We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Nagios Network Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"The solution has increased our threat detection rate. Cisco Stealthwatch has not reduced our incident response times. It has not reduced the amount of time it takes us to detect immediate threats. It has reduced false positives."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the logging, keeping threats under control, and keeping our data and environment secure."
"The solution is useful for monitoring network devices."
"The tool's UI is user-friendly, and pricing is affordable. It is very easy to deploy and learn."
"I have found that it has a good GUI and user-friendly administration."
"It is highly customizable and can be integrated well with third-party software."
"The solution offers very good system monitoring. It's easy to manage your network, as well as your hardware and software. It's really useful."
"Network tracking is the most valuable feature of Network Analyzer."
"Its initial setup process is straightforward."
"The network monitoring feature, especially, stands out to me."
"The initial setup was straightforward but required a lot of data entry, to begin with building out the server types and network types."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"It's a good solid solution but integration with Network Access Control products with Cisco ISE would be good."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"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 has an old-fashioned interface."
"Nagios Network Analyzer should integrate an application monitoring solution to monitor application bandwidth usage."
"It's very hard to install materials. You need a lot of documentation. They should make it easier to install and configure the solution."
"The bandwidth for its front-end version needs enhancement."
"There are some loopholes you need to be aware of from a security perspective."
"There is room for improvement on the setup side."
"I think the reports can be improved. They're adopted."
"The graphics and reports can be a little bit better."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 57 reviews while Nagios Network Analyzer is ranked 10th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 9 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Nagios Network Analyzer 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 Nagios Network Analyzer writes "User friendly, cloud scalability, with surpassed return on investment goals". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Nagios Network Analyzer is most compared with Vectra AI and Darktrace. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Nagios Network Analyzer report.
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