific to supporting specific tasks."
"It is easy to deploy and easy to handle."
"It's an easy way for us to get visibility in a client's environment."
"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."
"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."
"It helps us know when a branch is down because it has a graphic presentation of all the locations a node represents."
"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
"They can enhance the interface of the product. They can make it more interactive and also easier to use for feature access."
"Machine learning could be a good improvement, but it's very costly."
"The solution’s architecture is complex and difficult to understand. There are multiple machines and VMs."
"Corelight hasn’t added features in a long time."
"In the next release, building a graphical user interface would be helpful."
"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."
"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."
"They should work on the configuration of the Log Analyzer feature."
"There are some areas for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. There are some challenges with the solution when compared to other monitoring tools such as difficulty in operations and difficulty with backup installation. My team is currently trying out different solutions but would need to see how it goes."
"NTA's documentation for the implementation phase needs some enhancement."
"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."
"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."
"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."
More SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Pricing and Cost Advice →
Corelight is ranked 7th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 5 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. Corelight is rated 9.0, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Corelight writes "An open-source solution that gave us insight into our clients' network traffic flow ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". Corelight is most compared with ExtraHop Reveal(x), Darktrace, Vectra AI, Cisco Secure Network Analytics and NetWitness XDR, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our Corelight vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
See our list of best Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) vendors.
We monitor all Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
