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BlueCat LiveAssurance vs. NetBrain Technologies

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlueCat LiveAssurance
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
BlueCat LiveAssurance is a proactive monitoring and automation solution resulting from BlueCat's acquisition of Indeni. The platform provides automated DDI issue detection and insight into remediation to help proactively reduce network downtime.N/A
NetBrain Technologies
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
NetBrain, founded in 2004, provides a no-code automation platform for hybrid network observability, allowing organizations to enhance their operational efficiency through automated workflows. The platform applies automation across three key workflows: troubleshooting, change management, and assessment.N/A
Pricing
BlueCat LiveAssuranceNetBrain Technologies
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlueCat LiveAssuranceNetBrain Technologies
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
BlueCat LiveAssuranceNetBrain Technologies
Considered Both Products
BlueCat LiveAssurance
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
Chose BlueCat LiveAssurance
Indeni is not a substitution, I guess it can be used for operations support while Cisco Prime does configuration management and PRTG can monitor traffic and/or WAN.
NetBrain Technologies
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose NetBrain Technologies
Best part of NetBrain is that it is customisable ,you can create apps based on your requirement and run them in your environment. Lot of flexibility
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose NetBrain Technologies
The others were cumbersome, slow and there is a huge learning curve for the installation, configuration and just daily monitoring. NetBrain was the easiest of all to setup then let it run and build our network and map it out. Once it was complete, we immediately identified …
Nikhil Kumar Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nikhil Kumar Sharma
Associate Consultant
Chose NetBrain Technologies
NetBrain is a specialized tool and other tools in the market nowhere stands up to its capabilities. Some capabilities are beyond what competitor are meant to designed for example - Network configuration auditing using a simple click, Out of the box runbook reports availability …
Christoph Neulinger | TrustRadius Reviewer
Christoph Neulinger
Senior Network Specialist
Chose NetBrain Technologies
We used NetViz and Microsoft Visio before.

NetViz was a great tool at its time but it's not the best solution anymore and Microsoft Visio is good in a lot of things but more of a Swiss Army knife than a network documentation tool.
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User Ratings
BlueCat LiveAssuranceNetBrain Technologies
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BlueCat LiveAssuranceNetBrain Technologies
Likelihood to Recommend
This applies to current releases, I guess the next one will be much more comprehensive.
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
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Although there are many products in the market that provides very simple and easy fault and performance monitoring metrics in notification format, reports and emails etc However NetBrain is a specialized tool when it comes to network issues troubleshooting for various kind of scenarios such as multicasting issues in a site can be detected live and bottle neck can be highlighted by a simple click of troubleshooting button.
Nikhil Kumar Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nikhil Kumar Sharma
Associate Consultant
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Pros
  • Installation and initial setup.
  • Updates.
  • Communications and support from developers.
  • Looks pretty solid, few bugs.
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
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  • Network discovery
  • Config comparation
  • Runbooks
CT
Carlos Tavares
Sr. Network Operation Engineer
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Cons
  • Hardware support.
  • Slack integration (not sure if really needed, just because many others have this).
  • Universal connector for Linux boxes.
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
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  • After every release one or the other things stop working
  • API call to create INC's in SNOW,Remedy
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
No answers on this topic
This is a easly tool that i've worked.
CT
Carlos Tavares
Sr. Network Operation Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
Indeni is not a substitution, I guess it can be used for operations support while Cisco Prime does configuration management and PRTG can monitor traffic and/or WAN.
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
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The others were cumbersome, slow and there is a huge learning curve for the installation, configuration and just daily monitoring. NetBrain was the easiest of all to setup then let it run and build our network and map it out. Once it was complete, we immediately identified several circuit issues that we were unaware of within our network. With the maps and information gained, we were able to present to [management] and prove a case that we needed larger circuits in several areas.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • No, I am in the evaluation stage and cannot calculate ROI.
  • Indeni can be used to support the implementation of high-scale projects.
Sergei Chernooki | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sergei Chernooki
Network and Project engineer, IT. Cisco Certified Trainer
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  • Network automation is up to date.
  • Quicker failure discovery and resolving due to the path discovery.
  • Less time spent on documentation.
  • Much more details in the documentation.
Christoph Neulinger | TrustRadius Reviewer
Christoph Neulinger
Senior Network Specialist
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NetBrain Technologies Screenshots

Screenshot of how NetBrain defines what can be assessed in a network, how often it can be assessed, and how it scales through no-code automation.Screenshot of what a Golden Path through a hybrid cloud looks likeScreenshot of how using no-code network automation can cover all aspects of a network.