LiveAction

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveAction
Score 8.2 out of 10
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LiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
Pricing
LiveAction
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LiveAction
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
LiveAction
Considered Both Products
LiveAction
Chose LiveAction
Compared to ExtraHop it lacked the network analytics that compares data from an L2 up. We were able to track down rogue devices. certificates, a DNS attack, etc. that would have been a little hard to do in LiveAction. On the flip side, compared to PRTG, LiveAction has many more …
Chose LiveAction
There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off …
Chose LiveAction
Our infrastructure group evaluated SolarWinds from a network device management perspective and was impressed with the product. However, we were evaluating it from the device management functionality primarily, so a different role than what LiveAction was going to provide.
Features
LiveAction
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
LiveAction
6.9
2 Ratings
15% below category average
Automated network device discovery7.22 Ratings
Network monitoring7.22 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation5.01 Ratings
Alerts6.32 Ratings
Network capacity planning6.01 Ratings
Packet capture analysis7.22 Ratings
Network mapping6.32 Ratings
Customizable reports10.01 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.01 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
LiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
BlueCat
From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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Pros
BlueCat
  • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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Cons
BlueCat
  • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
  • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
  • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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Support Rating
BlueCat
Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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Alternatives Considered
BlueCat
There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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Return on Investment
BlueCat
  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
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