EtherApe vs. Wireshark

EtherApe

EtherApe

0 Reviews and Ratings

Wireshark

Wireshark

135 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
EtherApe	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	EtherApe is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman. Featuring link layer, IP and TCP modes, it displays network activity graphically. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. Color coded protocols display. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP, SLIP and WLAN devices, plus several encapsulation formats. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read packets from a file as well as live from the network.	N/A
Wireshark	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	Wireshark is a free and open source network troubleshooting tool.	N/A

Pricing

EtherApe

Wireshark

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Wireshark: Free

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
EtherApe	Wireshark
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	EtherApe	Wireshark
Considered Both Products	EtherApe No answer on this topic	Wireshark Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark We also use TCPdump which is free but doesn't have the range of Wireshark. It is also not as feature-rich as Wireshark. Incentivized Helpful? Kaveen Eashwarage Manager - Special Projects Chose Wireshark Firstly, Wireshark is a free tool! Easy to implement and its opensource. We had many reviews & recommendations from users in the industry. All our requirements were available in the tool. Incentivized Helpful? Swapnil Madiwale Technology Lead Chose Wireshark The feature set is really great, and GUI helps at times when setting up the DNS feature, as well as a general quick overview into the system. It is really good that the tool supports protocols that are generally used on the network and get into the depth, and retrieves … Incentivized Helpful? BG Brian Grime CIO (Chief Information Officer) Chose Wireshark Both are very good products, it just came down to the price for our decision. Incentivized Helpful? JO Jorge Ortega IT Chose Wireshark Wireshark has a more friendly user interface and easy to use. It can be installed on many operating systems and can be used in combination with Kali Linux. What I like about Wireshark is the live data view that is so helpful when trying to troubleshoot that pin points to the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Honestly, I do not know a better tool than Wireshark with GUI. Every single occasion I had to analyze packets in any company it was done in Wireshark - it's like industry standard. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Easier to use along with much lower costs and time required to configure / get running.Quick small install file with no hardware or virtual appliace to deploy. Good support availible online in the way of tutorials to help locate exactly what you require. Good support community. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Limited to windows products. Wireshark help in the cross severs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Most firewall devices have some degree of troubleshooting built in but they don't give you actual deep packet inspection in realtime as data flows. Because of the ease of implementation and the cost, Wireshark is a solid solid solution that anyone can use and will help solve … Incentivized Helpful? Arnab Mukherjee ITSM and Project Management Consultant Chose Wireshark Wireshark is widely used and is the most popular packet analyzer available. It is a great debugging tool and easy to implement and use. It is Open Source and has a variety of options to analyze your network traffic. Incentivized Helpful? Mauro Biefeni Head of Information Technology Chose Wireshark Wireshark overall is just better put together and seems to operate better. Maybe it has jus been more mainstream for a longer period of time, but we like and trust it better than other alternatives at this time. Incentivized Helpful? AC Albert Chen Web Developer Chose Wireshark We tried Savvius Omnipeek, it has a better interface than Wireshark and a much less intense learning curve due to the improved UI it offers. It has better analyzing capability than Wireshark and the triggers are a nice feature it offers. However, it is not free and open-source … Incentivized Helpful? Chase Palmer, CISSP Senior Security Analyst Chose Wireshark [Wireshark] is just the go-to application. It's the tool that is taught with in school and at trade conferences. We have not had a need to even look at other tools. It's free, it had a ton of functionality, and it just works without complaint. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark I've not really needed to look beyond Wireshark for my requirements. Incentivized Helpful? Drew Harrison Programmer Chose Wireshark Fiddler has recently become my preferred network packet capturing tool, as it allows you to manipulate data for testing. Because I'm building automation software, this feature is invaluable to me. Otherwise, Wireshark is the better choice because it can capture ANY type of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark It is free compared to solarwinds deep packet software. It is easier to use than tcpdump or ettercap, and it has a much better presentation of the data. It's not as in depth as PRTG Network Monitor, but for an on the spot analysis, it is better for resource management and much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Wireshark is MUCH more in-depth and easy to use. Even though the files can get large and be a bit overwhelming, there are plenty of how-to articles and forums that can help you find the desired syntax for what you are looking for. Netflow Traffic Analyzer seems like a bit of an … Incentivized Helpful? PF Paul Fan Technical Specialist Chose Wireshark I haven't found another product can perform the same functionality as Wireshark. There are some similar products such as Microsoft Message Analyzer and others, but Wireshark is the only choice and mandatory for any network engineer. Incentivized Helpful? Jaspreet Singh Cyber Security Analyst Chose Wireshark There are quite some softwares that provide this functionality, but by far Wireshark is the most renowned and reputable software for network packet analysis. Wireshark also has a big open source community available on the Internet which helps people with any sort of problems … Incentivized Helpful? NAKIA EPLEY Student at Green River Chose Wireshark Wireshark integrates into just about everything and is more of a go along than one or the other in my opinion. Its ease of use, and clear understanding, make it a go-to in analyst work. Incentivized Helpful? Kenneth Hess Senior Systems Analyst Chose Wireshark I've looked at several over the years but Wireshark's no cost and advanced capabilities make it an easy choice for me. Wireshark's biggest advantage is its cost, which I've mentioned several times. It's significant in budget terms. I can't justify paying $1,000 for software … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Frederickson Director of Information Technology Chose Wireshark I'm not sure there are other products out there that can do all that Wireshark does for the price (free). Yes, there are commercial products that can do "more", but I haven't found the need to do anything "more" that I need to spend money on. It can generate reports; export … Incentivized Helpful? Ari Robinson Senior Product Manager Chose Wireshark TCPtrace is great if needing to capture communication on the same machine. Network Monitor was boring compared to Wireshark. Incentivized Helpful? YS Yuan Sun Infrastructure Services Analyst Sr. Chose Wireshark Wireshark can be efficient if the users understand how to filter and know what to look for. You need to have some basic network knowledge. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Wireshark Wireshark is much easier to use, Wireshark can parse/filter and display more lines of data and has a more modern GUI. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	EtherApe	Wireshark
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	EtherApe	Wireshark
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Wireshark is great for enterprise networks with large amounts of data traversing the network that need a way to filter and inspect specific traffic by specific parameters (i.e. destination / source IP address, host, or type). There are use-cases for smaller environments, but the amount of time needed to learn how to effectively use the tool may not be beneficial for home / small office users. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Capture Network Traffic - This really is the essential functionality of Wireshark as without consistent data capture there is nothing to analyze Filtering - We need to often filter for specific data that we are looking for. Live Capture as well as offline analysis - This gives us the flexibility to do what we need to do when we need to do it. Incentivized Mauro Biefeni Head of Information Technology Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	It is beginner-friendly as far as installation, but it could use a tutorial. Perhaps there is a way to do this already, but I haven't yet seen it. It would be nice if it could be integrated with a network package that could detect network anomalies, fire up an automated packet analysis, and send a report to an administrator. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It's very simple and easy to use, although individuals not used to managing and administering networks would take some time to get familiar with it. Once they have mastered use of the application, it's easy to stay knowledgeable about it, iteration after iteration. It is well supported online through an open-source community network of professionals who are helpful in imparting knowledge and in providing assistance. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Drew Harrison Programmer Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Simple and easy setup. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	[Wireshark] is just the go-to application. It's the tool that is taught with in school and at trade conferences. We have not had a need to even look at other tools. It's free, it had a ton of functionality, and it just works without complaint. Incentivized Chase Palmer, CISSP Senior Security Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	If your systems are not working, then of course it is one of the biggest impact on the business Imagine you are not able to send an email because of a network issue. This will definitely become a huge hindrance in your business Wireshark helps you with these types of problems and lets your business run smoothly Jaspreet Singh Cyber Security Analyst Read full review
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