Nmap vs Speedify VPN | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

If you're a sysadmin, or anyone who's had to deploy network services, you've almost certainly had to use Nmap at some point or other. Need to see what devices are on your LAN? Nmap can tell you that. Want to check which ports your web server has open to the internet? Nmap is your friend.

Nmap is a powerful command-line tool and has many options that require some reading of documentation to get the best out of (although generally straightforward). If the thought of working at the command-line scares you (presumably not if you're reading this review), then you may want a much simpler tool, or at least check out Zenmap GUI.

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Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Sometime the bandwidth of my network is low but it work quite efficiently and able to finish my work. It [gets] connected within seconds and sometime it also does not need password to fill-up, it automatically detects the password and connect within seconds. [Speedify VPN is] quite an expensive tool but overall good.

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Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Automated network device discovery

Network monitoring

Baseline threshold calculation

Alerts

Network capacity planning

Packet capture analysis

Network mapping

Customizable reports

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Hardware health monitoring

Pros

NMap provides a very fast and a very thorough network "sweep" that allows you to quickly map out exactly what's on your network.
NMap is highly configurable. The "canned" choices are very good in most instances, but using various switches and options, you can create a very specific scan and get exactly the results you're looking for.
NMap is easy to use. Even a new administrator will be able to use the graphical version (Zenmap) with efficiency right away.

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Kenneth Hess

Senior Systems Analyst

CymSTAR, LLCDefense & Space, 201-500 employees

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Combines multiple internet connections
Speeds up our connection
Keeps data safe and secure

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Cons

exporting, There's a serious lack of ability to export the information in a readable format to present to VPs and such. I always find myself doing a lot of data massaging to get it in a pretty format
some scans can trigger sensitive IDS/IPS
SYN scans can be particularly aggressive and cause problems on remote systems.

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Mike Nostrom

Senior Systems Software Specialist

Delaware Department of Health & Social ServicesGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Only one is ease of installation

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Nmap 8.3

Based on 18 answers

There is a very large support community and a robust selection of add-ons and scripts. Once you get the use down this is one of the most powerful tools and you can find anything you are looking for as far as examples on the web. While not having official support its not lacking by any means.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Sr. Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Alternatives to Nmap (other IP scanners) are often much more limited in what they can do; They often only allow you to scan a specific subset of ports or a limited number of IP addresses in one command. Nmap is unrestricted in that regard. What makes Nmap stand out above the rest, is the complete network analysis package you get with it. It allows IP scanner, network deep-dives, hardware analysis, vulnerability analysis, encryption detailing, and so much more, in one free application

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Dylan Eikelenboom

Security Officer

IXON CloudInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Difficult to say since I chose Speedify and have not yet used any other services. But based on my research, Speedify seemed to offer a better value fr the money, easier to install on various sets, and much better support. Thier support has been second to none and they have been right there when needed

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive return as it's open-source (free) on all OS's.
If a person is not used of the command line there are a ton of front ends that make it point-and-click so the learning curve is good. That cuts down on time and manpower.

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Technician in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 11-50 employees

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More productive end users due to higher speed
Less time spent with our IT dept fixing viruses
Less time with IT dept with speed issues as well

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Nmap Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Speedify VPN Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Unlmited	49.99²
Teams	39.99³
Dedicated Server	$1,200⁴

1GB per user per month
per user per year
per user (5+) per year
per Server per Year

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Rating Summary

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Speedify VPN

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Likelihood to Recommend

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Feature Rating Comparison

Automated network device discovery

Network monitoring

Baseline threshold calculation

Alerts

Network capacity planning

Packet capture analysis

Network mapping

Customizable reports

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Hardware health monitoring

Pros

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Cons

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Support Rating

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Alternatives Considered

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Return on Investment

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Screenshots

Nmap

Speedify VPN

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Nmap Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Speedify VPN Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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