We performed a comparison between NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and NIKSUN NetVCR 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 solution helps us get to root cause quickly by using the Media Monitor to help identify QoS mismatches for voice calls on the network."
"The valuable features include packet analysis, packet capture, and [that] it's easy to use."
"The details it provides are among the most valuable features; the ability to drill down and get to the packet level."
"The solution transforms packet wire data into real-time data that is actionable. It helps us with faster detection of issues and allows us to create alerts."
"This solution provides us with increased visibility while conducting IT deployments. E.g., if we have devices which have overloaded or links which have saturated, then this tool tells us exactly what is going on with that link or device. Very few tools do it at this level for things like DDoS."
"The speed that you can get from the top of a problem all the way down to the packet layer of troubleshooting analysis."
"The biggest benefit is the ability to do low-level packet inspection. When I say packet inspection, I don't mean looking at payload, but just looking at your communication handshakes and the like. It reduces troubleshooting time because you can get a much better view into the communications path between servers, database servers, web servers, and understand what's going on."
"The stability of this product is ok."
"The most valuable features of NIKSUN NetVCR are its performance and forensic capabilities. Additionally, the information that the solution provides is highly detailed and useful. When dealing with network traffic packets can be sent at a high speed causing some security issues, but this solution is able to rapidly monitor the packets providing security."
"The unique selling point of NIKSUN is its ability to scale and its reporting capabilities. NIKSUN captures the packets at a very high speed, from one GB to 160 Gbps also. It offers report granularity in nanoseconds."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Some help screens would be nice, especially if we bring on new operators. It would be great to see if they have more helpful tips available."
"The solution could do more for security. It should offer more security-related features."
"here is a big issue with the special way they use InfiniStream to store data."
"The solution is not easy to install."
"Its initial setup process is complicated."
"The technical support could improve a bit with quicker responses for early on questions. What I think are simple questions are taking a long time to get answers to."
"Trying to set up dashboards is hard to figure out at times, if you don't do it every day. It's not really intuitive to set them all up... If there were a wizard to take us through, step-by-step, creating dashboards and the like, that would be really helpful."
"It's not intuitive, it's not simple to use. It is probably the only monitoring tool, out of all the ones that I have, that I really need an expert on, an expert from nGenius, a contractor that I have to pay, to manage the tool. And that's because it's simply not easy to use. Netscout needs to focus on making it easier to use."
"NIKSUN is a passive solution. It provides you with you data, alerts, reports and the root cause of issues. However, it requires a person to make use of this functionality. If an event is happening and nobody attends to it, the effects of the event could be severe."
"The solution could improve by having automatic mitigation. For example, as soon as a problem occurs the solution alarms and mitigates the situation immediately."
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 47 reviews while NIKSUN NetVCR is ranked 100th in Network Monitoring Software with 2 reviews. NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is rated 8.2, while NIKSUN NetVCR is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE writes "We use it every day for the triaging of events, saving us a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NIKSUN NetVCR writes "High performance, quick packet monitoring, and helpful support". NETSCOUT nGeniusONE is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Dynatrace, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics and SolarWinds NPM, whereas NIKSUN NetVCR is most compared with . See our NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs. NIKSUN NetVCR report.
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