Noction Flow Analyzer (NFA) vs. Paessler PRTG Comparison


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About Noction Flow Analyzer (NFA) is a network analytics, monitoring, and alerting tool capable of ingesting NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, NetStream, and BGP data. The NetFlow analyzer enables engineers to optimize their networks and applications performance, control bandwidth utilization, do the proper network capacity planning, perform detailed BGP peering analysis, improve security, and minimize network incidents response time.	About Paessler PRTG is an all-inclusive monitoring software solution developed by Paessler. Equipped with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface with a cutting-edge monitoring engine, PRTG optimizes connections and workloads as well as reduces operational costs by avoiding outages while saving time and controlling service level agreements (SLAs). The solution is packed with specialized monitoring features that include flexible alerting, cluster failover solution, distributed monitoring, in-depth reporting, maps and dashboards, and more. PRTG monitors your entire IT infrastructure. All important technologies are supported: • SNMP: ready-to-use and custom options • WMI and Windows Performance Counters • SSH: for Linux/Unix and macOS systems • Traffic analysis using flow protocols or packet sniffing • HTTP requests • REST APIs returning XML or JSON • Ping, SQL, and many more
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Companies of all sizes, across industries, looking for a modern and affordable network traffic monitoring, analysis, and alerting system.	Audience Caters to tech staff, system administrators, and companies of any size, from small office/home office (SOHO) to enterprises that need their IT network to be reliable and easy to monitor on a real-time basis.
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing $299/month Free Version Free Trial	Pricing $2149 for PRTG 500 Free Version Free Trial
Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.8 / 5 ease 4.6 / 5 features 4.6 / 5 design 4.5 / 5 support 4.6 / 5 Read all reviews
Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Noction Founded: 2011 United States www.noction.com/flow-analyzer	Company Information Paessler GmbH Founded: 1997 Germany www.paessler.com
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Categories Data Visualization Network Monitoring Network Security Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Network Troubleshooting	Categories Cloud Monitoring Database Monitoring Database Performance Tuning DNS Monitoring File Integrity Monitoring Hardware Monitoring IP Scanners IT Infrastructure Monitoring Network Assessment Network Bandwidth Monitoring Network Discovery Network Monitoring Packet Analyzers Server Monitoring SNMP Monitoring System Monitoring VoIP Monitoring Website Monitoring
Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Internet Usage Monitoring IP Address Monitoring Real Time Analytics Resource Management Server Monitoring SLA Monitoring Uptime Monitoring Web Traffic Reporting Show More Features Data Visualization Features Analytics Content Management Dashboard Creation Filtered Views OLAP Relational Display Simulation Models Visual Discovery Network Security Features Access Control Analytics / Reporting Compliance Reporting Firewalls Internet Usage Monitoring Intrusion Detection System Threat Response VPN Vulnerability Scanning Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Features Anomalous Behavior Detection High Bandwidth Usage Monitoring Historical Behavior Data Identify High Network Traffic Sources Network Transaction Visibility Stream Data to IDR or Data Lake Traffic Decryption Network Troubleshooting Features Alerts / Escalation Bandwidth Troubleshooting Change Management Configuration Management Connectivity Management Data Visualization Historical Audit Mobile Network Troubleshooting Network Analysis Network Monitoring	Network Monitoring Features Bandwidth Monitoring Baseline Manager Diagnostic Tools Internet Usage Monitoring IP Address Monitoring Real Time Analytics Resource Management Server Monitoring SLA Monitoring Uptime Monitoring Web Traffic Reporting Show More Features Database Monitoring Features Anomaly Detection Autodiscovery Capacity Planning Dashboard Dependency Tracking Historical Trend Analysis Multitenancy Notifications / Alerts Performance Monitoring Permissions / Access Controls Predictive Analytics Prioritization Query Analysis Resource Optimization Troubleshooting IT Infrastructure Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Application Monitoring Bandwidth Monitoring Capacity Planning Configuration Change Management Data Movement Monitoring Health Monitoring Multi-Platform Support Performance Monitoring Point-in-Time Visibility Reporting / Analytics Virtual Machine Monitoring System Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Antivirus Management Data Backup / Recovery Device Monitoring Inventory Management Patch Management Policy-based Automation Remote Monitoring Reporting / Analytics Risk Analysis Server Monitoring Service Configuration Management VoIP Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Call Detail Record (CDR) Analysis Call Quality Monitoring IP SLA Monitoring Jitter Testing Latency Monitoring MOS Monitoring Packet Loss Monitoring QoS Monitoring Reporting / Analytics Troubleshooting Website Monitoring Features Availability Testing Event Logs Event-Based Notifications FTP Monitoring Mail Server Monitoring Maintenance Scheduling Performance Metrics Real Time Monitoring Transaction Monitoring Uptime Reporting
Integrations ALVAO IT Service Management Active Directory AlertOps AutoMonX BackBox BrightGauge BulkSMS.com Check Point IPS Dropbox EcholoN Ekara GitLab Google Drive MIDAS Qbilon SMSEagle Slack Squadcast ThreatSync Vivantio Show More Integrations View All 1 Integration	Integrations ALVAO IT Service Management Active Directory AlertOps AutoMonX BackBox BrightGauge BulkSMS.com Check Point IPS Dropbox EcholoN Ekara GitLab Google Drive MIDAS Qbilon SMSEagle Slack Squadcast ThreatSync Vivantio Show More Integrations View All 28 Integrations
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