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Ixia Network Packet Brokers vs NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Ixia Network Packet Brokers
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Traffic Switching (1st), Network Packet Broker (NPB) (2nd)
NETSCOUT Network & Applicat...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (46th), Network Monitoring Software (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (29th), Network Troubleshooting (12th), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Network Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Ixia Network Packet Brokers is designed for Network Packet Broker (NPB) and holds a mindshare of 13.1%, down 16.4% compared to last year.
NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability, on the other hand, focuses on Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), holds 4.9% mindshare, up 3.7% since last year.
Network Packet Broker (NPB) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Ixia Network Packet Brokers13.1%
Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline18.8%
Big Switch Networks9.0%
Other59.1%
Network Packet Broker (NPB)
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NETSCOUT Network & Application Observability4.9%
ThousandEyes11.6%
Nexthink11.4%
Other72.1%
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
 

Featured Reviews

Ahmet Kilic - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Unit Manager at Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM)
Efficient, reliable, and easy to set up
We're a customer and end-user. I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. We needed to buy Package Broker. It was a requirement for us. If you want to use a security chain on your internet, you have to use something like Package Broker. We decided on a benchmark and then had a look around, and then we decided to get Ixia Packet Broker in the end. I'd recommend the solution to others. Overall, I would rate the solution ten out of ten as we have been very satisfied with the capabilities on offer.
HT
Newwork And Collaboration Supervisor at Nafeza
Monitoring has improved bandwidth insights and application diagnosis but setup and costs still need work
They need room for improvement about the spare parts. There are shortages in Egypt in their stock. We tried to make RMA for specific parts, and it took a long time. Comparing this to a vendor like Cisco, who provides any component next business day, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE took a long time. This needs more improvement. I believe it is expensive. They need to reduce its budget a little bit. Comparing to other solutions, it is very expensive.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution can scale quite well."
"Reach out, contact NETSCOUT. It's an amazing tool, it has a lot of integrations, and it's definitely worth looking at."
"We have cut back on our troubleshooting, by isolating certain trouble areas."
"The most valuable features are speed and cost."
"Sometimes it took a month to troubleshoot something that we can now do within days."
"We build application dashboards and performance indexes for locations."
"Giving our customers the power to have some visibility into their own traffic has been a huge return on investment."
"When it's implemented properly, and the training is there to use the interface and have it work in your company, and people understand it, it can be very effective."
"The packet-based searching capability of NETSCOUT is highly valued as it allows us to better analyze the network."
 

Cons

"We find the product to be expensive."
"Our biggest area of concern right now, supporting the applications, is that while NETSCOUT does a good job of monitoring the network and the applications, we need more visibility into system health and performance monitoring."
"One of the products we use is SolarWinds, and it provides a very cool mapping of an agent from end-to-end. If NETSCOUT could somehow implement that into their design... make it quicker and easier to get those net paths, it would be huge."
"I'd like them to make the product more user-friendly."
"The GUI has gotten better over time but there could be some improvement in how the GUI is built."
"A lot of tools highlight what's going on but they don't actually pinpoint the user experience. It would be good if there were a small message or something highlighting what the user experience is like and any degradation that's actually occurring."
"The initial setup has been very complex."
"There is currently less visibility or GUI to analyse the packet for troubleshooting purposes."
"The product is a little complicated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It was pretty modest because you could get it in different ways. I think the six licenses, at that time, were about $1,000 each. But then again, I work for a school and educators tend to get discounts on things. So maybe it cost us about five or six hundred a copy."
"It can be expensive, but if you have a good configuration, based on what you are looking for, it's okay, it's manageable."
"It is a little overall pricey and expensive, but you get what you pay for."
"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product may come across as a cheap tool for some, while it may seem costly for others."
"I rate the price of NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a four out of five."
"The scalability is good, but it comes at a cost. E.g., if you need 100 InfiniStream because you are sending gigs or terabytes of data to one InfiniStream, then you will have to purchase another InfiniStream, which are not cheap."
"We have a premium customized contract for the solution."
"Their pricing is very competitive with other solutions... But what I like about NETSCOUT's licensing is that it's shared across all their platforms. They don't create a new licensing scheme for every one of their products. So for nGeniusONE, you buy a certain license level, and it works on all of their products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise59
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
I would say if it’s an ISP that will build a scrubbing center, Netscout/Arbor is a good solution. In all other solutions, Imperva is a great choice.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?
Regarding its high price, I give NETSCOUT nGeniusONE a seven.
What needs improvement with NETSCOUT nGeniusONE?
They need room for improvement about the spare parts. There are shortages in Egypt in their stock. We tried to make RMA for specific parts, and it took a long time. Comparing this to a vendor like ...
 

Also Known As

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NETSCOUT nGenius, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, NETSCOUT nGeniusPULSE, NETSCOUT vSTREAM, NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG, TruView
 

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Sample Customers

Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
Cerner Corporation