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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer is a network monitoring tool within the broader SolarWinds ecosystem. It includes core traffic monitoring features, as well as customizable traffic reports and alerts.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
    Pricing
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
    Editions & Modules
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    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
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    SolarWinds
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    Techniche
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
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    Features
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) and Statseeker
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    Ratings
    Statseeker
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (62 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)Statseeker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SolarWinds
    We use and depend on it for status state of our network gear, switches and routers. It does an excellent job of getting you the details you need to confirm all devices and products are working at the level needed. At times, it does tend to flag network switch ports and/or switches themselves as exceeding their rated capacity when frequently it was a quick blip of high traffic due to downloads, or uploads causing the max'ing of the device. Again, you can adjust the settings but then you adjust it too high and miss real activity. It can become nuisance alerting when you tend to then ignore
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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
    SolarWinds
    • The level of customization possible with Network Bandwidth Analyzer is very valuable. Rather than being stuck with a "one-size-fits-all" presentation, an administrator can easily create customized views, reports, and alerts so that users can have a more tailored view of the data provided by Network Bandwidth Analyzer. This has the effect of making the tool more attractive to the end user.
    • The NetFlow Traffic Analyzer piece of Network Bandwidth Analyzer provides the details on bandwidth usage on the network. More than knowing how much bandwidth is being used, one is provided with detailed information on how that bandwidth is being used. This provides invaluable information for capacity planning and even certain forensic tasks faced by the network engineer.
    • The ability to produce network maps provides an easy way to create an attractive and functional NOC/SOC view of the entire network. Both technician and the occasional passerby can quickly determine if there are issues to be addressed. The ability to customize a map with background images and custom icons and stencils can make these maps really pop.
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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
    SolarWinds
    • The ability to intuitively and quickly serve up specified information up to a dashboard for general “public” consumption, that cycles through several pages of information.
    • The ability to intuitively set up alerting on bandwidth levels, instead of having to dig through all types of alerts available to find the one needed.
    • Provide a pricing model based on different support levels: if I want only available update installations, don’t make me pay the same amount as those wanting full support.
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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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    Usability
    SolarWinds
    As far as rating for usability is concerned I would give 10/10 as NTA is very easy to use. All you need to do is install that module and ask network Team to configure the Netflow towards Server IP. [The] rest is pre-configured and reports are pre-built. Moment you receive the flows from Network all you will have is information about traffic.
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    Techniche
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SolarWinds
    I know we could probably pay for it, but it would be nice if we could get to a tier 2 technician faster. Spending a couple of hours on the phone with the level 1 technician, when we have already tried the troubleshooting they are walking us through, is just a waste of time.
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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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    Online Training
    SolarWinds
    The training offered by SolarWinds is some of the best out there. They have several different videos that go into great detail from initial setup to advanced configurations. In addition to the view at your own pace video, they also have live training for customers that focus on a single product and you can ask questions with the folks who develop the software. I have had good success with their live sessions and getting questions answered.
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    Techniche
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    Alternatives Considered
    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer compared to Wireshark and PRTG Network Monitor beats it by just the simple interface. Though all are manual setup, NTA takes it a step further with graphs and reports that analyze the data for you. In comparing to Extrahop from a bandwidth comparison, Extrahop wins but Extrahop is a lot more than just a bandwidth monitoring and cost.
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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
    SolarWinds
    • Be prepared to answer lots of questions. When people see the data in NTA they are going to want to know why App A is talking to App B. Be ready to explain!
    • Hand the keys to the NTA kingdom to the network team. They will thank you. Everyone wants to have friends on the network team, right?
    • Be prepared to invest in some significant compute and storage performance to keep up with your NTA monitoring
    • Running the latest firmware for your network gear is (often) required to take advantage of all the flow-monitoring. You upgrade regularly, right??
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    Techniche
    • Great visualization of problem areas.
    • It helps speed up problem resolution.
    • Great capacity planning.
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