We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and WhatsUp Gold 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'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."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"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."
"Ease of deployment, once you get your ducks in a row."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"The installation and configuration process are easy."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"NetFlow monitoring, real-time monitoring, and surveys have been the most valuable features for our business."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"Cisco could improve the administration for the customers."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"I would like to see a hybrid solution that can work without being connected directly to the internet for those destinations."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."
"The interface needs some work."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."
"I think there are a few bugs now. Although they give some resolution for this, we cannot share the network remotely because of our company policy."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 40th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. 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 WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, Grafana, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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