NetFlow Analyzer vs. PathSolutions TotalView Comparison


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About NetFlow Analyzer is a comprehensive traffic analysis tool that leverages flow technologies to provide real-time visibility into network bandwidth performance. NetFlow Analyzer is primarily a bandwidth monitoring tool, which has optimized thousands of networks globally, offering a holistic view of your network bandwidth and traffic patterns. NetFlow Analyzer is a unified solution that collects, analyzes, and reports on your network's bandwidth usage, and by whom. NetFlow Analyzer is your partner in optimizing bandwidth usage across a million interfaces globally, as well as providing network forensics and network traffic analysis. Reconfigure policies with traffic shaping via ACLs or class-based policies to gain control of the applications that use the most bandwidth. NetFlow Analyzer leverages Cisco NBAR technology to give you deep visibility into Layer 7 traffic and recognize applications that use dynamic port numbers or hide behind known ports.		About PathSolutions TotalView network monitoring and troubleshooting software bridges the gap between NETWORK MONITORING and TROUBLESHOOTING RESOLUTION telling you WHEN, WHERE and WHY network errors occur. PathSolutions TotalView continuously monitors and tracks the performance of every device and every link in your entire network, going deeper than other solutions by collecting error counters, performance data, configuration information and connectedness. A built-in heuristics engine analyzes all of this information to produce plain-English answers to problems. This means that complex problems can be solved by junior level engineers leaving the senior level engineers to work on more strategic level projects. The core product includes everything needed to run a perfectly healthy network: Configuration management, server monitoring, cloud service monitoring, IPAM, NetFlow, path mapping, and diagramming. Get Total Network Visibility on your network and solve more problems faster.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Companies searching for a flow-based network traffic monitoring for deeper traffic analysis		Audience Medium sized companies
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported		Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported		API Offers API Supported
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Pricing $245 Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported		Pricing $5,747 perpetual Pricing is based on the size of the network and is priced based on the number of network interfaces in the environment. This would include all physical interfaces on network infrastructure devices: switches, routers, gateways, and firewalls. This count is put into discount buckets so the price is approachable by small, medium, and large enterprises. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.9 / 5 ease 4.8 / 5 features 4.8 / 5 design 4.7 / 5 support 4.5 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.9 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 4.6 / 5 design 4.6 / 5 support 4.9 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros It allows you to get your data flow and views from high level to down to the packet. From triaging slow performance to identifying potential security incidents. It's hands down the best of the lot. Demonstrates strong understanding of network traffic analysis and efficiently uses NetFlow Analyzer to monitor bandwidth usage. Identifies anomalies and performance bottlenecks quickly, ensuring smooth network operations. Collaborates well with network and security teams, providing accurate insights and detailed reports. Maintains consistent accuracy in dashboards, alerts, and threshold configurations to support proactive issue detection. Shows top talkers, top protocols, top applications. Helps pinpoint where bandwidth is being consumed. Works with Cisco NetFlow, Juniper J-Flow, sFlow, IPFIX, etc. Good for mixed vendor environments. Historical trends help with capacity planning. Easy to spot usage spikes over time. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is an ultimate option for monitoring bandwidth consumption. You can monitor it in realtime and check whether any choke is there or not. It provides information on which user or which devices is consuming the most giving the top talkers. 2. It manages the network traffic, analyzes it, checks for packet drops and helps in defining the rules and policies. 3. Helps in analyzing security issues and provides alerts if there are network threshold breaches for DDOS attacks. ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer provides real-time bandwidth and traffic analysis with intuitive dashboards and support for multiple flow formats, making it easier to identify top talkers, bottlenecks, and anomalous traffic patterns. Users appreciate its historical trend reports and capacity planning insights, which help forecast future bandwidth needs and optimize network utilization, and many find its value-for-money and ease of use strong points compared with similar tools. Cons It is a lot of product and the scope of activities can be daunting. Needs to further optimize report automation and configuration standardization for faster operational workflows. Could enhance documentation practices for traffic policies, alert tuning, and device integrations. May benefit from deeper exploration of advanced features like QoS monitoring and capacity planning. Workload balancing can be improved during peak monitoring or incident periods. Default thresholds can be noisy. You’ll tweak alerts and reporting frequently at first. Lots of panels and charts; can be overwhelming initially. Custom dashboards take time to refine. There are no cons for NetFlow Analyzer. It is very robust and secure. Provides customized dashboard options for network administrators. Consolidated view of all devices can be seen at one place. It has support for all the major network players like CISCO, Juniper, HP, Dell and more. NetFlow Analyzer also provides stats of the earlier bandwidth consumption, thus helps in deciding the capacity of the bandwidth pipe to be procured. Its focus is primarily on flow-based traffic monitoring, so it doesn’t cover broader infrastructure health metrics by itself, and some users report slower performance or delays when generating large reports or filtering during peak traffic periods. Customization of alerts and reporting can be limited, and certain flow types or deep drill-downs may require extra configuration or feel less intuitive, particularly in very large or diverse environments.		Pros from Real Users Pros Love the simplicity and customization of the product, its very easy to get devices monitored and to modify nearly anything. Being able to mass modify interfaces really saves time and the notifications are now business critical at my facility. The support is second to none if you run into issues, the BGP monitoring and integrated IPAM/Syslog really set TotalView a cut above their competitors. Installation is quick and easy. Configuration is very straight forward and easy. Gives you a "TotalView" of your network and equipment. Can be up and running in a matter of minutes. PathSolutions has been a wonderful product for us and the support is great. It's very easy to get in contact with someone at path solutions when you require assistance. Right off the top, the ease of configuration and understanding the information available was the most import aspect for me with TotalView. The software aggregates information on multiple devices in a way that makes narrowing down a network issue much more effective. In addition, syslog and Netflow views are available right from the device pages speeding up information that is critical to a strong network foundation. Quick and good information. Works well when you need to get some good information on devices. Decent product. This is one of the easiest-to-install network monitoring and management systems ever. Anyone can get this up and running in under 15 minutes and, depending on your network, can be fully productive in under a day. We currently have 5 techs monitoring and managing 160 network switches in 50 buildings across 2 campuses and this is their #1 tool for monitoring, troubleshooting, and fixing issues. The user interface is clean, simple and fast which makes it extremely easy to find and resolve issues. One of the best features is the network prescription that will not only identify issues but provide you with an easy-to-understand explanation of the issue and how to resolve it. I have been using PathSolutions for 15+ years. It has been a great product. I would recommend it to any IT Admin. Price...Installation, initial configuration and training with Cris and Amy lasted until all my questions were answered. We run a call center with 80% remote users. Troubleshooting VOIP with WireShark or SNGREP is cool and all, but tech has other issues to solve. TotalView is running on my monitor, alerts are configured and I get better sleep. Ease of use, completeness of features, ability to determine issues quickly, monitoring interfaces and links, MOS Tools, Interface histories, IP management, GREMLIN history!!! Feature rich. Great support. Great documentation. Simple implementation. Extremely customizable network monitoring.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported		Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information ManageEngine India www.manageengine.com/latam/netflow/		Company Information PathSolutions Founded: 2007 United States www.pathsolutions.com
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Categories Network Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Security Supported Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Supported		Categories Network Automation Supported Network Configuration Supported Network Detection and Response (NDR) Supported Network Management Supported Network Mapping Supported Network Monitoring Supported Network Security Supported Network Security Policy Management (NSPM) Supported Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Supported Network Troubleshooting Supported Server Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported Threat Intelligence Supported VoIP Monitoring Supported
Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported IP Address Monitoring Not Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Not Supported Server Monitoring Not Supported SLA Monitoring Supported Uptime Monitoring Not Supported Web Traffic Reporting Supported Network Security Features Access Control Supported Analytics / Reporting Supported Compliance Reporting Not Supported Firewalls Not Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported Intrusion Detection System Not Supported Threat Response Supported VPN Not Supported Vulnerability Scanning Supported Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Features Anomalous Behavior Detection Supported High Bandwidth Usage Monitoring Supported Historical Behavior Data Supported Identify High Network Traffic Sources Supported Network Transaction Visibility Supported Stream Data to IDR or Data Lake Not Supported Traffic Decryption Supported		Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Supported Baseline Manager Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Supported IP Address Monitoring Supported Real Time Analytics Supported Resource Management Supported Server Monitoring Supported SLA Monitoring Supported Uptime Monitoring Supported Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported Network Security Features Access Control Not Supported Analytics / Reporting Supported Compliance Reporting Not Supported Firewalls Not Supported Internet Usage Monitoring Not Supported Intrusion Detection System Not Supported Threat Response Supported VPN Not Supported Vulnerability Scanning Supported Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Features Anomalous Behavior Detection Supported High Bandwidth Usage Monitoring Supported Historical Behavior Data Supported Identify High Network Traffic Sources Supported Network Transaction Visibility Supported Stream Data to IDR or Data Lake Not Supported Traffic Decryption Not Supported Show More Features Network Automation Features Compliance Monitoring Not Supported Configuration Backup Supported Configuration Changes Supported Network Orchestration Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Tool Access Control Not Supported Vulnerability Assessments Supported Network Mapping Features Color Codes / Icons Supported Compliance Management Not Supported Device Auto Discovery Supported Hierarchical Mapping Supported Location-Based Mapping Supported Map Exporting Supported On-Demand Mapping Supported Reporting/Analytics Not 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 Server Management Features CPU Monitoring Supported Credential Management Not Supported Database Servers Not Supported Email Monitoring Supported Event Logs Not Supported History Tracking Not Supported Patch Management Not Supported Scheduling Not Supported User Activity Monitoring Not Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Not Supported VoIP Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Call Detail Record (CDR) Analysis Not Supported Call Quality Monitoring Supported IP SLA Monitoring Supported Jitter Testing Supported Latency Monitoring Supported MOS Monitoring Supported Packet Loss Monitoring Supported QoS Monitoring Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Troubleshooting Supported
Integrations Cisco FlexConnect Not Supported Cisco Meraki Not Supported Elastic Observability Supported Link-Live Not Supported ManageEngine OpManager Supported NXLog Supported Netdata Supported Observo AI Supported Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls Not Supported SQL Server Not Supported View All 5 Integrations		Integrations Cisco FlexConnect Supported Cisco Meraki Supported Elastic Observability Not Supported Link-Live Supported ManageEngine OpManager Not Supported NXLog Not Supported Netdata Not Supported Observo AI Not Supported Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls Supported SQL Server Supported View All 5 Integrations
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