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SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset vs. Wireshark

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds® Engineer’s Toolset (ETS) helps users monitor and troubleshoot a network with over 60 tools for network management. ETS allows users to monitor and receive alerts in real time on network availability and health, and perform network diagnostics for faster troubleshooting and resolution of complex network issues. With ETS users can deploy an array of network discovery tools including Port Scanner, Switch Port Mapper or advanced Subnet Calculator, manage Cisco® devices with specialized…
$1,585
Per Instance
Wireshark
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Wireshark is a free and open source network troubleshooting tool.
$0
Pricing
SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Editions & Modules
One Time Price
$1,585
Per Instance
Wireshark
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Considered Both Products
SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
Jacob Garrett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jacob Garrett
Senior System Engineer
Chose SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
[Wireshark is just] not the same. It feels like in incomplete product. [SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset] is complete, not buggy and is supported[.]
Chose SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset
I love the npm package, but if you are doing one-off monitoring to diagnose, SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset is more than adequate. The main drawback with SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset is the monitoring is only valid as long as you have the laptop on (obviously). npm provides for …
Wireshark

No answer on this topic

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SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Small Businesses
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NinjaOne
Score 9.2 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Intermapper
Intermapper
Score 8.5 out of 10
PRTG
PRTG
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(11 ratings)
9.5
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SolarWinds Engineer's ToolsetWireshark
Likelihood to Recommend
SolarWinds
I have found the toolset especially useful for scanning subnets to discover devices, and for setting up temporary real-time monitors when we are troubleshooting or setting up new connections. The most useful aspect has been the ability to apply the tools to help troubleshoot and pinpoint intermittent issues. More general tools like Orion often do not have the granularity to detect issues like intermittent packet loss which are especially impactful to applications like Voice. The toolset gives us another level of capability to dig into issues.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Open Source
I don't know of any other tool that works as well as Wireshark for packet capture an inspection. It's extremely easy to get up and running, and even with little to no knowledge of how to use the tool, you can be looking at all the traffic coming off a network interface.
Chase Palmer, CISSP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chase Palmer, CISSP
Senior Security Analyst
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Pros
SolarWinds
  • Various monitoring
  • Stores history
  • Suggests indices
  • Helps to find the SQL query text
  • Helps to see what machines/users the bad queries are coming from
  • Shows current blocking session
Verified User
Anonymous
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Open Source
  • Light-weight software - Does not require high end specifications; also runs smoothly on Legacy systems
  • Filter function - Lets you filter you packets from thousands to tens so as to find your target much easily
  • Simultaneous capturing on all the network adapters - You can capture packets from all the Network Interface Cards (NIC's) at once.
Jaspreet Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jaspreet Singh
Cyber Security Analyst
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Cons
SolarWinds
  • The unifying component that is intended to be the initial interface to the tools seems clunky. I prefer to start the tools individually rather than using it.
  • The port scanner could use some improvements to make it easier to use.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Open Source
  • A more user-friendly interface would be nice, but then again it is not really designed for those who are not quite comfortable with this type of software.
  • Changes to functionality on updates - this can sometimes happen unexpectedly and can be an annoyance.
  • More powerful data processing would be welcomed
Mauro Biefeni | TrustRadius Reviewer
Mauro Biefeni
Head of Information Technology
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Usability
SolarWinds
Very easy to use and intuitive. Just be careful with the WAN Killer...it does what it says.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Open Source
I give Wireshark a 10 for usability because it is very usable. Just about anyone can capture packets within a few seconds of opening the program. The analysis is a science but as far as just using Wireshark; it's very easy.
Kenneth Hess | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kenneth Hess
Senior Systems Analyst
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Support Rating
SolarWinds
Our organization uses it regularly. It is reliable, and we keep finding new uses for it
Verified User
Anonymous
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Open Source
I don't believe Wireshark has "true" support as the software is open source. However, there is an active & friendly community around Wireshark that are more than happy to help answer questions. From a comprehensive Wiki and FAQ section on the site to the Ask a Question forum and bug tracker section, there's plenty of support options to make sure your questions and issues are addressed.
Drew Harrison | TrustRadius Reviewer
Drew Harrison
Programmer
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Implementation Rating
SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
Open Source
Simple and easy setup.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
SolarWinds
I haven't compared any tools similar to SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset. This might be because I'm pretty biased when it comes to monitoring, and reporting solutions. I've found that SolarWinds provides the biggest bang for the buck in my opinion. I'm sure there are other solutions on the market that compete, but I haven't tried any of them because I've been very satisfied with SolarWinds.
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Thomas Osborne
Network System Administrator
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Open Source
Wireshark is a free tool that came highly recommended by one of our former network security consultants. Using the tool he was able to resolve all of our higher tier network tickets, so we observed first hand why we needed to add Wireshark into our toolset. We received in-depth instruction and training scenarios that demonstrated the effectiveness and power of the product, so we didn't spend any time reviewing competing products.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
SolarWinds
  • Spend less time downloading free buggy tools
  • All the tools in one spot, so you don't have to look around for tools
  • Get to the solution sooner
Jacob Garrett | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jacob Garrett
Senior System Engineer
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Open Source
  • Identifying bugs in the network has never been smooth and near-perfect.
  • Wireshark has made sure our equipment and software is working properly via analyzing network data.
  • Analysis of IP packets and Sip call flaws has saved us a lot of time and confident result.
Kaveen Eashwarage | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kaveen Eashwarage
Manager - Special Projects
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ScreenShots

SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset Screenshots

Screenshot of Perform network stress tests with Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer. You don’t need to use real traffic for studying network activities, like testing traffic and load balancing. Instead, deploy Engineer's Toolset WAN Killer to help interactively test connections and adjust the IP traffic generated to achieve the desired network load based on your requirements.Screenshot of Quickly troubleshoot your network with enhanced ping capabilities and packet route tracing, among other network bandwidth usage and monitoring tools included in ETS.Screenshot of Using ETS, you can run scans to gain insight into how routers, hubs switches, and other devices are configured by analyzing SNMP queries and viewing MIB attributes. ETS is designed to help you more easily understand whether your network and ports are using appropriate settings.Screenshot of Config Compare, a part of ETS, is built to compare the running configuration of a Cisco router with the startup configuration. With the Cisco configuration compare tool, you can easily detect the changes made to the network, switch, and router configurations that are not committed to non-volatile memory (NVRAM).Screenshot of Manage your IP network from discovery to address tracking. Discover subnets on a seed router and scan the subnet or a range of IP addresses, generate a list of subnets along with their mask, size, range, and broadcast address and actively monitor subnets to identify and track which IP addresses are in use on your network.