We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and PRTG Network Monitor 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."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the way the net flow is being merged together in a single pane. That's been extremely useful for us, because can see what's going on with traffic in one single place."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The solution allowed us to not only get gain insight but also start collaborating with other tools."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."
"The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts."
"PRTG has improved our visibility and response time to issues related to remote sites."
"I like the mobility of the PRTG Network Monitor and ITOps Dashboard."
"I really love the activity library. It gives the flexibility to discover data and metrics about my interface and data server."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard interface. It's very clean, it's very simple to use."
"The remote probes are very useful. They allow us to provide a reference across different areas in the network. In trying to localize issues, that's very useful."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"We are continuing down the road of ACI and ISE with Cisco, so we would like to see the continuation of Stealthwatch integrating into ISE for exchange of information, and also, more into the ACI environment too."
"It is time-consuming to set it up and understand how the tool works."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"Needs ability to monitor standard notification time (notify after X time)."
"Technical support is an area with concerns in PRTG Network Monitor, where improvements are required."
"PRTG does not allow us to scan devices like we can scan software or another problem in it. Also, I cannot draw graphical graphs in Woodview/look. Another problem is that we cannot draw a good diagram in PRTG."
"The only sort of limitation is the actual probes. So, if you don't have enough probes on there, you can over flip them and cause the WMI sensors and SNMP sensors to sort of overload. Sometimes, they might timeout for a minute, but they do come back."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by having better integration with devices."
"Improvements in data storage flexibility, such as allowing customers to specify data retention periods, would enhance PRTG."
"In terms of sensors and probes, it would be really cool if PRTG had a purely Azure-based solution. We had to install a probe on one of our cloud servers and then let that probe out from there. It would be really cool if it just monitored Azure without having to install something on the device."
"We have had a few issues with the web elements, as far as the dashboard. With the dashboard, it has to be manually refreshed. Occasionally, we reboot the server, or at least web services, due to the web aspect."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while PRTG Network Monitor 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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