We performed a comparison between Auvik Network Management (ANM) and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Troubleshooting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."In the past, I would manually input the credentials and IP address of a single device from my machine and access the device, which took a lot of time. A task that previously took 40-45 minutes can be completed in less than five minutes with Auvik. It reduces the time needed to check a device for a single company, so we can act quickly before a disaster happens."
"The ability to put in individualized SNMP checks that might not be in the automated playbook is a valuable feature."
"My favorite feature so far is the alerts section. We've got our main company at the top, and then all of our customers are underneath that. We can either filter by a single customer or one of their sites specifically, or look at it from the top down and see the whole picture. It's an easy way for me to be able to have a high-level overview. I can see the status of all of our sites simultaneously without having to really dig in and get super granular, unless I want to."
"The stand-out feature is the automated config backup on networking devices. This automation is handy in a bind when a machine crashes, and you need to pull the config out of Auvik."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see usage alerts on all of our devices."
"The primary reason I wanted Auvik was SNMP. It discovers all the MIBs and pulls them. That's how it can monitor the things that other platforms don't."
"One of the most valuable features is the remote monitoring. It monitors the egress and ingress bandwidth and you can add custom rules to monitor if something is wrong. You can also add your own metrics if needed."
"The first feature that I appreciate is the topology drawing in real time. If our NOC wants to troubleshoot, they can go to the topology map and see that this access point is connected to that switch via that specific port. And when something changes in the topology, it's dynamically updated."
"Wireshark's best features are that it lets us see what traffic is in the network and what data should be encrypted."
"The transmission and reception issues are valuable."
"The session-level filtering features are valuable."
"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."
"It gives us the ability to pinpoint problems and to communicate network problems with software and hardware vendors."
"It has a good syntax to put the commands in and get information out of."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Packet-capture files can be hard to use due to their size. Wireshark has a tool called tshark that can parse the files with out opening them so that you can take large captures, say 2-10GB, and return only relevant information."
"More capabilities in terms of default OIDs, so we can leverage more of the information from SNMP would be good to see. It's been a while since I messed with the OIDs, but the last time I was trying to get additional information from printers, such as the model number. I was able to find that information, but it took a good amount of research to figure out how. I want to see more default capability regarding what information gets spit out from SNMP."
"If the out-of-the-box price was about 30% lower, I think it would have allowed us to purchase it sooner. It definitely costs more than some of the competitors that are out there. It's also better, so I understand why it's a little bit more expensive."
"Auvik doesn't communicate very well with Ubiquiti devices and will incorrectly flag facets as down. Compatibility with Ubiquiti is my biggest pain point with Auvik."
"Some of the discovery methodologies could be improved upon. It removes the device that is offline, but when that gets added back, if there is any custom information saved for that device, such as it's a smartphone, you have to change and reenter the information all over again. It would be nice to not have to manually modify certain devices that get added to the network."
"After Auvik inventories a Windows device, installing a lightweight that would allow a remote connection would be excellent. A technician could use that agent to gain remote control over the client's computer, allowing us to troubleshoot remotely."
"I would like to see more extensive syslog capabilities. It can ingest syslogs and I think it can alert based on quantities of messages. You can also look back at some of the messages, but it's not a forensics level syslog."
"I wish there was a way to reduce the cost somehow."
"One drawback I found with Auvik was its inability to generate clear network diagrams."
"With Wireshark, you cannot download and utilize the packet in automation."
"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."
"It is difficult to scale this solution."
"It is not an easy program. You will need to study to use it to its full capabilities (follow a course)."
"This product needs to improve the UI."
"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."
"Wireshark could be improved by adding more monitoring features."
"Wireshark is restricted when any sort of encryption is involved, such as XSL encryption or DLX."
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Auvik Network Management (ANM) is ranked 4th in Network Troubleshooting with 131 reviews while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 61 reviews. Auvik Network Management (ANM) is rated 8.8, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Auvik Network Management (ANM) writes "Enables us to get on top of issues before they become an outage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "User-friendly with an easy setup and a nice interface". Auvik Network Management (ANM) is most compared with PRTG Network Monitor, LogicMonitor, Meraki Dashboard, SolarWinds NPM and Kaseya Traverse, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and Broadcom Network Flow Analysis. See our Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs. Wireshark report.
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