We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and LiveAction LiveNX 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."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"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."
"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."
"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."
"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."
"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."
"Its analytical capability is really good."
"The product has a very good graphical interface."
"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"We are continuing down the road of ACI and ISE with Cisco, so we would like to see the continuation of Stealthwatch integrating into ISE for exchange of information, and also, more into the ACI environment too."
"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."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."
"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."
"They need to create a more simplified UI."
"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."
"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."
"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."
"The only downside to this software is the price."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while LiveAction LiveNX is ranked 55th in Network Monitoring Software with 7 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while LiveAction LiveNX is rated 6.8. 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 LiveAction LiveNX writes "Greta visual analytics and real-time monitoring but requires better documentation". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas LiveAction LiveNX is most compared with ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM, OmniPeek, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and LiveSP. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. LiveAction LiveNX report.
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