We compared Cisco Secure Network Analytics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) across 5 parameters based on our user reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Cisco Secure Network Analytics users highly value its advanced threat detection capabilities, extensive visibility and control over network traffic, and proactive alerting system. They appreciate the commendable customer service and support provided by Cisco Secure Network Analytics. ExtraHop Reveal(x) also offers robust network visibility and real-time threat detection.
Initial Setup and Support: Cisco Secure Network Analytics has a relatively quick and simple setup process that typically takes one to two weeks for deployment. ExtraHop Reveal(x) setup can be more complex and time-consuming, often taking about a week to complete due to the involvement of network taps and packet brokers. Cisco Secure Network Analytics provides a range of management options and support services, including workshops for a better understanding of solutions. They also experience stability issues in new versions. ExtraHop Reveal(x) excels in efficiency and troubleshooting capabilities of their support team, although there are occasional sporadic support feedback.
Valuable Features: Cisco Secure Network Analytics is praised for its advanced threat detection capabilities, proactive alerting system, and effective security incident response. ExtraHop Reveal(x) stands out for its robust network visibility, comprehensive analytics capabilities, and data-driven decision-making features.
Room For Improvement: Cisco Secure Network Analytics could benefit from improvements in data processing speed, better visualization features, and advanced threat detection capabilities. ExtraHop Reveal(x) needs enhancements in user interface, accuracy, responsiveness, documentation, and customer support.
Setup Cost: Cisco Secure Network Analytics has been considered reasonable and competitive, yet with a potentially higher initial setup cost. ExtraHop Reveal(x) is praised for its relatively low setup cost, making implementation easy and cost-effective.
ROI: The ROI from Cisco Secure Network Analytics has been significant, providing improved network security, reduced risks, advanced analytics capabilities, and reliable support. ExtraHop Reveal(x) excels in network visibility, anomaly detection, and user-friendly interface.
The summary above is based on interviews we conducted recently with Cisco Secure Network Analytics and ExtraHop Reveal(x) users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"It's easy to set up. The deployment takes one or two days. You need to collect the data from a device and then direct it to the portal."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"ExtraHop Reveal(x) is one of the tools that works out of the box when it comes to threat hunting."
"The solution's ability to decrypt SSL traffic is its most valuable feature."
"The security features of this solution are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of ExtraHop Reveal(x) are the detection and alerting of network behavior and anomalies."
"The solution works well for sending sensors."
"Reveal X integrates seamlessly with CrowdStrike. If you see something sketchy on the network, you can quarantine devices through ExtraHop and it'll push to the CrowdStrike server."
"Setting up the solution is relatively easy."
"We had useful information within the hour of deployment. The ability to trace back for historical analysis, as well as the behavioral analysis done with the security information, puts the user in a position to make an informed decision to mitigate the performance or security incidents. Regarding the security incidents, Reveal (x) is able to create incident cards that guide your teams through the incidents and gives you the option to delve into the transaction detail to potentially view payloads as well."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"I would like to see more cloud capability."
"The solution is expensive and gets more expensive if a company needs to scale it."
"Agent management could certainly use some focus. It should also be a little bit easier to work with collections. We should be able to nest collections within collections. There should be better nesting."
"I think the tuning capabilities could be improved. We're working on minimizing false positives. Apart from that, everything seems fine to me."
"Netflow - Processing Netflow can be cumbersome as it requires triggers to truly gain value and insight. This in turn can add a bit of load to the hardware. The focus of ExtraHop Reveal (x) is live packet data."
"It needs integration with more security vendors."
"The solution should include more support protocols."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 57 reviews while ExtraHop Reveal(x) is ranked 5th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 12 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while ExtraHop Reveal(x) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtraHop Reveal(x) writes "It helps you visualize how data moves across your network". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Corelight, whereas ExtraHop Reveal(x) is most compared with Darktrace, Vectra AI, Corelight, Arista NDR and ExtraHop Reveal(x) 360. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. ExtraHop Reveal(x) report.
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