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Auvik vs Nmap

Auvik
7 Ratings
Nmap
40 Ratings

Auvik

7 Ratings
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Score 7.5 out of 100

Based on 7 reviews and ratings

Nmap

40 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 100

Based on 40 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

Auvik

Auvik is a great tool for discovering the details and eccentricities of your or your customer's networks. It truly is a tool I didn't know I needed and now I can't live without. Immediately after deploying it I was able to proactively identify some network pain points that allowed me to correct multiple network deficiencies and create happier customers without even realizing they were having problems (slow network speeds, congested ports). Onboarding and ongoing support are top notch. They really don't just "throw you to the wolves," though that being said, the complexity of the product does merit taking the onboarding and initial setup seriously and not just going with a "deploy and go" type of scenario, but that's strictly because of the scope and feature set that the product offers.

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Drew Hackworth | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Nmap

If you're a sysadmin, or anyone who's had to deploy network services, you've almost certainly had to use Nmap at some point or other. Need to see what devices are on your LAN? Nmap can tell you that. Want to check which ports your web server has open to the internet? Nmap is your friend.
Nmap is a powerful command-line tool and has many options that require some reading of documentation to get the best out of (although generally straightforward). If the thought of working at the command-line scares you (presumably not if you're reading this review), then you may want a much simpler tool, or at least check out Zenmap GUI.

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Feature Rating Comparison

Network Performance Monitoring

Auvik
—
Nmap
8.2
Automated network device discovery
Auvik
—
Nmap
8.3
Network monitoring
Auvik
—
Nmap
9.0
Baseline threshold calculation
Auvik
—
Nmap
9.2
Alerts
Auvik
—
Nmap
9.2
Network capacity planning
Auvik
—
Nmap
7.3
Packet capture analysis
Auvik
—
Nmap
7.1
Network mapping
Auvik
—
Nmap
9.5
Customizable reports
Auvik
—
Nmap
6.7
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Auvik
—
Nmap
9.1
Hardware health monitoring
Auvik
—
Nmap
6.6

Pros

Auvik

  • Setup is easy
  • Integrates with Connectwise
  • Integrates with IT Glue

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Jeff Aiken | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Nmap

  • NMap provides a very fast and a very thorough network "sweep" that allows you to quickly map out exactly what's on your network.
  • NMap is highly configurable. The "canned" choices are very good in most instances, but using various switches and options, you can create a very specific scan and get exactly the results you're looking for.
  • NMap is easy to use. Even a new administrator will be able to use the graphical version (Zenmap) with efficiency right away.

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Kenneth Hess | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

Auvik

  • SNMP traps (not an advertised feature)
  • Endpoint monitoring (not an advertised feature)

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Drew Hackworth | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Nmap

  • exporting, There's a serious lack of ability to export the information in a readable format to present to VPs and such. I always find myself doing a lot of data massaging to get it in a pretty format
  • some scans can trigger sensitive IDS/IPS
  • SYN scans can be particularly aggressive and cause problems on remote systems.

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Mike Nostrom | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Support Rating

Auvik

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Nmap

Nmap 8.3
Based on 18 answers
There is a very large support community and a robust selection of add-ons and scripts. Once you get the use down this is one of the most powerful tools and you can find anything you are looking for as far as examples on the web. While not having official support its not lacking by any means.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered

Auvik

Actually, we went from Auvik to LogicMonitor, Auvik is like playing with Tinker Toys compared to LogicMonitor. We moved from Auvik to LogicMonitor for a bunch of reasons, pricing was among them. Auvik charges extra for Netflow monitoring where LogicMonitor has is included. If you want anything more than basic ping monitoring in Auvik you have to do an SNMP walk on every device that you are monitoring and then write to create custom OID's to monitor for what should be simple out of the box monitoring, such as Cisco Health or Jitter/Latency.

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Jeff Aiken | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Nmap

Alternatives to Nmap (other IP scanners) are often much more limited in what they can do; They often only allow you to scan a specific subset of ports or a limited number of IP addresses in one command. Nmap is unrestricted in that regard. What makes Nmap stand out above the rest, is the complete network analysis package you get with it. It allows IP scanner, network deep-dives, hardware analysis, vulnerability analysis, encryption detailing, and so much more, in one free application

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Dylan Eikelenboom | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

Auvik

  • Better customer experiences
  • Simplicity addressing network concerns
  • Automated network discovery and documentation

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Drew Hackworth | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Nmap

  • Positive return as it's open-source (free) on all OS's.
  • If a person is not used of the command line there are a ton of front ends that make it point-and-click so the learning curve is good. That cuts down on time and manpower.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Auvik

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Nmap

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Auvik
5.5
Nmap
9.7

Support Rating

Auvik
—
Nmap
8.3

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