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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LiveAction

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALiveAction’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

    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AThe Micro Focus AppPulse Suite was an integrated solution of synthetic, real-user, and diagnostic monitoring for UX, that included Micro Focus AppPulse Active synthetic monitoring for SLA, Micro Focus AppPulse Mobile for real user mobile experience, Micro Focus AppPulse Web for web app availability monitoring, and Micro Focus AppPulse Trace for transaction and code-level performance issues. The suite of products have been discontinued and are no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    LiveActionMicro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiveActionMicro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    LiveActionMicro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of LiveAction and Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    Feature
    LiveAction
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Automated network device discovery7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network monitoring7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network capacity planning6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of LiveAction and Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    Feature
    LiveAction
    -
    Ratings
    Micro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Application monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Database monitoring00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Threshold alerts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Application performance management console00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Collaboration tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveActionMicro Focus AppPulse Suite (discontinued)
    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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    From my point of view, when we are working with a medium package project, this Micro Focus AppPulse Suite is very useful and effective at finding problems in our activities and codes and isolating them. But when we are working on large-size projects or backend performances, it works slowly to detect issues.
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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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    • Monitoring user web activities from the user's point of view.
    • Gives status details as clear dashboard formats.
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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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    • It's getting slow when we work with large projects.
    • At first it's hard to find some features.
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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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    Overall the support is good. Most of the hard situations passed smoothly because of the support team.
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • With effective dashboard, it describes everything easily.
    • Easy to setup and have some difficulties to handle.
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