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LiveAction vs. Sandvine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveAction
Score 8.5 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
Sandvine
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sandvine's cloud-based Application and Network Intelligence Portfolio helps customers analyze, optimize, and monetize application experiences using contextual machine learning-based insights and real-time actions. Sandvine classifies more than 95% of traffic across mobile and fixed networks by user, application, device, and location significantly enhances interactions between users and applications. Sandvine's cloud-ready platform can be deployed on any hardware, and its data APIs can…N/A
Pricing
LiveActionSandvine
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveActionSandvine
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
LiveActionSandvine
Considered Both Products
LiveAction
Verified User
Anonymous
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 …
Verified User
Anonymous
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 …
Randy Zuehlke | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Zuehlke
IT Security Manager
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.
Sandvine

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Features
LiveActionSandvine
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
LiveAction
6.9
Ratings
14% below category average
Sandvine
-
Ratings
Automated network device discovery7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Network monitoring7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Network capacity planning6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Network mapping6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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LiveActionSandvine
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
PingPlotter
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Score 8.8 out of 10
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveActionSandvine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
LiveActionSandvine
Likelihood to Recommend
The product is best suited for performing assessments on your network infrastructure via data and voice over IP flows. Finding bandwidth hogs is also easy to do with the product (Similar to Plixer's Scrutinizer product), and permits point-and-click remediation of Quality of Service (QOS), layer2/3 transit problems, and security issues.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • Packet tracing and diagnostics.
  • The visual analytics in the dashboard were good.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • Cost is VERY high for what this product does, but it's worth it if you do not have all of the expertise to prioritize your network properly
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Anonymous
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Support Rating
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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
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 features that PRTG is lacking. The reporting, actions and visual analytics alone were better.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
Randy Zuehlke | TrustRadius Reviewer
Randy Zuehlke
IT Security Manager
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