We performed a comparison between Iris Session Analyzer and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Auvik and others in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)."A great feature is the memory utilization graph."
"The feature that I have found the most useful is the decode of packets. It gives us a variety of information that helps us in figuring out what to look at. The networks are getting really complex, and without the information that we get from Iris Session Analyzer, we couldn't do our job. Its graphical user interface is also very easy to use and intuitive."
"It helps us know when a branch is down because it has a graphic presentation of all the locations a node represents."
"They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it."
"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."
"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."
"NTA's most valuable feature is traffic analysis and visibility."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"They can increase flexibility in the search engine. Basically, I go with the information I have at the time. If I could just type in the parameter that I want to search for and its value, it might be easier than having to do the groundwork upfront before I can get my traces."
"Sometimes the network analyzer will show that a server is down when it's actually working."
"The Atlas module that is used for building the network map is very bad."
"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements. It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model."
"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."
"What needs improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is performance because sometimes, my team struggles too much for the solution to perform correctly for a specific deployment in my organization. Having a more detailed view in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is another area for improvement, but that's more part of the protocol than the actual solution."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."
"It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."
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Iris Session Analyzer is ranked 13th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 2 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. Iris Session Analyzer is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Iris Session Analyzer writes "Provides a memory utilization graph and shows disk space and uplink utilization but could include smart navigation in next release". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". Iris Session Analyzer is most compared with , whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Zabbix, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace.
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