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."
"It is an overall stable solution."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to have visibility. We deal with cybersecurity, so visibility is very important."
"Cisco Stealthwatch provides the solutions analytics and threat detection capabilities that I am looking for. It has also improved the network visibility of our organization."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"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."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"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."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
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Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is ranked 63rd in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th 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 and Wireshark, 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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