We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Nmap 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."
"StealthWatch lets me see the ports running in and out and the country. It has excellent reporting, telemetry, and artificial intelligence features. With the telemetry, I can set thresholds to detect sudden changes and the alarms go through the PLC parts. I can see all the ports running on that trunk."
"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."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"The most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"We find that Stealthwatch can detect the unseen."
"The artifacts available in the tool provide better information for analyzing network traffic. It enables a holistic view of network traffic and general packet analysis. It's easy to identify anomalies without the use of signatures. The way in which we implemented Stealthwatch Cloud has enabled my team to analyze traffic behind proxies."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"Nmap has a powerful command line tool and a set of diagnostic features."
"The best feature of Nmap is that it lets me see useful information about each endpoint in my entire network environment. For example, I can see every single connection of the network as well as each and every port."
"The scanning procedure includes UDP ports which sets it apart from competitors."
"It helps us secure the network infrastructure."
"The real-time reporting feature of Nmap is particularly valuable. It generates detailed reports on the source and destination IP addresses, the protocols used, and the types of traffic."
"Nmap's performance is great, and I've never noticed any issues in this respect. It really doesn't put a heavy load on the machine when using it."
"Nmap is mostly helpful during compliance checks. We run the scanner to see how many devices are on our network and find vulnerabilities in those that aren't compliant. We also use it monthly to scan our network and identify devices that aren't connected properly. This helps us detect any issues related to the operating systems of these devices."
"It enables us to delve deeper and identify the services and open ports on the system and visualize this information on a dashboard automatically."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"One of the drawbacks of the standard Nmap utility is that it does not come with a graphical user interface, unlike a number of other open-source alternatives such as Zenmap."
"There is room for improvement in the design, the GUI. It looks a bit odd. Maybe Nmap should improve it or add more widgets to make it more attractive, but the basic functionality is good and provides what we need."
"There could be a specific option to check non-pingable endpoints for the product."
"The tool's license limits the number of scans it can perform. Improving the license model could benefit customers by allowing more scans for compliance and other purposes."
"They should deliver Playtech's username and password."
"The challenge often lies in finding suitable courses and professional resources."
"Nmap needs to improve its scanning speed."
"The solution should increase the number of features under a free license."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Nmap is ranked 19th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Nmap 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 Nmap writes " Improves network monitoring and offers insights into traffic, including VPNs". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Nmap is most compared with Azure Network Watcher, SolarWinds NPM, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Zabbix and runZero. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Nmap report.
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