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    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)

    Score9 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
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    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
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    SolarWinds
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds NTA is hands down a superior product compared to Wireshark. However, when doing smaller isolated projects the affordability of Wireshark can not be overlooked. Wireshark does a great job of collecting data on ports and circuits. The advantage of SolarWinds NTA is …
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    The interface on SolarWinds is much better and the time to deploy is much faster with NTA than other products. The ability for junior staff to quickly pick up on the tool is outstanding and it seems to take less expertise to use this product. The output display is easy to …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is our tool of choice for our organization due to the sterling reputation and reliability of the Network tracking tool. Our Organization has developed a total dependence on the SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) product based on …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    The SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) admin portal is more user friendly.
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds NTA is much more focused and targeted to what our needs are compared to the alternatives. Tivoli and SCOM just don't have the active monitoring that this purpose-based software allows. The reporting is better, and the single pane of glass aspect, along with their …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We use both products. Splunk is primarily for log analysis and NTA for flow analysis.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    [SolarWinds] NTA is vastly inferior to Palo Alto's built-in monitoring tools. The only benefit [SolarWinds] NTA has over Palo [Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls] is historical link utilization and reporting.
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    It's overall a little slower than Arbor peakflow, but offers good functionality in terms of visualizing flow data. It would be great if the DB could be open for other visualization tools so flow data could be visualized using BI tools
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm) has a stripped-down version of NTA where you can see some data about network traffic; however, if you need to take a deep dive into exactly what is going on, you need SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA). We have also used …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds NTA is easy to set up and configure. It provides the information needed to monitor your network traffic without much customization. Intelligent Alerts and Reports can be configured to Monitor Network Traffic.
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    NetScout, Wireshark, LogicMonitor were tested - but these were not robust enough or user friendly enough to cover everything that we needed to have covered.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Compared to ManageEngine OpManager, Solarwinds scales better on an enterprise level. NTA is more feature rich and has a more intuitive dashboard.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We've always had SolarWinds--a platform we inherited from the prior team
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    I must say no other tools stands against SolarWinds NTA module, as it is easy to use tool with complete feature set, with almost all types of flows supported. Not just this, you will have rich information-based dashboard (fully customizable), out of the box reports, and Alert …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Our previous product did not offer traffic flow, bandwidth information or the ability to give us device information. With SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer we can monitor traffic coming in to our network and traffic going out of our network. This has allowed for greater …
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We utilize NetScout in conjunction with NetScout. NetScout gives a finer grained insight into traffic, while [SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer] (NTA) gives a better quick glance at the entire organizational structure.
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We went with SolarWinds b/c we already had npm and NCM and NTA just integrates better.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    We have all modules for SolarWinds up and running at our company. We are pretty happy with the cost and benefits of using SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    It's nice but It just seems overwhelming and hard to get started, and pricing is higher.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    My team inherited SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer along with other SolarWinds products so I can't give reviews for alternatives as we haven't evaluated any other services. We are happy with what NTA provides us.
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    The company I work for now uses:

    SAM, VNQM, NCM, npm and DPAIM along with NTA
    Incentivized
    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer is a user-friendly and much cheaper alternative than some of its competitors such as ExtraHop. It integrates well with the rest of the SolarWinds suite of tools and it's a lot easier to use.
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    Chose SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    SolarWinds is the only tool I've used for netflow traffic analyzing. I can't say that I've used any other types of products to even monitor our networks. SolarWinds has always been the tool I've used for any network insight needed from any organization. I am a huge fan of …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (62 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (49 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)