We performed a comparison between Aruba IntroSpect and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the end-user monitoring. If there is any abnormal behavior on the machine, the administrator will be alerted."
"I haven't heard of any issues with stability."
"Roaming feature, application control and firewall features."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"The ability to send data flow from other places and have them all in one place is very valuable for us."
"From a security standpoint, it is just seeing pockets as well. Visibility is very key for us."
"The most valuable feature we got out of Stealthwatch is to be able to, while troubleshooting, go deep into one of our interfaces and verify what the bandwidth is and if there's any activity there that's causing problems."
"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."
"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 most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"Technical support is a little slow."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard, where you can get the information with a simple click."
"The packet analyzer needs improvement."
"Cisco Stealthwatch needs more integration with device discovery. We have to do a lot of hard work to figure out what things are. Better service integration is required."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"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."
"One area that could be improved in SNA is the integration with Cisco ISE for user and session details, which currently requires additional setup."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"The configuration of the solution was quite complex."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"The initial setup is complex, as there is a lot to configure."
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Aruba IntroSpect is ranked 14th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 4th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 58 reviews. Aruba IntroSpect is rated 8.6, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba IntroSpect writes "A straightforward setup for technical users and an overall good product". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Aruba IntroSpect is most compared with Arista NDR, LogRhythm UEBA and Darktrace, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Aruba IntroSpect vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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