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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contrail Networking (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AContrail Networking was solution that provided dynamic end-to-end networking policy and control for any cloud, any workload, NFV, and any deployment, from a single user interface. The product is sunsetted.N/A

    Junos Space Network Management

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AJunos Space Network Management Platform works with the company's management applications to simplify and automate management of Juniper’s switching, routing, and security devices.N/A

    SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds® 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

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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Contrail Networking (discontinued)Junos Space Network ManagementSolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
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    8.5
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    8.6
    (11 ratings)
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    Best for: - Data Center Networking - NFVI Cloud Networking - Virtual Private Cloud for CSP
    Incentivized
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Junos Space is an excellent tool for network management. I really did not find anything to dislike about this platform as it was able to manage, simplify and automate all [the] devices. I recommend [Junos Space] because it is a platform that has a complete solution as it provides you with a complete fault manager and excellent performance and security.
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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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    Pros
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    • Contrail Networking automates network resource.
    • Providing reliability and agility while extending visibility into your multi-cloud network.
    • Advanced analytics capabilities.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Automate all security devices
    • Productivity and ease of management
    • Multilayered network abstractions
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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
    Incentivized
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    Cons
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    • Contrail should have inbuild management of underlay network as well
    • lack of open resources to learn
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • It is an expensive platform unlike other vendors.
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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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    Usability
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    SolarWinds
    Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
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    Support Rating
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    SolarWinds
    Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    The platforms are very similar in networking concepts, at the interface level I found it easier to use Juniper Contrail than Cisco ACI. And at the cost level, I think it is cheaper.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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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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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Core of our NFV Cloud providing Multitenant Services
    • Give Agility to our Cloud
    • Wrokload any IP, anywhere
    Incentivized
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Hot-Pluggable, Multitenant Applications
    • Instant Scaling and Resilience
    • Flexible Network Visualization
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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
    Incentivized
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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.