We performed a comparison between Observer GigaStor and Wireshark based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetAlly, Wireshark, Auvik and others in Network Troubleshooting."The ability to capture packets. It is not only for monitoring. That is very important for a company that wants to keep an eye on the packets, the transactions, the flows..."
"This solution allows us to see exactly what is going on in the network and we can very quickly solve issues with users."
"It can help to write your rules, organize firewalls, your block, and also your protocols and IP address to come in or out of your network."
"It's able to capture packets and, after a long time, you can come and use that information; to check, to analyze - everything you would want to do. So it's very good and helpful if you want to protect your data. It is stored in a certain place where you can access it every time you want to analyze it."
"I also have the ability to see an application's performance, to see what's going on, why a network is slow, why this program for this user is experiencing a delay or some network issue"
"The filter option provided by Wireshark is its most valuable feature...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Wireshark is very user-friendly; even someone with basic IT knowledge can use it."
"It is a stable product. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Setup is very easy. It's also possible to change source code and compile if you want to change something in the code, because it's free."
"The most valuable feature is the traffic gate, which shows which IPs are getting more bandwidth or traffic."
"What's best about Wireshark is that it doesn't require installation. It supports cards and monitoring permissions and is sufficient for appending and capturing activities. You won't need to install other tools to use Wireshark, so this saves you time. You can capture packets at any time from your laptop through Wireshark."
"Wireshark helps us to understand network traffic."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Maybe the graphical user interface could be simplified to allow people to use it more easily. It's already good, but they can work more on it to make it even easier."
"Graphics need improvement. Because a lot of the information there you have to input first in some case to have full potential. It could be more automated."
"I would like to have more than 4TB of storage available in the portable version of this solution."
"Wireshark could make the filtering rules easier to apply and offer a drag-and-drop option as opposed to type and text."
"The system could be improved upon by adding a better and more powerful data processing engine."
"I would like to see Wireshark improve the ease of application of the command. The command is very powerful, but not easy to apply."
"The product is great but I wish there were more of an emphasis on the command line tools."
"Wireshark gets stuck when it is a larger file."
"The initial setup depends upon the basics. You need to have a clear understanding of the basics."
"The average person would probably find Wireshark hard to use. When I first installed it, I was overwhelmed by all the data it was shooting out. It doesn't make sense until you start doing some research and figure out what everything means. It isn't the most user-friendly tool. It just provides so much information."
"You need some basic knowledge to work with Wireshark. Maybe it could be more user-friendly just for new users. Just for the new generation."
Earn 20 points
Observer GigaStor is ranked 14th in Network Troubleshooting while Wireshark is ranked 3rd in Network Troubleshooting with 28 reviews. Observer GigaStor is rated 9.0, while Wireshark is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Wireshark writes "Offers both GUI and command-line interfaces, and good for troubleshooting network issues". Observer GigaStor is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Fortinet FortiSIEM, Kentik and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker, whereas Wireshark is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, ClearSight Analyzer and ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer.
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