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About Forward Enterprise documents, searches, verifies, and predicts the behavior of your network by creating an always-accurate software copy of your entire network infrastructure for both on-prem and cloud. With available REST APIs, it easily integrates into your existing network management workflow and tools. Forward Enterprise can be deployed on-prem or via cloud hosting for complete implementation flexibility. Automatically create an always-accurate network diagram with full details about the topology of your environment. Access a complete inventory of your hardware and software across vendors, platforms and versions. Visualize the network-wide L2, L3 and L4 state of your network and all device configurations. Search network behavior, configuration and state network-wide with an intuitive and powerful tool. Find any device on your network, including its connections and all forwarding behavior for fast root-cause isolation and incident remediation.	About NetBrain is the company behind the NetBrain Agentic NetOps Platform, pioneering Agentic NetOps: the category that gives enterprise network teams a path to network operations where AI agents and engineers work side by side, live network context, intent-based automation, and a growing Agent Team that diagnoses, decides, and acts, with humans in control throughout. NetBrain serves approximately one-third of the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 across the most complex enterprise networks in the world, with offices in Boston, London, Munich, Beijing, Toronto, and Pune.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience IT and Network managers	Audience Network \| Infrastructure \| ITops
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Supported
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	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros 1. Device discovery is easy, NetBrain even walks you through troublesome devices. 2. Automation diagnostic runbooks are easy to create and maintain 3. Large vendor support list 4. Asset tracking is a breeze 5. Many backup mechanisms within with configuration compare, these are known as baselines 6. Discovered IP address table at your fingertips 7. Excellent search capabilities 8. Natural path discovery (all routing paths can be displayed if known) 9. Manual diagramming is a thing in the past, all maps are dynamic! 10. Golden baselines can be setup with ease to be able to note changes in the environment that effects stability. Cons 1. Not effectively geared for MSP’s, More enterprise focused 2. Automation network change module needs further maturity 3. Expensive to license 4. Some aspects of user interface can be improved
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Forward Networks Founded: 2013 United States www.forwardnetworks.com	Company Information NetBrain Founded: 2004 United States www.netbrain.com
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Categories Cloud Management Supported Network Automation Supported Network Management Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported	Categories AIOps Supported CMDB Supported Digital Twin Supported IT Automation Supported IT Management Supported Network Assessment Supported Network Automation Supported Network Configuration Supported Network Discovery Supported Network Management Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported Observability Supported Vulnerability Assessment Supported Vulnerability Management Supported
Network Mapping Features Color Codes / Icons Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Hierarchical Mapping Supported Location-Based Mapping Not Supported Map Exporting Supported On-Demand Mapping Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Self-Updating Maps Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Supported Bandwidth Troubleshooting Not Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Not Supported Connectivity Management Supported Data Visualization Supported Historical Audit Supported Mobile Network Troubleshooting Not Supported Network Analysis Supported Network Monitoring Not Supported Show More Features Cloud Management Features Access Control Supported Billing & Provisioning Not Supported Capacity Analytics Not Supported Cost Management Not Supported Demand Monitoring Not Supported Multi-Cloud Management Supported Performance Analytics Not Supported SLA Management Not Supported Supply Monitoring Not Supported Workflow Approval Not Supported	Network Automation Features Compliance Monitoring Supported Configuration Backup Supported Configuration Changes Supported Network Orchestration Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Tool Access Control Supported Vulnerability Assessments Supported Network Mapping Features Color Codes / Icons Supported Compliance Management Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Hierarchical Mapping Supported Location-Based Mapping Supported Map Exporting Supported On-Demand Mapping Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Self-Updating Maps Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Supported Bandwidth Troubleshooting Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Connectivity Management Supported Data Visualization Supported Historical Audit Supported Mobile Network Troubleshooting Supported Network Analysis Supported Network Monitoring Supported Show More Features CMDB Features Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Data Visualization Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Impact Management Supported IT Asset Management Supported License Management Not Supported Performance Management Supported Relationship Mapping Supported IT Management Features Capacity Monitoring Supported Compliance Management Supported Event Logs Supported Hardware Inventory Supported IT Budgeting Not Supported License Management Not Supported Patch Management Not Supported Remote Access Supported Scheduling Supported Software Inventory Supported User Activity Monitoring Supported Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Not Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Not Supported IP Address Monitoring Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Not Supported Server Monitoring Not Supported SLA Monitoring Not Supported Uptime Monitoring Not Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Vulnerability Management Features Asset Discovery Supported Asset Tagging Supported Network Scanning Not Supported Patch Management Not Supported Policy Management Supported Prioritization Not Supported Risk Management Not Supported Vulnerability Assessment Supported Web Scanning Not Supported
Integrations Ansible Supported Asset Management for Jira Not Supported BigPanda Not Supported Datadog Not Supported Dynatrace Not Supported Infoblox NIOS Not Supported Jira Service Management Not Supported NetBox Not Supported Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor Not Supported ServiceNow Not Supported SolarWinds AppOptics Not Supported Splunk AppDynamics Not Supported Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Not Supported ThousandEyes Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 1 Integration	Integrations Ansible Supported Asset Management for Jira Supported BigPanda Supported Datadog Supported Dynatrace Supported Infoblox NIOS Supported Jira Service Management Supported NetBox Supported Paessler PRTG Enterprise Monitor Supported ServiceNow Supported SolarWinds AppOptics Supported Splunk AppDynamics Supported Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Supported ThousandEyes Supported Show More Integrations View All 14 Integrations
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