We performed a comparison between PRTG Network Monitor 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is being able to see things graphically."
"It's very easy to manage when you've got time to do some work on it: things like adding devices, adding groups, adding sensor clusters, and being able to clone and move stuff around."
"Stable and scalable network monitoring tool. Installation is simple and straightforward."
"The feature whereby it shows when my hard drives are moving towards thresholds that would be considered outages, before they reach that point - that is valuable."
"It is a user-friendly solution."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the different monitoring probes available."
"PRTG Network Monitor is a very stable product."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"The most valuable feature is the alarm that is set up to trigger based on bandwidth utilization."
"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."
"SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert."
"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."
"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."
"The integration with other SolarWinds products is good."
"NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
"The clustering aspect needs improvement, as there is a bit of confusion about you do when hit that 5000 probe mark."
"PRTG Network Monitor needs to show bandwidth utilization in proper graphs. It isn't easy to learn."
"Their penetration within the market could be much better. If their pricing was lower, even though it's reasonable now, it might help them achieve this."
"PRTG access works best from the web GUI. There are dedicated apps on Windows/Android/iOS, but they are slow and don’t work as well as the web GUI."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by having better integration with devices."
"The technical support service should be improved."
"When it comes to third-party integration, one of the things we were looking at was putting some sensors onto our firewall, for instance. If there were a little bit more documentation and some step-by-step guides around that, that would be useful for us."
"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."
"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."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."
"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."
"The pricing is expensive."
"Customer Support is quite complex."
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PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and ManageEngine OpManager, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our PRTG Network Monitor vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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