We performed a comparison between Nagios XI and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I can monitor a software made in-house to software of bigger companies."
"The solution has a lot of plugins and scripts integrated with it."
"The most useful aspect of this solution is the ability to customize it for the client agent."
"Nagios XI helped me to draw the network and check for system failures."
"Nagios is stable and it's easy to use the monitoring software, which is why we chose this product."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"BPI: It allows defining peripherals to map business criticality for efficient monitoring, as required."
"The installation is no problem. I've installed Nagios several times."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility."
"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."
"The software management tools are very useful for our customers."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."
"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."
"The Configuration Wizard needs improvement, because not all vendors are present."
"I would like a much easier GUI so that I can delete events and logs, which will free up a lot of space."
"I would like to see more customization in the network map because it is a bit tricky to use it."
"Open-source software is usually not user-friendly."
"The way Nagios displays information isn't easy for a new user to understand. It's not intuitive enough. You need to read some tutorials or be trained to understand what it's displaying. Also, I think it needs more features to improve network visibility because there are some things you can't detect."
"The scalability of Nagios XI is scalable. However, it is not easy to do."
"The installation and monitoring need improvement."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is the dashboarding. The user interface also has room for improvement because it's currently clunky."
"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."
"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the traffic generated by the analyzer and the analysis of that traffic."
"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."
"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."
"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."
"It can be complex to set up and configure."
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Nagios XI is ranked 8th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 54 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. Nagios XI is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Nagios XI writes "Great for monitoring IT services infrastructure with nice tools and helpful notifications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". Nagios XI is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios Core, PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark and Icinga, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our Nagios XI vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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