We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics 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."
"The solution's analytics and thrust detection capabilities are good. We're still adjusting it. It's a little hypersensitive, but it is working right now."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"PRTG Network Monitor is a very stable product."
"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."
"Technical support has been very helpful so far."
"PRTG is integrated on Windows."
"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The product is easy to use and the web interface is fantastic."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"It would be better to let people know, up front, that is doesn't give you nice, clear information, as seen in the demos, without Cisco ISE installed."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"Integration into service management ticketing systems could be better. They should simplify the integration into big service management platforms like ServiceNow, Remedy, and Cherwell. They're really into monitoring, but they don't do any self-resolution. It would be better if the company moved more into the AIOps space so that you could actually kick off some remedies. I know that you can execute some commands from the tool, but you need to develop those all yourself. It would be really handy if they had some auto-remedy scripts that they could develop on top."
"I have an issue with DFS, distributed file services... there isn't one by default. Taking into account the difference between DFS and DFSR as well would be great."
"I've encountered a challenge in my functions, particularly in adding and printing."
"Once you start going above 5000 sensors, things do start to get a bit shaky. There are some best practice out there that you will need to adopt and be aware of."
"Scalability is the only major sticking point for me. There is a recommended number of sensors, which is around 10,000 and we're double that... The only option we have to scale is to buy another core, which would be a separate, stand-alone instance..."
"Improvements in data storage flexibility, such as allowing customers to specify data retention periods, would enhance PRTG."
"There is room for improvement in this solution for the performance and third-party monitoring protocols. They need to be updated to the latest ones."
"I would like to see more updates available in this solution."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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