ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer vs SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer comparison

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ManageEngine and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) category. ManageEngine is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.3, while SolarWinds is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0. ManageEngine holds a 2.8% mindshare in NTA, compared to SolarWinds’s 6.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of ManageEngine users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer

Ranking in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

8th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Troubleshooting (8th)

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic ...

Ranking in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

3rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) category, the mindshare of ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is 2.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is 6.2%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer	6.2%
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer	2.8%
Other	91.0%

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

Featured Reviews

Sherin Mirza

Competency Center Lead Full Stack Development at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Improved network visibility has enabled faster incident resolution and collaborative monitoring

When I open ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, I start by checking the dashboard for any alerts. There are no features that came up during implementation that I am not using today, and we are happy with whatever we configured. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer does change how my team works together and improves collaboration. I would advise someone considering ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer that it is a good product, economical, and has a better interface and dashboard to monitor network activity. I give this product a rating of 10.

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Raja Xabi

Technical Manager at APRAL

Improved bandwidth management and network visibility have resulted in financial benefits and streamlined operations

There is always room for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, such as implementing instant reporting based on business intelligence reports and more granular filters in their dashboard to improve the GUI view and reporting. The licensing model of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is always an issue for users because competitors offer unlimited and perpetual licenses, and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's model is quite costly compared to other brands. If users are comfortable with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, they have to make the hard decision to invest, and it's suggested from a user's perspective that SolarWinds should improve their financial model and licensing to become competitive, especially for small to medium businesses.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer has detection capabilities for flow, event, and service flow."

"I give this solution a rating of 10 out of 10 and absolutely recommend it based on our experience."

"The impact of ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer on our team's daily operations is immediate, shifting the entire department from a fire-fighting mindset to a proactive management style."

"I would advise someone considering ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer that it is a good product, economical, and has a better interface and dashboard to monitor network activity."

"Overlooking the pricing and the response times from their technical support, SolarWinds NTA is a good solution and our existing customers are satisfied with the product."

"I find the IT Operation Management Suite, the software management tools from SolarWinds, to be very useful for our customers."

"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."

"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."

"The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."

"We conduct network traffic analysis for a couple of key reasons. First, we look for traffic anomalies, such as unexpected increases or decreases in network traffic within specific segments. This helps us determine if the network needs to be re-architected."

"What I like about SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is that it's useful for analyzing traffic. It also has an application visibility feature that lets you control applications."

"It helps us know when a branch is down because it has a graphic presentation of all the locations a node represents."

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Cons

"ManageEngine's product has some performance issues. It runs very slowly when the system is large and does not support high availability for big flow and high-level operations."

"In ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, we have to set custom thresholds to get alerted if there is a problem in network connectivity. It would be helpful if we could automate the tool such that we don't have to set thresholds manually, and the tool automatically alerts us when it detects issues."

"The single biggest friction point I experience with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer comes down to database storage management and disk space explosion, as flow data records literally record every single conversation passing throughout the monitored interfaces."

"Currently, it shows only the top ten applications or ports in use, while the remaining data appears as 'remaining traffic,' causing confusion."

"This solution would benefit from having more security-based communications between the actual devices and the software itself."

"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."

"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files."

"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is application visibility because some applications aren't being recognized correctly. You can see applications such as Facebook and YouTube, but SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer needs to have more visibility into more applications. Currently, SolarWinds fails to detect more powerful applications, such as Zoom and Teams. If SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can recognize every application and be able to report on each in terms of bandwidth, then that would be good. This is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."

"The tool itself is very complicated, so training is required to handle it effectively."

"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements. It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model."

"It can be complex to set up and configure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is very high. I have a customer that needs the solution but doesn't have the budget for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer because the problem is that you can't use the solution only. You have to buy requirements such as the SolarWinds NPM first, and some companies don't have the budget for all the required components and modules. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can cost up to $10,000, and some customers don't have that budget. Another product has all the modules that SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has, with a very low price, that can be a replacement, which is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. PRTG is another solution that can replace SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer."

"SolarWinds' pricing structure is the primary reason why some customers opt for another solution such as ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer. In NTA, you are charged per port, meaning that if you have a 24-port switch you will be charged for 24 individual nodes. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, on the other hand, charges per switch, such that if you add a switch, the entire switch will count as one single node."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"We pay yearly, and we are happy with its price."

"The price of this solution is exceptional."

"NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is reasonably priced."

"The licensing for this solution is based on the number of nodes."

"While the pricing is fair, it could be better."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

20%

Outsourcing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Construction Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer?

The price is lower compared to alternatives.

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What needs improvement with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer?

The single biggest friction point I experience with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer comes down to database storage management and disk space explosion, as flow data records literally record every sin...

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What is your primary use case for ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer?

My main use case for ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is bandwidth monitoring. When I open ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, the first thing I do is check the immediate priority and address any problems....

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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

The licensing model of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is always an issue for users because competitors offer unlimited and perpetual licenses, and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's model i...

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What needs improvement with SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

Regarding improvement, the application monitoring capabilities are not exceptional. If SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer could improve in that area, it would be helpful. It is less AIOps driven a...

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Overview

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer provides network traffic analysis and bandwidth monitoring to help businesses optimize network performance.

Designed to aid IT teams, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer offers comprehensive insights into network traffic patterns. It allows for effective bandwidth management by offering detailed reports. This helps in understanding application usage, monitoring traffic, and ensuring efficient operations. ManageEngine's robust features make it a go-to for IT professionals tackling complex network challenges, ensuring reliable and high-performance network infrastructure.

What are the key features?

Bandwidth Monitoring: Tracks bandwidth usage in real-time for informed decisions.
Traffic Analysis: Delivers insights into traffic patterns for optimized network efficiency.
Application Monitoring: Identifies and analyzes application-specific traffic data.
Threshold-Based Alerts: Configures alerts for proactive network performance management.
Customizable Reports: Generates detailed reports to meet specific business requirements.

What benefits should users consider?

Improved Efficiency: Provides data to optimize network resources and reduce bottlenecks.
Cost Reduction: Helps in identifying underutilized resources, reducing operational costs.
Enhanced Security: Monitors for any unusual activity to prevent security breaches.
Informed Decision-Making: Offers valuable insights supporting strategic decisions.

ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is implemented in industries such as healthcare, education, and finance, where network performance and data security are critical. By offering detailed visibility into network traffic, it supports infrastructure reliability, helping organizations in these sectors maintain high standards of operation.

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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer provides comprehensive bandwidth analysis and traffic visibility, offering real-time insights and proactive alerting to manage networks effectively.

Renowned for its extensive monitoring capabilities across diverse devices, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer integrates seamlessly with other SolarWinds tools, enhancing network visibility and troubleshooting. Users benefit from customizable dashboards, detailed application tracking, and historical performance analysis. The tool is pivotal in managing network issues and ensuring network stability, although it faces some challenges in improving automation, third-party integration, and pricing flexibility.

What are the key features of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer?

Bandwidth Analysis: Provides detailed insights into bandwidth consumption.
Traffic Visibility: Offers extensive monitoring of devices across vendor types.
Customizable Dashboards: Users can create tailored dashboards for specific needs.
Application Tracking: Delivers in-depth tracking of application performance.
Historical Performance Analysis: Allows thorough investigation of past network issues.

What benefits or ROI should users consider?

Real-Time Insights: Enables prompt detection of network issues.
Proactive Alerting: Alerts facilitate quick response to potential problems.
Enhanced Troubleshooting: Tools integration aids in faster problem resolution.
Capacity Planning: Assists in forecasting and managing bandwidth needs.
Comprehensive Reporting: Generates detailed reports for informed decision-making.

In industries requiring extensive network management, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is widely implemented for monitoring network performance and traffic analysis. Organizations use it to supervise bandwidth consumption and assess site connections, aiding in bandwidth-heavy application analyses. It is crucial for generating reports and maintaining network stability, supporting capacity planning and endpoint monitoring to manage infrastructure proactively.

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Sample Customers

Metro Rail, Micron21, Lotus F1 Team, Elizabeth Board of Education, Queen’s University Belfast, DHL, Praxair, Adventist Health, Wipro Infotech, Tropical Shipping USA

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

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