We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and SolarWinds NPM 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 most valuable feature is having visibility into the data segments throughout our network."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"The biggest thing for me is that it provided enough information for me to monitor. It alerts and provides you with the information you need."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"There could be better integration on the programming side, which uses Python. StealthWatch could provide a template for Python to manage the switches. For example, it would be nice if StealthWatch bounced a port automatically it detected something anomalous."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"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."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"We had some trouble with the installation as we migrated from our previous solution."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"This solution would benefit from expanding on the capabilities within the API."
"The scalability can be better."
"An area for improvement would be the use of modular licenses, which are not practical for big clients."
"It has covered everything, so no improvement is required at their end. The only thing is the price."
"There isn't support available to us as they don't offer support in our country."
"The tool can only monitor up to 1000 instances in a single SolarWinds console. Customers may have over 1000 instances. Hence, it needs to support a minimum of 1500 instances. It should also improve support."
"The solution is not always good with new features, so it's take a long time."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds NPM 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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