We performed a comparison between Cisco NGIPS and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Malware Detection, threat defense, sandboxing, VPN and mail security have all been valuable features of Cisco NGIPS."
"It has aligned the features in accordance to our strategic needs"
"This solution has helped improve productivity and detect attacks before they happen."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco NGIPS is the centralized user interface. You have the ability to quickly push out configurations across your environment using the Cisco UI. It's a powerful capability of that solution."
"The URL filtering feature and the new locations feature are both valuable additions to the solution."
"Ir's signature-based. We are also using the anomaly baseline formation, where it links the network, then anything that goes away from the norm is also flagged. Those are the two most valuable features."
"I've found the performance and stability to be the most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS. It is scalable as well."
"It is more or less stable. Sometimes I have some issues normally when we need to upgrade it to newer versions. I think it does the job."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"Using this solution has helped us to detect and identify viruses or malicious activity in the network early on."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"More flexibility with the dashboards is needed because some of them are not fully developed."
"I would like to see Cisco NGIPS to include home office support in one single product."
"The solution would be better if it offered customers more integrations and more signatures."
"The price could be improved."
"We have a separate management controller for Cisco NGIPS. If they have not done it already they should integrate Cisco NGIPS with the Cloud Portal."
"The solution should contain the sandbox features which we find in Check Point."
"The inclusion of bandwidth management features would improve this product."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The initial setup was complex."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"I would like to see interoperability with other Cisco products because we have ThousandEyes, Cisco Prime, and others. The interaction among these is important to us."
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Cisco NGIPS is ranked 5th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 62 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews. Cisco NGIPS is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco NGIPS writes "Very effective for malware and signature-based anomalies but stability needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Cisco NGIPS is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and KerioControl, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Cisco NGIPS vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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