We performed a comparison between Broadcom Network Flow Analysis and PRTG Network Monitor 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."
"It is a central solution in terms of how to actually use it. It has a very easy dashboard. Everything is concise. We are able to create custom sensors. For different parts of the business, we have many products across many environments, and it works for everything."
"It is nice to have one place where all the information is right there in front of us."
"Technical support has been very helpful so far."
"It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."
"The feature I like is that it can easily do a lot of mapping."
"Good compilation of the system's information."
"It gives me a live view of the traffic on the WAN."
"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is its ease of use."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see more security features, like a lost protection package."
"Currently, Broadcom Network Flow Analysis does not support high-availability solutions, making it an area that needs improvement."
"PRTG's application monitoring sensor is not strong."
"The Desktop app is good but it can be really sluggish at times, especially when you're editing different elements."
"The desktop app is the one area where it do with some improvement. From a user's perspective, I would like to be able to get more out of the desktop app as opposed to where we are now with it."
"Users need to buy the more expensive licenses if they expect to be able to scale."
"There's always room for improvement. The high availability feature is good, but it's an area that PRTG could marginally improve. For example, in PRTG, both servers have a different IP, but it would make things a lot easier if they were bound by a single IP."
"We've had some issues previously with the performance of the sensors. We tend to deploy quite a bit of WMI, which is quite processor-intensive, and we've found that that impacts the sensors quite a bit."
"The automation should be improved."
"The product could be improved by being cross-platform friendly."
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Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is ranked 65th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is rated 8.4, while PRTG Network Monitor 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Broadcom Network Flow Analysis is most compared with WatchTower Security Management App, Wireshark and SCOM, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Broadcom Network Flow Analysis vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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