Item: SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used by a Department - Network Monitoring Team.
One of the important use case is it helps us to identify any outage in network, real-time and team responds immediately.
This reduces the business impact, we being a customer service entity.

Pros and Cons

It gives bandwidth information on interfaces basis.
Helps in identifying any system if infected and team can isolate that endpoint.
Denial-of-service can be identified and stopped. One of the key aspects again.

Reporting and integrating with other tools like NAC solution.
Can adapt ML/AI going forward.
Auditing can be improved and self analysis within tool itself.

Return on Investment

Helped in cost-reduction at resource level.
Automated alerts to keep the important parties updated.
Downtime is close to 0%, as this helps in mitigating whenever alert is triggered.

Alternatives Considered

IBM QRadar and Nessus

Support Rating

Easy to use - This reduces the time for anyone to deep dive into product and pick it up easily.
Deep information on logs.
Integrates easily with lot of tools and helps generating reports.
Very strong user community. Helps in troubleshooting and resolving queries, which is key aspect of any product.
Very good tool in helping customer-centric businesses achieve their goals.

Key Insights

Do you think SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)'s feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Forescout Platform, CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection, Netskope NextGen SWG, Guardicore

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds can be well suited for industry that caters to customers across the globe and has lots of data to deal with from different customers.
This would help to monitor and prioritize the data to be picked, flag the service provider and reduce the impact on customer. Best suited for service provider who cater to financial sector as they are time bound revert expected and business is highly volatile.
This would not serve the purposes of a small organization where manual resources can handle the load and troubleshoot easily alone.

SolarWinds - Very strong windy Netflow Tool

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)