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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

    vRealize Operations (discontinued)

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AvRealize Operations, or Aria Operations, provided simplified and automated IT Operations Management across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments, and visibility into the entire tech stack, including all physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure components. The product is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    LiveActionvRealize Operations (discontinued)
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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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    Considered Both Products
    BlueCat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    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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    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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    Features
    LiveActionvRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of LiveAction and vRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Feature
    LiveAction
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    vRealize Operations (discontinued)
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    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
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    LiveActionvRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
    OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiveActionvRealize Operations (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveActionvRealize Operations (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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    With the introduction of API-based event alerts, there is no need for a proxy, which is a good option. Its ability to manage infra on a real-time basis is a good option that helps monitor, administer and troubleshoot virtual machines.
    Incentivized
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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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    • Shows us where we can save on cost of keeping machines running, or boosting resources on VM's
    • the ability to plan deployments with scenario plans that can be customized over a specific timeline
    • reports that can be sent and shared with different teams or departments
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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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    • There are less space for customization.
    • Cannot use for OS monitoring.
    • Some option are very complex like getting an ideal VM report.
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    Usability
    BlueCat
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    It has a good GUI to monitor real-time logs for cloud applications. This is quite a useful tool and preferred over most of the competitive applications in the market.
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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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    The support is pretty good however some of the KB articles still reference different versions of the product so it can be hard to find answers to common questions
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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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    SCOM was quite overwhelming when we first set up a POC for it. There was just too much for one person to handle. With vROPs I can manage the product and provide the support needed for my environment. We also have a Solarwinds environment that provides us with a level of detail and alerting we have come to rely upon. vROPS takes it to another level because it links directly into vCenter to provide you with a complete picture of your virtual environment.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BlueCat
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    Discontinued Products
    Not involved in purchasing.
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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
    • We believe that the ability to preplan deployments with vRealize has proven its return on investments.
    • Our troubleshooting time has been reduced with vrealize because its constantly collecting performance data. typically vrealize will tell us cause of fault before we can determine it ourselves.
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