AppNeta by Broadcom vs Auvik Network Management (ANM) comparison

Broadcom and Auvik are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #63, while Auvik is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.6. Broadcom holds a 0.8% mindshare in NMS, compared to Auvik’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Auvik users who would recommend it.

AppNeta by Broadcom

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AppNeta by Broadcom

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

AppNeta by Broadcom and Auvik Network Management compete in the network performance and management space. Auvik Network Management seems to have the upper hand due to its robust features that make it adaptable to expansive network environments.

Features: AppNeta by Broadcom provides comprehensive support with detailed end-to-end visibility and real-time data analysis. It also offers effective cost pricing that maximizes ROI. Auvik Network Management delivers powerful automation capabilities, highly scalable network monitoring tools, and strong customer support suitable for larger networks.

Room for Improvement: AppNeta by Broadcom could strengthen its automation capabilities, improve scalability for larger networks, and enhance its feature set to match Auvik’s adaptability. Auvik Network Management can work on reducing upfront costs, enhancing its real-time analysis capabilities, and expanding its end-to-end visibility features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AppNeta by Broadcom is recognized for its straightforward deployment model and responsive customer service, aligning with organizations that prefer a quick implementation process. Auvik Network Management offers seamless deployment and intuitive configuration processes, making it beneficial for complex network setups while still ensuring strong customer support.

Pricing and ROI: AppNeta by Broadcom requires a moderate initial investment, focusing on cost-efficiency that promises high ROI through its analytical capabilities. Auvik Network Management has higher upfront costs, but this investment results in high returns due to its network management efficiencies and feature-rich platform.

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Categories and Ranking

AppNeta by Broadcom

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

63rd

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

43rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (16th), DX NetOps (3rd)

Auvik Network Management (ANM)

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

2nd

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

208

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (3rd), Network Troubleshooting (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of AppNeta by Broadcom is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Auvik Network Management (ANM)	1.3%
AppNeta by Broadcom	0.8%
Other	97.9%

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Cliff Chapman

Architect at Linkstatus Ltd

Excellent support, easy configuration, and a reliable tool to know what the problem is and where the problem is

They should try and make diagnostics run a bit quicker. When the problem occurs on a network, AppNeta runs automatic diagnostics on the end-to-end path. The path it was testing only to the destination, it now runs the same test to all of the devices and all the intermediate devices. Depending on the number of intermediate devices, it can take several minutes to run. If we're trying to find or diagnose a problem that only lasts two or three minutes, it may be that the diagnostics is still running by the time the problem is cleared. The only thing, which I have also mentioned to AppNeta in the past, is that there should be much faster and much more lightweight diagnostics, which can be completed within 30 seconds or one minute, rather than in 5 to 10 minutes. Currently, when we have short-duration problems, we use a different tool, but we only use that different tool for short-duration problems. With AppNeta, as long as the problem exists for more than a few minutes, such as within 10 to 15 minutes, we can normally tell where the problem is. However, most of the problems that we deal with are intermittent. They're very rarely a permanent condition that needs to be addressed. That makes it more difficult to troubleshoot. We would look to see at least two or three events and hope they show the same results to raise our confidence that we've actually found the problem, rather than just a problem.

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HardeepSingh2

Senior operation command center Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

Centralized dashboard and real-time picture of the network improve efficiency

We have integrated Auvik Network Management with PRTG and our ServiceNow ticketing tool through API. It automatically creates notifications and sends them to Teams and our ticketing tool. It saves a lot of time. It saved 40% to 50% of our time. Auvik Network Management's network map, together with the dashboard, gives me a real-time picture of my network. It allows me to see the inventory under all sites and devices. My company has 55 sites. Whenever I want to go to a site, I can navigate the network path, and it provides me with the topology directly from source to destination. It shows all events, such as downtime or critical warnings, in an easy-to-use manner. It provides information about device interfaces, device bandwidth, latency, etc. I just need to click to view more detailed information. I have never found a scenario where Auvik Network Management did not allow me to find my site or any device. I can use global search to find my device or site and get the information easily. However, proper configuration within Auvik is critical for accurate reporting, covering all interfaces and their utilization. Using the automated documentation capabilities of Auvik Network Management is very easy. Over the last year, I have been continuously exploring this, finding that the API integration with our other platforms is straightforward, as it just requires configuration on both ends for proper communication. I didn't find any issue so far. It has been awesome. The network map dashboard of Auvik Network Management gives me full visibility into my network, making it easy to troubleshoot issues with inbuilt tools such as traceroute, ping, and SNMP. It helps diagnose problems quickly without having to type commands manually. Real-time performance insights from Auvik Network Management are very critical for my organization as we currently manage 55 sites with over 2,000 devices, and we need to keep track of numerous services such as Active Directory, DNS, and many protocols, so Auvik is essential as it consolidates everything on one dashboard. Auvik Network Management has decreased our mean time to resolution by 40% to 50%. It allows us to see traffic flow in real time without needing to guess. I can just log into the Auvik dashboard and quickly get results. Auvik Network Management helps my organization troubleshoot network issues proactively by providing alerts and monitoring. Instead of waiting for user feedback, we receive alerts on issues such as high latency or device failures directly on the dashboard. The impact of Auvik Network Management on reducing business disruptions related to network issues is significant. It reduces our downtime, improves security, and simplifies complex tasks into straightforward ones, making it the best tool for managing our complex network. We have configured multiple notification channels. We get alerts through email or integrated platforms such as Teams, which helps streamline communication. It makes it easy to collect information from various devices. We just need to configure the collector, IP addresses, and connections, and get approval from both ends. It creates a unique ID, and it can communicate with those devices.

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Pros

"No other company has been able to match AppNeta's capability at the same price point."

"End-to-End video testing - we would deploy m22s into a client’s network where we plan to deploy a high end video endpoint, allowing us to ensure that the client's network is capable of handling the planned video traffic over 24 hours or 7 days so that we can see the effect of any other traffic on the network, such as nightly backups."

"Delivery and experience are valuable. The usage in terms of the traffic application captures and other similar things is also valuable."

"Since we implemented it, we've seen multiple performance improvements, which in turn results in increases in revenue and efficiency."

"Every experience that I have had with them has been outstanding."

"With one of our federal customers, we deployed these throughout their network and found multiple cases of misconfigured routers and NICs, which allowed the customer to move to a VOIP solution."

"This solution helps prove that, if we move to cloud, we'll still be as effective as we are on-premises."

"With one of our federal customers, we deployed these throughout their network and found multiple cases of misconfigured routers and NICs, which allowed the customer to move to a VOIP solution."

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"The best aspect of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is the user experience and how it is displayed on the screen with categorization of basic things where everything is easily available."

"It's easy to get the information I need. I don't need to hunt for it or run queries to get it."

"I have noticed specific outcomes indicating the positive impact of Auvik Network Management (ANM), as we've had clients say this is the reason we stick with you and the reason we went with you in the first place, as we heard about how proactive you are."

"Topography mapping is incredibly useful, especially when it's functioning properly."

"Auvik is easy to use. It took some time to set it up, and they were pretty good to us. They offered us around six sessions with a technician to help us set up the monitors we wanted. After we were trained properly, I had no issues using it."

"Auvik's auto-detection feature is something I haven't seen in other monitoring systems. We can keep track of our internal device tables to map the devices on the network. The diagram saves us a lot of time. Usually, our new customers don't provide much information about their networks, so we need to spend a lot of time logging into every single device, going into the CDP and LLDP, making nodes, building diagrams, and adding more information. Auvik does it instantaneously."

"I like the way that it auto-configures itself to do the mapping."

"Auvik Network Management (ANM) does help me decrease my mean time to resolution in significant ways."

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Cons

"I think some of the product's documentation has shortcomings and needs improvement."

"Because of the nature of how AppNeta works in terms of using bursts to depict how a network path performs, it is hard to correlate 24 hour performance 100% accurately."

"Billing does not have a user friendly format that allows you to break down the billing of sub-companies and be able to see them with what has been spun up, what subscriptions are currently in use, what has been added new that month and to pull that in an easy to read and easy to import format."

"Because of the nature of how AppNeta works in terms of using bursts to depict how a network path performs, it is hard to correlate 24 hour performance 100% accurately."

"I would like to see some advanced dashboard features. It could also be integrated with third-party tools. For example, an integration with a reporting solution would be helpful. Out-of-the-box, there are few dashboards or reports. What it does have is useful, but there should be additional dashboards."

"As you really start to grow your deployments, it does become quite expensive."

"Instead of integrating with other people, they should expand their interior capabilities."

"Alerting. We have so many paths in our environment that it is strictly a reactive tool, not proactive."

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"I would relegate the network map to its area instead of being the focus of every page. The network map is in the front and center of the UI."

"It requires a lot of hands-on maintenance when it comes to cleanup. That's probably the biggest problem I've had, because I don't have a dedicated resource to manually clean up stale records. I have a customer where it shows 4,000 devices because of the duplication of devices that I have to clean up."

"A room for improvement would be integration with our help desk system."

"They can implement a more collective network mapping to help reduce any congestive features. When it came down to many of the companies we worked with, their networks were already pre-structured, so we didn't have as much congestion. Given the fact that I could see how that would be an issue, maybe there would be a better way they could collapse or compile the network mapping issues."

"Getting remotely connected to managed devices could be a little bit smoother. Sometimes, it's a little bit cumbersome trying to do that. If they could streamline the facilitating of remote connections to network devices, that would be an improvement."

"There is a big learning curve with Auvik Network Management (ANM)."

"Setting up the maintenance windows can be a bit complicated."

"Auvik could have better compatibility with more devices. The devices that we're using are essential within our network infrastructure. It would be great to access the full range of features that some of the other ones do, such as the device configuration backups and the configuration change alert."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's worth the money."

"I inherited this from a different version, and I haven't yet gone through a renewal because we had purchased three years upfront. So, to me, that still remains to be seen. Once it comes up for renewal, we'll see what happens. Especially because now it is Broadcom, it is going to change anyway."

"AppNeta by Broadcom is not expensive."

"We typically don't get involved in the commercial side, but the list price is probably something like $3,000 for a small probe. However, that gives all of the features that the probe can do, whether or not you use them. In the old days, up until two or three years ago, each of the separate features was a separately licensable module so that you could add things that you wanted, and you didn't have to add things that you didn't want. They've changed all that now, and everything the probe can do is a part of the base license."

"Broadcom software is always a little expensive because they provide quality."

"I find the solution's price to be fairly good."

"The small probe is probably around $3,000 and the very large probe that they make for massive data centers might be $50,000 or $60,000. It's a subscription model, so the payment is per year."

"It can get expensive quickly if we monitor a lot of devices, which is unfortunate because we have a lot of devices to monitor."

"Auvik's pricing model is good."

"For small businesses with many devices, the tool is potentially unaffordable. Auvik Networks Inc. is competing with other companies offering very expensive products. Still, there's a gap in the market and potentially a lot of lost revenue for smaller customers, especially those with complex IT environments."

"The pricing is pretty reasonable for what we get. It's billed by certain, core network devices that it monitors, but I'm not billed for all the devices it monitors. For example, wireless access points and small things like that, throughout the network, are not billed."

"Its pricing is a little on the high end. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. It is more expensive than other solutions, but their per-device model is very fair. Anything other than the networking gear is monitored by Auvik at no charge."

"It turns out they only charge for routers and switches!"

"What is good about Auvik is that it is a monthly spend versus a CapEx."

"Its licensing is very fair. The devices that stand to gain the most benefit from this product are the ones that are billed. In the case of routers, switches, and firewalls, I won't necessarily have the ability to put a management agent on them to gather errors and activity logs. This type of solution is a requirement for me to properly monitor and manage these devices. The devices that aren't being billed are workstation servers, etc. For those devices, I can put agents on them to monitor their health. It has a fair billing structure."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

Insurance Company

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	146
Midsize Enterprise	32
Large Enterprise	23

Questions from the Community

What open source tool can one use to measure bandwidth from one's upstream service provider?

One I am looking closely at is AppNeta. They have an appliance that can digest the flow and do a better job than Netflow. The other one we are using is ExtraHop. This has both a Datacenter Hig...

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What do you like most about Auvik?

The most valuable feature for us in Auvik is the network topology.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Auvik?

Auvik Network Management (ANM) is not costly, but pricing is based on how many licenses are taken, and that can be improved.

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What needs improvement with Auvik?

One improvement that would be really beneficial for Auvik Network Management (ANM) is the ability to get alerts sent to me via text. Right now, the only alerts I can get are via email. Receiving al...

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Overview

AppNeta by Broadcom specializes in providing comprehensive network visibility with features like end-to-end testing and proactive monitoring. It delivers insights into network performance across multiple environments, aiding in efficient troubleshooting and issue resolution.

AppNeta by Broadcom empowers businesses to manage network performance across cloud and on-prem environments. It facilitates seamless transitions such as SD-WAN and SaaS, offering insights into user experience and application performance. With capabilities like synthetic transactions and load testing, users can quickly isolate performance issues, ensuring robust connectivity in voice and video applications. Though the service is robust, there is room for optimizing diagnostic speed, improving navigation documentation, and reducing non-critical alerts. Enhancements such as advanced dashboard features and efficient deployment options for asymmetrical links would greatly benefit users.

What features define AppNeta?

End-to-end Network Path Testing: Analyzes complete network pathways to ensure seamless data flow.
Synthetic Web Transactions: Simulates user interactions to test application performance.
Packet Captures: Provides detailed insights into data packets for precise troubleshooting.
Proactive Monitoring: Continuously oversees network health to preemptively manage issues.
Cloud-based Management: Facilitates network oversight from remote locations with ease.

What benefits should users evaluate?

Comprehensive Network Visibility: Ensures detailed insights into network performance and bottlenecks.
Efficient Troubleshooting: Quickly identifies and resolves network issues, minimizing downtime.
Robust Alerting: Provides timely notifications to manage potential disruptions swiftly.
User-friendly Interfaces: Simplifies navigation and management of network oversight tasks.

AppNeta by Broadcom is broadly implemented across industries to monitor and optimize network performance, particularly in domains relying heavily on voice and video communication. Organizations leverage its capabilities to ensure seamless operation during digital transitions and to support robust IT infrastructure, adapting rapidly to varied network demands.

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Auvik Network Management offers competitive pricing for essential network and infrastructure device management, providing robust features valued by enterprises.

Auvik Network Management delivers comprehensive network visibility and management through intuitive auditing, alerting, and discovery functionalities. It eases troubleshooting, automates configuration backups, and includes a user-friendly interface for effective monitoring and management. With real-time alerts and customizable notifications, IT operations are streamlined, while remote access capabilities enhance time efficiency. ANM supports integration with other platforms, effectively maintaining device inventories and visualizing network topology.

What are the key features of Auvik Network Management?

Auditing: Offers comprehensive network audits, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
Network Discovery: Simplifies the process of identifying network components.
Alerting Modules: Provides real-time alerts and customizable notifications.
Configuration Backups: Automates backups, safeguarding configurations.
Remote Access: Streamlines network management from any location.

What benefits should users expect when evaluating Auvik Network Management?

Enhanced Network Visibility: Offers detailed insights into network operations.
Time Efficiency: Remote access and automated features save valuable time.
Proactive Issue Identification: Real-time monitoring aids in identifying issues quickly.
Integration Support: Works cohesively with other platforms, easing management.
Operational Efficiency: Automates management tasks for improved productivity.

In industries such as IT management and network administration, Auvik Network Management is predominantly utilized for overseeing and maintaining network infrastructures across multiple locations. It offers capabilities for monitoring network topology, receiving alerts on device downtimes, and managing performance metrics. Users employ its features for proactive issue identification, and auditing, helping maintain oversight of networks containing switches, routers, and firewalls. Auvik provides remote access and automated backups, which contribute to enhanced operational efficiency and network visibility.

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Sample Customers

Ebay, Citrix, National Instruments, Marriott, AT&T, Bon-Ton, McDonald's, Netflix, PayPal, Uber, QAD

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