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Auvik Network Management (ANM) vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 6, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Auvik Network Management boosts efficiency with reduced maintenance, improved visibility, automation, and financial savings despite initial setup costs.
Sentiment score
4.7
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is time-saving, offers ROI but faces competition from cheaper alternatives, enhancing bandwidth cost management.
Auvik Network Management has definitely helped reduce business disruptions related to network issues.
Auvik Network Management saves me 40% to 50% of our time.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
Auvik's support is responsive and knowledgeable but has occasional delays and documentation clarity issues, with mostly positive feedback.
Sentiment score
7.0
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's support has varying reviews, highlighting responsive yet inconsistent service with suggested premium support for efficiency.
They were knowledgeable and responded quickly with accurate and useful information.
They introduced the product to us and explained how to deal with it.
I would give Auvik Network Management support a ten out of ten.
They often say that only premium subscribers receive support within one or two hours.
I would rate support eight out of ten.
I received efficient responses to many questions.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Auvik Network Management is scalable and adaptable, ideal for various business sizes, supporting multi-tenant configurations effortlessly.
Sentiment score
7.3
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer scales efficiently for enterprises, but high licensing costs and hardware complexities limit expansion.
The platform scales well and supports our organizational needs.
It was capable of handling all those clients perfectly.
We keep adding sites into Auvik Network Management, and it doesn't seem to affect performance or anything on our end.
The license is based on the count of the ports.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Auvik Network Management is highly stable with minimal outages, effective maintenance communication, impressive uptime, and high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.0
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is praised for stability, despite occasional SQL issues and slow performance with large databases.
A lot of platforms, especially when it comes to CRMs, CMSs, and ERPs, are still built on PHP and MySQL, which I feel is archaic now and slow to query.
In terms of stability, I would rate Auvik Network Management as a ten out of ten, as it does not experience jitter or other major issues.
Sometimes we have issues with the traffic insight features.
 

Room For Improvement

Auvik Network Management needs better reporting, customization, integration, and interface features to enhance user experience and scalability.
Users seek improved documentation, integration, pricing, visibility, monitoring, and better stability and responsiveness in support services.
We were unable to integrate Auvik with a geographical map, which limited our ability to track issues to specific buildings on campus.
Enhancements in API functionality and wider tool support for integration with PSA or RMM tools.
Auvik does a good job of nesting those devices. For example, a bunch of different servers will all be nested in one icon on the map, and when opened up, all those multiple servers can be seen.
Ideally, NetFlow should have a robust alerting mechanism.
It should be like a Meraki cloud, where if you are familiar with Meraki devices, you can locate any device directly on the world map.
Deployment needs improvement; the process is complicated, requiring attention to infrastructure settings and installation of components like the origin application server, platform, close storage, and policy agents.
 

Setup Cost

Auvik Network Management's pricing is flexible based on billable devices, offering value for scalability and free non-network device monitoring.
Enterprise users find SolarWinds NetFlow pricing fair but costly when scaling, yet praise its value and return on investment.
Auvik is pricey, and we were paying a lot for it, especially when compared to SolarWinds.
The pricing for Auvik Network Management (ANM) is great; it is comparable to other solutions, and for what it does, it actually provides more value for the money than some of the other major competitors.
The pricing was a little bit higher.
 

Valuable Features

Auvik Network Management offers intuitive monitoring, real-time alerts, and integration features, optimizing network management with cost-effective scalability.
SolarWinds NetFlow excels in traffic analysis, bandwidth monitoring, and vendor-agnostic management with a user-friendly, integrable interface.
Auvik Core's ease of use also enhanced troubleshooting speed and efficiency.
Its proactive monitoring and simplified troubleshooting have significantly impacted our efficiency in handling network management tasks.
We can go to different places and monitor, check, configure, and analyze traffic.
This tool provides insights into top utilization applications or it identifies which circuit or application is consuming the most on the complete one-gig circuit traffic path.
The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me.
The best feature is customizable reporting, which includes network diagrams and monitoring of various types of bandwidth usage and peak times.
 

Categories and Ranking

Auvik Network Management (ANM)
Ranking in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
194
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (2nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (3rd), Network Troubleshooting (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (3rd)
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic ...
Ranking in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
5th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) category, the mindshare of Auvik Network Management (ANM) is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is 5.6%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
 

Featured Reviews

HardeepSingh2 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
DeepakVyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Utilization alerts enhance monitoring with good alerts
The tool itself is very complicated, so training is required to handle it effectively. Configuration and the streamlining process are very complex. In my view, it is a good product if properly configured and streamlined according to your IT infrastructure. For enterprise-level organizations, SolarWinds is more appropriate than for small and medium enterprises. I would rate the solution eight out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
62%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Auvik?
The most valuable feature for us in Auvik is the network topology.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Auvik?
I do not know anything about the pricing of Auvik Network Management. Our CEO handles all of that part of the business. I assume it is not crazy. I know it is on a per-switch basis or per-device ba...
What needs improvement with Auvik?
Auvik's network map is easy to use for someone who is experienced, but if someone is not too experienced with it, they might be overwhelmed, especially if they run a really big client network with ...
What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?
I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all kind of software in monitoring from infra to end to end, it depends on the funct...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?
I am very satisfied with the pricing and provide a rating of nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?
Deployment needs improvement. The process is complicated, requiring attention to infrastructure settings and installation of components like the origin application server, platform, close storage, ...
 

Also Known As

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Netflow Traffic Analyzer
 

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Sample Customers

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Oceaneering International, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, 335th Signal Command, Immofori
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