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We performed a comparison between OmniPeek and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It's a solid piece of software. It's stable.""The most valuable feature of OmniPeek was the ability it gave us to see the connection procedure.""The most valuable features are the voice bot, which checks the quality of service for voice, and the expert view that gives me insight on what and where to troubleshoot.""The most valuable feature is OmniPeek is user-friendly.""I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching.""The most valuable feature of OmniPeek is the ability to assign custom color codes to the different packets easily."

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"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth.""The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment.""This solution gives us important information about the utilization of protocols, particularly in terms of how often they are used.""The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment.""It helps us know when a branch is down because it has a graphic presentation of all the locations a node represents.""SolarWinds has improved our organization because whenever a device is down, we get an alert.""For managing the traffic, it provides you a response about whether the traffic is down, up, or heavy, which is a very powerful feature. It has a good response time. We have been using this solution for many years, and we don't have any problem with this solution.""For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."

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Cons
"I would like to see the tool work in an open environment the same as how it does in a closed environment.""I would like to see the saving feature improved. We have had issues if you do not save your progress then you have to start from the beginning.""I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software.""The solution's automation has room for improvement.""Making it more clear on how to configure the filters, or really automating them, would be an improvement.""I am not using OmniPeek for automation, we only do manual testing. Automation testing is tedious to do. The automation should be more user-friendly. I have exposed some APIs but the usage is not user-friendly."

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"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts.""Technical support needs improvement.""The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model.""It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten.""Customer Support is quite complex.""The pricing is expensive.""It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved.""It can be complex to set up and configure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing for this solution could be improved, as it is a very expensive product."
  • "There are different types of licenses available."
  • "We have only purchased the add-on once and have not paid for any subsequent versions as it was too costly for us."
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  • "For our environment, we pay approximately $25,000 USD yearly."
  • "The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."
  • "The price of this solution is exceptional."
  • "While the pricing is fair, it could be better."
  • "The pricing is reasonable."
  • "We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."
  • "We have licenses for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. In terms of pricing, its license is not that expensive versus other tools such as HP."
  • "Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's a solid piece of software. It's stable.
    Top Answer:There's likely not a future for OmniPeek in LiveAction. LiveAction acquired OmniPeek. I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software. It's a bit expensive. The product has… more »
    Top Answer:Our company is an ODM manufacturer for wireless products like routers and WiFi access points. As an RD and QA department, we are sniffing the packet from the air to capture the raw WiFi traffic from… more »
    Top Answer:I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all kind of software in monitoring from infra to end to end, it depends on the… more »
    Top Answer:The product is not too expensive. The license is renewed yearly. When it comes to support for NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, it might cost extra. Usually, we pay for support each year, and it lasts for one… more »
    Top Answer:In terms of improvement, it can be complex to set up and configure, and the user guides provided can also be complex, especially when dealing with certain configuration aspects. Improved SQL… more »
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    Also Known As
    Savvius OmniPeek
    Netflow Traffic Analyzer
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    Overview

    Omnipeek is a top-rated suite of network analytics software that offers full transparency and trusted forensics for immediate resolution of application and network performance anomalies and security issues. Omnipeek is part of the LiveAction family of quality trusted products. They specialize in packet intelligence with adaptable workflows and complete visibility throughout numerous network segments to facilitate a better understanding of network performance and dependability concerns in real time.

    Omnipeek combines intuitive geolocation, usability, security, and performance to deliver a robust user experience that facilitates immediate discovery and problem-solving of wireless and wired networks.

    Omnipeek is user friendly and offers many different intuitive dashboards, display options, graphs, peer maps, and packets. There are several different capture options, such as TCP dump, multiple adapters, local captures, and Capture Assistant. Omnipeek integrates well with Snort and Suricata intrusion and detection prevention solutions, allowing users to import events easily. The comprehensive analysis tools, such as Expert Flow Analysis, Web Traffic Analysis, Multi-Segment Analysis, and Local File Analysis combine to make Omnipeek a solid, complete solution.

    Omnipeek is effective for small offices to large enterprise data centers.

    Omnipeek Benefits

    • Omnipeek delivers unmatched transparency into applications, networks, and classification of layer 7 workflows.

    • Intuitive GUI presents a clear, intuitive view of packet-based analytics by conversation pairs.

    • Ability to capture and dissect 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless traffic from currently deployed points from third-party vendors such as Aruba, Cisco, and others.

    • Investigate traffic from all remote network segments, such as voice and video over IP, 802.11,1/10/40/100 Gigabit, Ethernet using the LiveCapture features and appliances.

    • Audit voice and video over IP traffic in real time using call back play, thorough signaling and media analyses, and high-level multi-media summary statistics.

    • Improve the average time to resolve failure with super fast intuition and interconnection with packet data, metadata, flows, and files.

    Omnipeek Features

    • WiFi monitoring: Using Omnipeek LiveCapture 1100, users are able to thoroughly monitor wired packet traffic and gather wireless traffic from WLAN controllers. Users can easily monitor, dissect, log, and diagnose multi-Gigabit speed 802.11ac traffic.

    • Improved LiveAction appliance support: LiveAction update appliances and software uses the innovative Del architectures and Intel capabilities to improve network packet capture-to-disk to 20Gbps in a 2RU system, with up to 128 TB of storage.

    • Improved VOIP processes: Now offering updates to performance and in synthesizing DTMF audio tones, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), and Asserted Identity (caller ID), makes Omnipeek a very robust, complete solution.

    • Improved financial transaction support: The solution provides updated support for ISO8583 protocol necessary for financial and banking organizations. Users have the ability to dissect critical data more thoroughly than with previous iterations.

    • Expert improvements: Users have access to several more Expert events, enhanced latency calculations, and many other improvements to the Expert views in Omnipeek.

    • 3rd party authentication improvements: Efficient workflow for 3rd party authentication results in enhanced performance for Access Control Lists (ACL).

    SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer enables you to capture data from continuous streams of network traffic and convert those raw numbers into easy-to-interpret charts and tables that quantify exactly how the corporate network is being used, by whom, and for what purpose.
    Sample Customers
    Apcon, Aruba Networks, Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems, Ekahau, Gigamon Systems, HP, IBM, IXIA, Meru Networks, Napatech, NextComputing, Procera Networks, Qualcomm Atheros, Ralink Technology Corporation, Telchemy
    Oceaneering International, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, 335th Signal Command, Immofori
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Retailer11%
    Educational Organization8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Manufacturing Company29%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Transportation Company6%
    Real Estate/Law Firm6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization62%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Government3%
    Company Size
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise66%
    Large Enterprise25%
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    OmniPeek is ranked 28th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 6 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. OmniPeek is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of OmniPeek writes "Easy to identify packets, beneficial color assigning, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". OmniPeek is most compared with LiveAction LiveNX, Colasoft Capsa, SolarWinds NPM, LogicMonitor and DX Performance Management, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace.

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