ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer

Vorteile

This is one of the most useful monitoring tools among ManageEngine ITOM products for network technicians who simply wants to best of it. It's basically a collector but with many logical grouping mechanism and very troubleshoot-purpose reports, it becomes very versatile tool in technicians hands. It saves time and gives accurate information for problematic sides of network. Additionally, it has some extra modules like NCM and OpUtils which is a great plus. For the ones those want to make sure the root cause of network problems, it is indeed a must-have software for proactive approach networking.

Nachteile

Even if the greatest tools can have problems and Netflow Analyzer has very few. My only wish about this product that I have to configure the network devices for flow configuration manually. I can basically do it over UI but some network device flow configuration settings can be outdated and which doesn't help to make the flow monitoring activated in a small of time. Since I'm accustomed to make these configs from the devices itself, no problem for me but it can be time saver if they're all updated, riched (for different model/brand of network devices) and configured easily.

Vorteile

Very Useful product. Very easy to use and setup. Technical support is good.

Nachteile

Some difficult in dashboard and finding require options.

Vorteile

1) Detailed traffic insights
2) Real time network traffic monitoring
3) Easy integration with other manage engine and ITSM products.
4) Cost effective

Nachteile

1) Limited customization options
2)High resource consumption in case of big infrastructure with lot of network devices.

Vorteile

The graphics it provides in flow analysis are very nice.

Nachteile

Traffic Pattern Analysis, Geolocation, Source

Vorteile

Easy to setup, provide the information/function we need, Network bandwidth utilization monitoring and analysis. Can provide historical data and generate a report to help network infrastructure planning. get great support in time manner.

Nachteile

have to use snmp walk or similar tool to get the interface information. Prefer it can pull the interface names automatically.

Vorteile

Cost is a big one. Manageengine is very competitive with their pricing and their software performs as well as, or better than competitors multiple times more expensive. Integration. Nearly everything ME puts out talks with their other products in some way. Either just some data and feature sharing via API, or fully being integrated into another larger product like Netflow is with Opmanager. So either you get the stand-alone software or you buy the whole suite, but they function the same.Overall Features. ME just gives you SOOO much within their software. I have a lot more capability that our agency did prior to switching to ME products.

Nachteile

Can be a little difficult to configure with some firewalls. Our Fortinet didn't want to play nice without some time spend tweaking things and contacting ME for some additional support.

Vorteile

The user-friendly interface, along with customizable dashboards and detailed reporting features, makes it accessible for both IT professionals and network administrators.

Nachteile

While the interface is user-friendly, mastering all features may take time, potentially hindering immediate productivity for new users.

Vorteile

We can monitor the link usage (MPLS,P2P and ILL) in Realtime, and using that T shoot time it will very use full.

Nachteile

Need to improve the monitoring interval and add addition wedges in dashboard for quick monitoring.

Vorteile

Easy to manage, GUI experience, multiple options like Schedule reports, Bandwidth monitoring, Alert profiles to name a few, Support on P1 issues and during upgardes are much appreciated

Nachteile

nothing specific to mention, for minor issues response time need to be improved

Vorteile

Instant and historic reports on top talkers along with cos values are very useful. Its ability to resolve DNS for the applications/websites used also makes Network administrator life easy to narrow down the issue.

Nachteile

Remote assistance of the Customer support can be improved

Vorteile

Ease deployment and user friendly. Highly recommended.

Nachteile

Support and difficulty in configuration.

Vorteile

Ease of configuration and integration with our routers and firewalls. The Netflow Analyzer gives us insight into where our traffic is going and makes it easier to spot any suspicious network activity. Also, support has been quick to resolve any issues we had with the product.

Nachteile

Some interfaces are automatically added to monitoring when they have not been explicitly selected. These count towards the license limit but this is solved by un-managing the interfaces.

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Vorteile

Its easy to access and support is also good.

Nachteile

No,nothing dislikes.Good product.Easy to access and monitor.

Vorteile

Traffic forecasting
Network behavior and anomaly detects proactively
deep packet inspection result
Compressive utilization reports

Nachteile

looking for end user experiences analysis part if its, because after it detects the source and destinations both sides need to show end user level issues that could be greate.

Vorteile

Allows us to monitor hogs on our network.

Nachteile

Not much. Every once in a while we have to reboot the server that it runs on when it is not responding but that is seldom.

Vorteile

Generates detailed reports on network traffic trends, assisting with capacity planning and understanding usage patterns. Offers insight into network security by detecting suspicious or unauthorized network activity, bolstering threat detection and response.

Nachteile

The tool typically supports a wide range of network devices.

Vorteile

Overall, the tool tracks configuration changes in real time, providing visibility into who made the changes, what changes were made, and when they occurred.It was particularly useful for my organizations to manage configurations across a diverse set of network devices, ensuring consistency, compliance, and timely response to changes. It assists in preventing configuration drift, enhancing network security, and maintaining efficient network operations.

Nachteile

It requires significant hardware resources and storage capacity.

Vorteile

I can monitor in real time the bandwidth of the network through the interfaces and be able to make decisions to increase or restrict traffic on the network, without the need for probes.
In addition, I can collect and analyze data streams from a variety of network device manufacturers.

Nachteile

You must be clear about the capabilities of network devices, memory, etc., since they affect the cost of the agent and can function correctly.

Vorteile

It allows to see the different flows of traffic of a network, it can be organized by type and by different characteristics, besides it can be organized in groups for a better control

Nachteile

Many configurations must be made so that the equipment can be correctly included in the tool, if it does not present many errors and can not be monitored correctly

Vorteile

Helps you track all your circuit usage, all netflow related events

Nachteile

Its interface is really cool, but is not so intuitive. You can not seamleassly administrate its GUI.

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Vorteile

We manage a network of twenty manufacturing buildings, some of which have an incredibly slow connection, only 5 mbps. For this reason and many others, must be incredibly diligent to monitor, carefully, their networks.. We are very pleased to use NetFlow Analyzer to manage all of our connections, especially those that have the minimum bandwidth, where one user uploads a video can consume 1/3 of the traffic.

Nachteile

Sometimes using a dual wan device is hard to manage and quantify in terms of reporting. But this is not a deal-break . We manage to get the raw data.

Vorteile

You can monitor many interfaces under an easy to understand monitor

Nachteile

While monitor and report options can be self explanatory (its outputs), configuring the tool might not be too intuitive and you might get lost trying to find an option

Vorteile

Allows you to have visibility on the applications and services that cross the network, including statistics on bandwidth consumption and behavior

Nachteile

It must be installed on a server with sufficient processing capacity and memory, it is not recommended to install on an office computer

Vorteile

We used Netflow Analyzer for a few years. You might get the detailed network traffic analysis with very simple user interface and graphical reporting. With netflow tools it is really easy to get a visibility and additional control in your network environments, to understand the real-time bandwidth consuming and by whom. The license policy is flexible, so you might choose which one is enough for your organisation size (e.g 10 interfaces, 50 or more...).

Nachteile

I did not have any suggestion for improvements.

Vorteile

The Application is one that I have never seen before with others I have used - not only is self contained it is API but provides very rich variables without the hassle of add-ons .

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Nothing I can think of that is negative - all positive

Vorteile

Easy to use; completeness of information

Nachteile

Nothing special to signal; maybe upgrade a little bit complicated