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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Datadog

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ADatadog is a monitoring service for IT, Dev and Ops teams who write and run applications at scale, and want to turn the massive amounts of data produced by their apps, tools and services into actionable insight.

    $18

    per month per host

    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMist’s Premium Analytics services offer enterprises network visibility and business insights that drive their digital transformation journey. This service provides insights into your network and business operations while overcoming the complex challenges associated with the influx of big data from the multitude of network and client end points. Juniper Networks acquired Mist in March 2019. Mist is now a Juniper brand.N/A

    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer is a network monitoring tool within the broader SolarWinds ecosystem. It includes core traffic monitoring features, as well as customizable traffic reports and alerts.N/A
    Pricing
    DatadogJuniper Mist Premium AnalyticsSolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Editions & Modules
    Log Management
    $1.27
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Infrastructure
    $15.00
    per month (billed annually) per host
    Standard
    $18
    per month per host
    Enterprise
    $27
    per month per host
    DevSecOps Pro
    $27
    per month per host
    APM
    $31.00
    per month (billed annually) per host
    DevSecOps Enterprise
    $41
    per month per host
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DatadogJuniper Mist Premium AnalyticsSolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing. Multi-Year/Volume discounts available (500+ hosts/mo).
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We used Nagios previously and also the Nagios Netflow Analyzer. It did a good job, but SolarWinds Network Traffic Analyzer is far superior and far more feature-rich in terms what you get. The planning it provides and alerting easily outweighs what Nagios Netflow can give. It is …
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    DatadogJuniper Mist Premium AnalyticsSolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Datadog and Juniper Mist Premium Analytics and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Feature
    Datadog
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
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    Remote monitoring8.22 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring7.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications8.22 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Datadog and Juniper Mist Premium Analytics and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics
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    Patch Management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service configuration management6.41 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory5.51 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation5.51 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Datadog and Juniper Mist Premium Analytics and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Feature
    Datadog
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics
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    Performance data reports8.22 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reporting7.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data visualization8.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk analysis8.22 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Datadog and Juniper Mist Premium Analytics and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Feature
    Datadog
    6.7
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics
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    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
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    Data backup and recovery6.41 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Antivirus and malware management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administrator access control6.41 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DatadogJuniper Mist Premium AnalyticsSolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (62 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.7
    (44 ratings)
    -
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    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
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    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DatadogJuniper Mist Premium AnalyticsSolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Datadog
    Datadog may be better suited for teams that have a more out-of-the-box infrastructure, on the primary platforms Datadog supports. You may also have better results if you have a bigger team dedicated to devops and/or a bigger budget. We found that trying to adapt it to our use case (small team, .NET on AWS Fargate) wasn't feasible. We continually ran into roadblocks that required us to dig through documentation (and at times, having to figure out some documentation was wrong), go back and forth with support, and in my opinion, waste money on excessive and unintended usages due to opaque pricing models and inaccurate usage reports, as well as broken/non-functional rate sampling controls.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    For an organization looking to get insights into what their users are experiencing as far as SLE while utilizing the network, Jupiter Mist Premium Analytics works great. The ease of use of [this] product is one of the best that I have seen. The ability to track so many areas of your wireless network becomes a great benefit in determining the overall needs of the entire network.
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    SolarWinds
    We use and depend on it for status state of our network gear, switches and routers. It does an excellent job of getting you the details you need to confirm all devices and products are working at the level needed. At times, it does tend to flag network switch ports and/or switches themselves as exceeding their rated capacity when frequently it was a quick blip of high traffic due to downloads, or uploads causing the max'ing of the device. Again, you can adjust the settings but then you adjust it too high and miss real activity. It can become nuisance alerting when you tend to then ignore
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    Pros
    Datadog
    • The thing which Datadog does really well, one of them are its broad range of services integrations and features which makes it one step observability solution for all. We can monitor all types of our application, infrastructure, hosts, databases etc with Datadog.
    • Its custom dashboard feature which helps us to visualize the data in a better way . It supports different types of charts through those charts we can create our dashboard more attractive.
    • Its AI powered alerting capability though that we can easily identify the root cause and also it has a low noise alerting capability which means it correlated the similar type of issues.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Application Use Tracking
    • Traffic by SSID
    • SLE Tracking
    • Data Usage
    • Access Point Useage Tracking
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    SolarWinds
    • The level of customization possible with Network Bandwidth Analyzer is very valuable. Rather than being stuck with a "one-size-fits-all" presentation, an administrator can easily create customized views, reports, and alerts so that users can have a more tailored view of the data provided by Network Bandwidth Analyzer. This has the effect of making the tool more attractive to the end user.
    • The NetFlow Traffic Analyzer piece of Network Bandwidth Analyzer provides the details on bandwidth usage on the network. More than knowing how much bandwidth is being used, one is provided with detailed information on how that bandwidth is being used. This provides invaluable information for capacity planning and even certain forensic tasks faced by the network engineer.
    • The ability to produce network maps provides an easy way to create an attractive and functional NOC/SOC view of the entire network. Both technician and the occasional passerby can quickly determine if there are issues to be addressed. The ability to customize a map with background images and custom icons and stencils can make these maps really pop.
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    Cons
    Datadog
    • Alert windows cause lag in notifications (e.g. if the alert window is X errors in 1 hour, we won't get alerted until the end of the 1 hour range)
    • I would appreciate more supportive examples for how to filter and view metrics in the explorer
    • I would like a more clear interface for metrics that are missing in a time frame, rather than only showing tags/etc. for metrics that were collected within the currently viewed time frame
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    • Homepage
    • Application and Tools
    • Knowledge Based Articles
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    SolarWinds
    • The ability to intuitively and quickly serve up specified information up to a dashboard for general “public” consumption, that cycles through several pages of information.
    • The ability to intuitively set up alerting on bandwidth levels, instead of having to dig through all types of alerts available to find the one needed.
    • Provide a pricing model based on different support levels: if I want only available update installations, don’t make me pay the same amount as those wanting full support.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Datadog
    Definitely will not revisit after our issues and, in my opinion, poor support.
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    SolarWinds
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    Usability
    Datadog
    There are so many features that it can be hard to figure out where you need to go for your own use case. For example, RUM monitoring us buried in a "Digital Experience" sidebar setting when this is one of our key use cases that I sometimes struggle to find in the application. It appears that ECS + Fargate monitoring was recently released which is great because we had to build a lambda reporting solution for ephemeral task monitoring. But this new feature was never on my radar until I starting clicking around the application.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    SolarWinds
    As far as rating for usability is concerned I would give 10/10 as NTA is very easy to use. All you need to do is install that module and ask network Team to configure the Netflow towards Server IP. [The] rest is pre-configured and reports are pre-built. Moment you receive the flows from Network all you will have is information about traffic.
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    Support Rating
    Datadog
    The support team usually gets it right. We did have a rather complicate issue setting up monitoring on a domain controller. However, they are usually responsive and helpful over chat. The downside would be I don’t think they have any phone support. If that is important to you this might not be a good fit.
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    SolarWinds
    I know we could probably pay for it, but it would be nice if we could get to a tier 2 technician faster. Spending a couple of hours on the phone with the level 1 technician, when we have already tried the troubleshooting they are walking us through, is just a waste of time.
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    Online Training
    Datadog
    No answers on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    SolarWinds
    The training offered by SolarWinds is some of the best out there. They have several different videos that go into great detail from initial setup to advanced configurations. In addition to the view at your own pace video, they also have live training for customers that focus on a single product and you can ask questions with the folks who develop the software. I have had good success with their live sessions and getting questions answered.
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    Implementation Rating
    Datadog
    Documentation was difficult to work through, rollout was catastrophic (completely outage)
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    SolarWinds
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    Alternatives Considered
    Datadog
    Our logs are very important, and Datadog manages them exceptionally well. We frequently use Datadog services for our investigations. Use case: Monitor your apps, infrastructure, APIs, and user experience.


    Key features:


    Logs, metrics, and APM (Application Performance Monitoring)


    Real-time alerting and dashboards


    Supports Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and other integrations


    RUM (Real User Monitoring) and Synthetics





    ✅ Best for backend, server, and distributed systems monitoring.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Juniper Mist Premium Analytics is very comparable to this other products. However, it provides much more details. We selected this product because it integrates with our network environment. We have Juniper switches and use the MIST AI system. Jupiter products are state of the art and make our jobs easier due to the ease of use and data that they provide.
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    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer compared to Wireshark and PRTG Network Monitor beats it by just the simple interface. Though all are manual setup, NTA takes it a step further with graphs and reports that analyze the data for you. In comparing to Extrahop from a bandwidth comparison, Extrahop wins but Extrahop is a lot more than just a bandwidth monitoring and cost.
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    Return on Investment
    Datadog
    • Saved us (time & money) from developing our own monitoring utilities that would pale in comparison
    • Alerts allow us to remedy issues before our customers even know about them
    • Tracking resource usage over time allows us to better plan for future needs, before it becomes a pain-point.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Growth
    • Analytics
    • Customer Satisfaction
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    SolarWinds
    • Be prepared to answer lots of questions. When people see the data in NTA they are going to want to know why App A is talking to App B. Be ready to explain!
    • Hand the keys to the NTA kingdom to the network team. They will thank you. Everyone wants to have friends on the network team, right?
    • Be prepared to invest in some significant compute and storage performance to keep up with your NTA monitoring
    • Running the latest firmware for your network gear is (often) required to take advantage of all the flow-monitoring. You upgrade regularly, right??
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    ScreenShots

    Datadog Screenshots

    Screenshot of the out-of-the-box and customizable monitoring dashboards.Screenshot of Datadog's collaboration features, where users can discuss issues in-context with production data, annotate changes and notify their teams, see who responded to that alert before, and discover what was done to fix it.Screenshot of where Datadog unifies traces, metrics, and logs—the three pillars of observability.Screenshot of some of Datadog's 400+ built-in integrations.Screenshot of Datadog's Service Map, which decomposes an application into all its component services and draws the observed dependencies between these services in real timeScreenshot of centralized log data, pulled from any source.