TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics vs. OpenNMS Meridian

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Cloud Analytics (Stealthwatch Cloud) aims to improve security and incident response across the distributed network, from the private network and branch office to the public cloud. This solution addresses the need for digital businesses to quickly identify threats posed by their network devices and cloud resources, and to do so with minimal management, oversight, and security manpower.N/A

    OpenNMS Meridian

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AOpenNMS Meridian is a scalable open source network management platform with network traffic analysis, network discovery, alerting, and monitoring. It's presented as a solution to monitor enterprise network performance and ensure the availability and performance of critical network services.

    $42,000

    per year

    Pricing
    Cisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsOpenNMS Meridian
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $42,000
    per year Up to 2 Meridian and cores Up to 25 Minions
    Premier
    $56,700
    per year Up to 4 Meridian cores and Up to 100 Minions
    Premier+
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsOpenNMS Meridian
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Add-Ons: -24/7 Emergency Support: $24,000 / year -Mini OpenNMS Appliance: $750 ea.
    More Pricing Information
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsOpenNMS Meridian
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Cisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsOpenNMS Meridian
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsOpenNMS Meridian
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics is well suited for network monitoring and starts off as learning how your day to day traffic flows amongst systems and assets. From there it can then pinpoint specific alerts that you have enabled to be monitored on your network. This gives us insight on any issues that may come up and how we can fix them. It also allows us to see what systems are consuming the most bandwidth and such from a big picture point of view.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    I would recommend all system administrators use some form of network monitoring if they are not already doing so, and I'd definitely recommend people consider OpenNMS if they're shopping around. Small businesses will benefit from the low-cost of entry (it's free!), whilst getting all the enterprise features. Larger businesses can benefit from paid support plans.
    However, there's no getting around the fact that you will require some advanced networking and sysadmin knowledge to get the most out of OpenNMS, or at least, be prepared for a steep learning curve. If you don't have the resources to devote this time initially, you may struggle.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Cisco
    • Improve security and productivity
    • Detect advanced threats and indicators of compromise
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    • Report on SLA
    • Group network areas
    • Discovery of elements
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Cisco
    • More integrations with other Cisco tools or 3rd party vendors
    • Add description of NetFlow probe, so you know which device it's configured on without logging into the actual switch
    • Updated UI
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    • We've had a few issues with delayed alerting.
    • I haven't quite figured out how to make topologies work yet, but I haven't spent a ton of time on it either.
    • We've also had a bit of trouble importing some MIBs, but that usually boiled down to working with the vendor to make sure we had the right MIBs and dependencies.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Cisco
    Very simple and easy to learn UI
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cisco
    Site loads smoothly without issues. Reports pull quickly as well. Overall no issues with this products performance for us
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Quick and easy support. Response time to support tickets have always been very quick and level of knowledge has always been excellent.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    If anything Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics only compliments other Cisco tools. We run a Cisco security stack and each one of those products only enhance and better the other product. Ultimately enhancing and protecting your network at its fullest capabilities. Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics doesn't only stack up, but adds another layer of visibility to help your company out.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    OpenNMS's more attractive GUI and its price break were the main reasons our company chose to explore and use this product. However, it never managed to actually replace Nagios which had a much more established hold within the company. Perhaps we were over-monitoring, but our company claimed a $100k loss per hour of downtime.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Cisco
    Only have this deployed to one site, so scalability is good.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has helped us mitigate network security issues
    • Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has provided us with detailed reporting on what are needs are in regards to network stability
    • UI is stale and could use an update
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The OpenNMS Group
    • Initial adoption required quite a lot of resources and time to get everything right. Totally worth it for us; just be prepared for a gradual process that will get better and better with time.
    • Once setup and running smoothly, it provides us with all the reporting we could hope for, at near zero cost.
    • With OpenNMS, we're able to offer a much more reliable service to our customers, and spend a lot less time dealing with issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots