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Argus vs. PacketTrap (Discontinued) vs. SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Argus
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Argus is open source network audit technology, providing a network activity audit engine for all network traffic, not just IP. It was modeled after the Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) Call Detail Record (CDR), and is designed to account for all network activity in a way that can support all types of network management functions, including security management.
$0
per month
PacketTrap (Discontinued)
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
PacketTrap was network monitoring software acquired by Dell but discontinued in 2013.N/A
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds® Engineer’s Toolset (ETS) helps users monitor and troubleshoot a network with over 60 tools for network management. ETS allows users to monitor and receive alerts in real time on network availability and health, and perform network diagnostics for faster troubleshooting and resolution of complex network issues. With ETS users can deploy an array of network discovery tools including Port Scanner, Switch Port Mapper or advanced Subnet Calculator, manage Cisco® devices with specialized…
$1,585
Per Instance
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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One Time Price
$1,585
Per Instance
Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Best Alternatives
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
PRTG
PRTG
Score 8.4 out of 10
Intermapper
Intermapper
Score 8.4 out of 10
Intermapper
Intermapper
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
PRTG
PRTG
Score 8.4 out of 10
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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1.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(11 ratings)
Usability
-
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-
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8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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-
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8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ArgusPacketTrap (Discontinued)SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
I would have said 10 if they didn't kill the product. I know Blue Folder took a piece of this, but we never got into it and just changed to Auvik and PRTG.
Verified User
Anonymous
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SolarWinds
I have found the toolset especially useful for scanning subnets to discover devices, and for setting up temporary real-time monitors when we are troubleshooting or setting up new connections. The most useful aspect has been the ability to apply the tools to help troubleshoot and pinpoint intermittent issues. More general tools like Orion often do not have the granularity to detect issues like intermittent packet loss which are especially impactful to applications like Voice. The toolset gives us another level of capability to dig into issues.
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Anonymous
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Pros
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
  • Network monitoring was pretty on point. Not a lot of false positives.
  • Easy to deploy.
  • Easy to use.
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Anonymous
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SolarWinds
  • Various monitoring
  • Stores history
  • Suggests indices
  • Helps to find the SQL query text
  • Helps to see what machines/users the bad queries are coming from
  • Shows current blocking session
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Cons
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
  • Come back! After Dell purchased this, they ended support for it. In my experience, it was one of the better tools.
  • Integration with other systems, but again, it is EOL, so doesn't matter.
  • MiB library needs a refresh, but again, EOL.
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Anonymous
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SolarWinds
  • The unifying component that is intended to be the initial interface to the tools seems clunky. I prefer to start the tools individually rather than using it.
  • The port scanner could use some improvements to make it easier to use.
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Anonymous
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Usability
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
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SolarWinds
Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Support Rating
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
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SolarWinds
Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
Again, the main piece was config backups. That is a real big deal, when you are dealing with a lot of customers that don't have a change management process. So changes can be done to a networking device and we need to be able to review what it was one day and what it changed to the next. This happens a lot with internal IT departments, that break something and you support them as an MSP.
Verified User
Anonymous
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SolarWinds
I haven't compared any tools similar to SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset. This might be because I'm pretty biased when it comes to monitoring, and reporting solutions. I've found that SolarWinds provides the biggest bang for the buck in my opinion. I'm sure there are other solutions on the market that compete, but I haven't tried any of them because I've been very satisfied with SolarWinds.
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Thomas Osborne
Network System Administrator
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Return on Investment
Open Source
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Discontinued Products
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SolarWinds
  • Spend less time downloading free buggy tools
  • All the tools in one spot, so you don't have to look around for tools
  • Get to the solution sooner
Jacob Garrett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jacob Garrett
Senior System Engineer
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ScreenShots

SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset Screenshots

Screenshot of Perform network stress tests with Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer. You don’t need to use real traffic for studying network activities, like testing traffic and load balancing. Instead, deploy Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer to help interactively test connections and adjust the IP traffic generated to achieve the desired network load based on your requirements.Screenshot of Quickly troubleshoot your network with enhanced ping capabilities and packet route tracing, among other network bandwidth usage and monitoring tools included in ETS.Screenshot of Using ETS, you can run scans to gain insight into how routers, hubs switches, and other devices are configured by analyzing SNMP queries and viewing MIB attributes. ETS is designed to help you more easily understand whether your network and ports are using appropriate settings.Screenshot of Config Compare, a part of ETS, is built to compare the running configuration of a Cisco router with the startup configuration. With the Cisco configuration compare tool, you can easily detect the changes made to the network, switch, and router configurations that are not committed to non-volatile memory (NVRAM).Screenshot of Manage your IP network from discovery to address tracking. Discover subnets on a seed router and scan the subnet or a range of IP addresses, generate a list of subnets along with their mask, size, range, and broadcast address and actively monitor subnets to identify and track which IP addresses are in use on your network.