We performed a comparison between Broadcom Network Flow Analysis and Cisco Secure Network Analytics 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."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to have visibility. We deal with cybersecurity, so visibility is very important."
"It is an overall stable solution."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"It works efficiently for encrypted traffic analysis."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The solution reduces the amount of time it takes to detect and remediate threats."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The solution's analytics and thrust detection capabilities are good. We're still adjusting it. It's a little hypersensitive, but it is working right now."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Currently, Broadcom Network Flow Analysis does not support high-availability solutions, making it an area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see more security features, like a lost protection package."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"Stealthwatch is still maturing in AI. It uses artificial intelligence for predictions, but AI still needs to mature. It is in a phase where you get 95% correct detection. As its AI engine learns more, it will become more accurate. This is applicable to all the devices that are using AI because they support both supervised and unsupervised machine learning. The accuracy in the case of supervised machine learning is dependent on the data you feed into the box. The accuracy in the case of unsupervised machine learning is dependent on the algorithm. The algorithm matures depending on retrospective learning, and this is how it is able to detect zero-day attacks."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Initially, I felt Cisco Secure Network Analytics lacked integration with Splunk."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
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Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is ranked 65th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews. Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is rated 8.4, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Broadcom Network Flow Analysis writes "A stable tool that helps identify the complete flow analysis in a network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is most compared with WatchTower Security Management App, Wireshark and SCOM, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Broadcom Network Flow Analysis vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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