OmniPeek Reviews

Name: OmniPeek
Brand: BlueCat
Rating: 3.9 (7 reviews)

3.9 out of 5

7 reviews
100% willing to recommend

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What is OmniPeek?

Omnipeek is a top-rated suite of network analytics software that offers full transparency and trusted forensics for immediate resolution of application and network performance anomalies and security issues. Omnipeek is part of the LiveAction family of quality trusted products. They specialize in packet intelligence with adaptable workflows and complete visibility throughout numerous network segments to facilitate a better understanding of network performance and dependability concerns in real time.

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OmniPeek is the #41 ranked solution in APM tools and #47 ranked solution in best Network Monitoring Tools. PeerSpot users give OmniPeek an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. OmniPeek is most commonly compared to Zabbix: OmniPeek vs Zabbix. OmniPeek is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 57% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 13% of all views.

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Featured OmniPeek reviews

Vinal-Patel

Network Architect, internally known as Network Transformation Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

OmniPeek's ability to convert application visibility into flow helps me quickly understand application performance over LAN, WAN, or wireless. Its real-time analytics, integrated with LiveNX ( /products/liveaction-livenx-reviews ), allow me to monitor business-critical applications and set up alerts for application performance issues. This centralized dashboard and alert system is highly valuable for maintaining network operations.

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Kunwar Preet Singh Sodhi

Test lead at Wipro Limited

I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching. Use cases such as DFS and non-DFS channels over the year are made easier by OmniPeek search. In such scenarios, the last five or six packets collected after the switch to a non-DFS channel give us information about the switch. OmniPeek is incredibly user-friendly and provides all the information needed to analyze when a packet is switched to a particular channel. Each packet can be opened individually to see what channel it switched to and at what time. This information can then be filtered to see how many minutes or seconds it took. This feature is especially helpful when investigating a use case of switching from a DFS to a non-DFS.

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Venkat Lkmula

Tech spesialist at INT tech services

I have previously used Wireshark. One of the differences between OmniPeek and Wireshark is in the test bed OmniPeek allows you to choose a color coding for each and every component. You can set the color of many components, such as the client based on your interest, and MAC address. You are able to see certain packets from the APs easier. Wireshark is more user-friendly for automation and OmniPeek is good for manual testing. Wireshark cannot be run continuously because the buffers will be used up after half an hour and the application crash. However, in OmniPeek this does not happen it continuously starts until the memory space is consumed. It will not crash. You can run it for twelve hours continuously and it will save without crashing.

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OmniPeek mindshare

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As of July 2025, the mindshare of OmniPeek in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category stands at 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

PeerResearch reports based on OmniPeek reviews

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Category	Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability	Jul 6, 2025	Download
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Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Zabbix	4.2	3.7%	95%	106 interviews Add to research
New Relic	4.2	6.1%	94%	158 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

OmniPeek's most valuable features include Voicebot for service quality checks, expert insights for troubleshooting, and efficient packet analysis through color coding and channel switching capabilities. It offers real-time analytics, monitors application performance over various networks, and provides a user-friendly interface. The ability to identify connection issues and analyze packets in complex scenarios like DFS and non-DFS channels and supports application visibility into flow enhance the tool's overall usefulness and effectiveness.

"OmniPeek's ability to convert application visibility into flow helps me quickly understand application performance over LAN, WAN, or wireless."
"I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching."
"It's a solid piece of software. It's stable."

Room for Improvement

OmniPeek requires enhancements in its expert view and filtering setup, which users find challenging. Automation capabilities need to be more intuitive. The saving feature is unreliable, causing users to lose progress. Performance and operation in open environments are lacking. Pricing is a concern, and centralized management should be streamlined for efficiency. Some perceive a lack of future roadmap, which affects user confidence. Although generally user-friendly, OmniPeek's high cost is a barrier for many.

"The solution's automation has room for improvement."
"I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software."
"I am not using OmniPeek for automation, we only do manual testing. Automation testing is tedious to do. The automation should be more user-friendly. I have exposed some APIs but the usage is not user-friendly."

ROI

Users experienced significant improvements in network diagnostics, leading to increased efficiency and cost savings with OmniPeek. Network issues were resolved quickly, reducing downtime. User productivity rose due to faster problem identification and resolution. Operational costs decreased as fewer external consultations were needed. Enhanced visibility into network traffic provided better resource allocation. Training times shortened, and users found OmniPeek's interface intuitive, which streamlined troubleshooting processes.

Pricing

OmniPeek offers various licensing options. Users note that while the cost is competitive against other network analysis tools, some found it high enough to consider alternatives like Wireshark, which is free. Many chose to pair OmniPeek with Wireshark, taking advantage of both tools' strengths. Some users reported purchasing add-ons but refrained from upgrading due to cost. Others appreciated OmniPeek's pricing compared to its competitors.

"We have only purchased the add-on once and have not paid for any subsequent versions as it was too costly for us."
"There are different types of licenses available."
"The pricing for this solution could be improved, as it is a very expensive product."

Popular Use Cases

Organizations use OmniPeek to analyze network issues, capture wireless packets, and validate WiFi protocols. They sniff and filter air packets, analyze timeframes, and troubleshoot connectivity with WLAN protocols. It aids in performance monitoring for applications across domains, security analytics for data centers, and testing for global standards. OmniPeek's features help identify network names, security protocols, and encryption standards, ensuring efficient resource access and maintaining throughput across multiple service providers.

Service and Support

Users generally find OmniPeek's customer service and support effective. They highlight its user-friendliness, which minimizes the need for assistance. Those who did contact support found them responsive and helpful, particularly with installation and hardware selection. Many users handle issues independently, often using online resources, indicating fewer technical difficulties. Most users rate the support team highly.

Deployment

OmniPeek's initial setup is easy and quick, with installation typically completed in 15 to 60 minutes. Some users mention the need to restart the system if the interface is not initially detected. Executable files are downloaded from the internet followed by license input. Installing on servers is straightforward, requiring IP addresses. Wireless link detection is crucial, and those with relevant experience find the setup process efficient, while mass deployments benefit from improved centralized management.

Scalability

OmniPeek demonstrates notable scalability, with many users leveraging its capabilities effectively. Multiple licenses allow for extensive usage across laptops and servers. Though cost and platform limitations exist, the tool serves numerous testing needs efficiently. Many users find it valuable, employing it for performance analysis with strong support and improvements from LiveAction. While some have simpler setups, LiveAction's enhancements have made scaling accessible since 2018, leading to broader user adoption for daily operations.

Stability

OmniPeek is described as a very stable and reliable choice without bugs, crashes, or freezes. Users note stability improvements over previous versions, highlighting ease of use with widely available WiFi cards for packet capture. While automation remains a challenge, OmniPeek shows great potential with advancements in AI, analytics, and security analysis, essential for enterprises. Stability and capability appear to be improving, with users expressing satisfaction in current performances and potential developments.

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Computer Software Company

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Educational Organization

10%

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Learn more about OmniPeek

Omnipeek combines intuitive geolocation, usability, security, and performance to deliver a robust user experience that facilitates immediate discovery and problem-solving of wireless and wired networks.

Omnipeek is user friendly and offers many different intuitive dashboards, display options, graphs, peer maps, and packets. There are several different capture options, such as TCP dump, multiple adapters, local captures, and Capture Assistant. Omnipeek integrates well with Snort and Suricata intrusion and detection prevention solutions, allowing users to import events easily. The comprehensive analysis tools, such as Expert Flow Analysis, Web Traffic Analysis, Multi-Segment Analysis, and Local File Analysis combine to make Omnipeek a solid, complete solution.

Omnipeek is effective for small offices to large enterprise data centers.

Omnipeek Benefits

Omnipeek delivers unmatched transparency into applications, networks, and classification of layer 7 workflows.
Intuitive GUI presents a clear, intuitive view of packet-based analytics by conversation pairs.
Ability to capture and dissect 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless traffic from currently deployed points from third-party vendors such as Aruba, Cisco, and others.
Investigate traffic from all remote network segments, such as voice and video over IP, 802.11,1/10/40/100 Gigabit, Ethernet using the LiveCapture features and appliances.
Audit voice and video over IP traffic in real time using call back play, thorough signaling and media analyses, and high-level multi-media summary statistics.
Improve the average time to resolve failure with super fast intuition and interconnection with packet data, metadata, flows, and files.

Omnipeek Features

WiFi monitoring: Using Omnipeek LiveCapture 1100, users are able to thoroughly monitor wired packet traffic and gather wireless traffic from WLAN controllers. Users can easily monitor, dissect, log, and diagnose multi-Gigabit speed 802.11ac traffic.
Improved LiveAction appliance support: LiveAction update appliances and software uses the innovative Del architectures and Intel capabilities to improve network packet capture-to-disk to 20Gbps in a 2RU system, with up to 128 TB of storage.
Improved VOIP processes: Now offering updates to performance and in synthesizing DTMF audio tones, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), and Asserted Identity (caller ID), makes Omnipeek a very robust, complete solution.
Improved financial transaction support: The solution provides updated support for ISO8583 protocol necessary for financial and banking organizations. Users have the ability to dissect critical data more thoroughly than with previous iterations.
Expert improvements: Users have access to several more Expert events, enhanced latency calculations, and many other improvements to the Expert views in Omnipeek.
3rd party authentication improvements: Efficient workflow for 3rd party authentication results in enhanced performance for Access Control Lists (ACL).

OmniPeek was previously known as Savvius OmniPeek.

OmniPeek customers

Apcon, Aruba Networks, Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems, Ekahau, Gigamon Systems, HP, IBM, IXIA, Meru Networks, Napatech, NextComputing, Procera Networks, Qualcomm Atheros, Ralink Technology Corporation, Telchemy