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Acrylic WiFi Professional vs. PingPlotter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acrylic WiFi Professional
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
N/A
$19.95
per year
PingPlotter
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
PingPlotter is a graphical traceroute and ping tool that visualizes network performance in a way that makes identifying the source of problems quicker and easier for everyone from online gamers and video streamers to VoIP admins and IT pros. Features for remote deployment, network monitoring, scripting, and a web interface are included along with several additional capabilities.
$0
per user
Pricing
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Editions & Modules
Basic
$19.95
per year
PingPlotter Free
$0.00
per user
PingPlotter Free
$0.00
per user
PingPlotter Standard
$6.99
per user per month
PingPlotter Professional
$29.00
per user per month
PingPlotter Standard
$39.99
per user
PingPlotter Professional
$349.00
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Considered Both Products
Acrylic WiFi Professional

No answer on this topic

PingPlotter
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
PingPlotter is much easy to work with
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
Okta is a mment in time, PingPlotter is continuous
Chase Grimes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chase Grimes
Senior Technical Consultant
Chose PingPlotter
There program is unmatched for what it does, I wouldn't even recommend to myself trying another.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
I've tried more products that are not in the list but PingPlotter is the easiest to use and the better one so far because of the interface and function.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
PingPlotter has better visualizations and a stronger ability to capture historical data than other tools I've used. This makes it easier to find the root cause by looking back in the log data to find where latency or packet loss occurred.
Martin Vandepas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Martin Vandepas
Hardware Engineer
Chose PingPlotter
Wireshark doesn't have this functionality and the commandline ping tool built into windows doesn't do plots.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
PingPlotter has a better UI and more customizable features.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
I am not aware of any tools like PingPlotter.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
A balance of a generic tool vs a network equipment product is necessary when investigating network incidents or disruptions. Need to train the engineer to use both tools to perform their analysis and to dive down to the issues as fast as they can. Experience with the tools will …
BS
Brett Stone
Network Operations Manager
Chose PingPlotter
PingPlotter stacks up very well to Solarwinds NPM and can provide many of the same benchmark tests that Solarwinds can. PingPlotter is most certianly much better at doing Traceroutes than NPM, and you can run a lot of the same reports.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose PingPlotter
PingPlotter is a basic version of Auvik, although it is easier to setup and there is less intrusion in the customers network. This allows us to use PingPlotter as a prospecting tool and allows to accurately gather network information very quickly. Basic troubleshooting is great …
Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
Network Engineer
Chose PingPlotter
I have tried a few free products and some paid ones but never really did what I wanted. I just needed a simple, always-on link monitor specifically with a traceroute element and this is what PingPlotter delivers. The others were either overly complex or too expensive, some just …
Features
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Acrylic WiFi Professional
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Ratings
PingPlotter
8.2
Ratings
0% above category average
Automated network device discovery00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Network monitoring00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Alerts00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
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Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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PingPlotter
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
PingPlotter
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acrylic WiFi ProfessionalPingPlotter
Likelihood to Recommend
No answers on this topic
The best scenario and best results are seen when the path does not reuse the same device for the "next hop". It is less well suited in situations where the path is being tricked by the re-use of devices for the next interface. This is seen required in many networks where the proper type of connection is not on an end device and the core device is used to provide a fiber to copper sort of "pass-through" connection.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
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  • Monitor traffic in network
  • Measure stops when contacting network locations such as websites
  • Measures the lag and latency it takes to contact network locations
  • Gives you both induvidual measurements as well as good oversight
  • identifies when network lag or disconnect occurs
JH
Johann Helgason
Director of services
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Cons
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  • Its a little confusing to see which targets are currently running pings and which ones are displayed in the plots.
  • Starting and stopping pings requires a right click and that would be better with a play/pause button I think.
  • Ability to drag and drop the graphs to reorder them.
  • more columns to show which targets are running and which are displayed. Currently this is done with symbols so you cant sort by just the running targets for example I've found.
Martin Vandepas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Martin Vandepas
Hardware Engineer
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Usability
No answers on this topic
I installed it and it just started working. I realized I could then tweak it to show what I needed but didn't have to spend a long time configuring it before use, editing YAML files etc. Maybe that's fine for a network professional, but I only need this software if something goes wrong, and then need it to work quickly out of the box.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
I have not had much contact with the PingPlotter support, only one time have I went to them and it was a positive experience. The questions I had were answered quickly and professionally. I have no issue with the experience I had with the Support team. This was from before and after the purchase of the product.
Fraser Clark | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fraser Clark
Network Engineer
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Alternatives Considered
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PingPlotter has better visualizations and a stronger ability to capture historical data than other tools I've used. This makes it easier to find the root cause by looking back in the log data to find where latency or packet loss occurred.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
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  • Great ROI, troubleshooting time has been reduced by 90%
  • Network Discoveries used to take 2 to 3 hours and were inconsistent - now it is a matter of minutes
  • lacks integration into our MSP toolkit, and we now use it as a stand alone product
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Anonymous
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