We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and SolarWinds NPM 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 a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"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."
"It is a good application, providing for real-time monitoring of the organization of data. It can basically identify points of peak traffic where possible issues are being caused."
"Most valuable features are the network maps and server and network response time."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is data hoarding because it catches threats on a frequent basis that we had no idea of."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"Using the Cognitive Analytics feature, we have complete visibility that we didn’t have before."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"It is scalable."
"The nice thing about SolarWinds is that it's kind of all-in-one. I can manage the status of my networking devices, whether they are up or down, I can see how much traffic is going across an interface, and I can run a report that tells me exactly what that traffic is."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"Provides a good level of tools and covers essential components."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"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."
"It's too complicated to install, when starting out."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The configuration of the solution was quite complex."
"SolarWinds needs to be improved such that it is on par with the leading products in the market."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"We decided that we were no longer going to trust that their products have not been capitalized."
"It is not that stable. As a Windows software, I have seen issues with SolarWinds. The performance is slow."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 146 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NPM 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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