We performed a comparison between NetBrain and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings."
"Enables maps to be drawn out."
"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions."
"This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities."
"NetBrain is a very simple tool."
"The security offered by VMware NSX is the most valuable, plus it's a feature-rich product that's straightforward to install and configure."
"From a security standpoint, the customer was able to better secure critical workloads while routing L2/L3 worked normally, giving them more confidence that they would be ready for any potential security incident mitigation or outage (DR)."
"The we can actually extend Layer 2 networking across datacenters, and also Layer 3 networking, which comes along with it."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the ease of use and its user friendly. For example, it is simple to change the subnet masks."
"The alert features are the most valuable."
"It gives more security and micro-segmentation. It helps to set network configurations in an easy way."
"The dashboard is comprehensive and easy to use."
"Provides flexibility to deploy and have network virtualization on different types of firewalls."
"The IP interface brief isn't consistent."
"Each device needs to be configured to allow NetBrain to poll for the information it needs, which can be very time-consuming for a large network."
"Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."
"It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities."
"The solution could integrate more automation."
"I would like them to make integration with other vendors easier."
"It's not feature-rich."
"Going through and getting more features sets from the routing protocols is definitely necessary for the future."
"If there are other solutions already in place, it can be difficult to implement."
"VMware NSX only supports some platforms like KVM."
"They have to work more and more on the integration for public cloud services and have cyber security platform integration."
"Its licensing model could be VM based."
"Their licensing model should make it easier to purchase licenses."
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NetBrain is ranked 5th in Network Automation while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 94 reviews. NetBrain is rated 7.2, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NetBrain writes "Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". NetBrain is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager and Forward Enterprise, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload. See our NetBrain vs. VMware NSX report.
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