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    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

    Statseeker

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AStatseeker, a Techniche product, is a network performance monitoring solution used by private, Fortune 500 and S&P companies, and G20 governments around the world. The solution is designed to deliver instant, granular-level visibility of an entire network and history.N/A
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    LiveActionStatseeker
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    Pricing Offerings
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    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
    LiveActionStatseeker
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of LiveAction and Statseeker
    Feature
    LiveAction
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Statseeker
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Automated network device discovery7.22 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network monitoring7.22 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation5.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Alerts6.32 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network capacity planning6.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network mapping6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring6.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    LiveActionStatseeker
    Small Businesses
    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiveActionStatseeker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveActionStatseeker
    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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    Techniche
    Statseeker is an excellent choice to monitor a small, medium or large network. It uses SNMP to monitor switches, routers, appliances and really anything that has SNMP. The reports and output you can get from the system are invaluable. The speed of the system compared to other monitoing systems is great. Overall an excellent system.
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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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    Techniche
    • Extremely fast and responsive.
    • It can poll huge amounts of data quickly.
    • Excellent reporting features.
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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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    Techniche
    • The user interface could be improved.
    • Support can take some time to respond as they are based in Australia. However, they may be moving to the US.
    • More dashboard customization.
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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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    Techniche
    Support is very good, however, they have been based out of Australia so you have to deal with the time difference. Once you get them they are excellent. I have heard they are shifting some of the company to the US so that should help with support.
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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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    Techniche
    Both are similar, but I feel Statseeker is more feature-rich and the user interfaces much much faster than NPM. The UI is not quite as good as NPM, but I believe the slimmed-down UI is what allows for such fast query speeds.
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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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    Techniche
    • Great visualization of problem areas.
    • It helps speed up problem resolution.
    • Great capacity planning.
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