ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer: Bandwidth management made easy

NetFlow Analyzer is standalone bandwidth and network traffic monitoring software that uses flow technologies supported by multiple vendors including Cisco, Juniper, and HP to provide real-time visibility into the network traffic patterns and bandwidth consumption by interfaces, applications, and hosts. With more than 300 predefined applications and protocols, it helps IT administrators identify traffic usage by bandwidth-intensive apps and users and prevents the network from becoming congested.

Here are a few of our standout features:

  • Built-in templates to export network flows from the GUI.
  • Security analytics and forensics reporting with network anomaly detection utilizing the Advanced Security Analytics Module (ASAM).
  • Ability to monitor devices that don't support network flow with NetFlow Generator.
  • Capacity planning and usage-based billing reports for chargebacks.
  • Seamlessly integrates with Slack and network configuration management, applications performance management, and IP address and switch port management solutions.
  • Ability to monitor Amazon Web Services resources and virtual private clouds in your network and manage them efficiently.

Third-party evaluations - See how NetFlow Analyzer is rated in the market!

Here's a consolidated report based on evaluations by third-party vendors. Take a look at how users have rated NetFlow Analyzer!

Evaluated by
Category
NetFlow Analyzer
Plixer Scrutinizer
g2
Overall
5/5
3.5/5
Trust Radius
Overall
8.7/5
8.3/5

Licensing: ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer vs. Plixer Scrutinizer

NetFlow Analyzer provides an interface-based licensing model that starts at $595 for 10 interfaces. Plixer Scrutinizer follows a device-based licensing model for which pricing is not transparent and is available only on request.

Feature comparison: How is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer a better alternative to Plixer Scrutinizer?

Functionality
NetFlow Analyzer
Plixer Scrutinizer
Support for the Linux OS platform
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer works on both Windows and Linux platforms.
 
Plixer Scrutinizer only runs on the Windows platform.
Anomaly detection
 
Yes, with the ASAM, NetFlow Analyzer helps identify network anomalies and threats using Continuous Stream Mining Engine technology.
 
Not available.
Raw data storage
 
Yes, for a maximum of one month.
 
Not available
Custom Report Profiles
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer enables you to create custom report profiles for important reports.
 
Not available
Capacity planning
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer helps you make informed decisions on your bandwidth usage and application growth trends with Capacity Planning reports.
 
Not available
Billing
 
Yes, you can generate on-demand billing for accounting and departmental chargebacks with NetFlow Analyzer's Billing report.
 
Not available
Integration with ServiceNow
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer seamlessly integrates with Slack to help you get notified via the Slack channel when an alert is generated.
 
Not available
IP address management (IPAM) and switch port mapping (SPM)
 
NetFlow Analyzer offers a IPAM-SPM add-on to help gain insights on IPs, switches, and ports in real-time to identify and block intruders and rogue devices that may impact your network.
 
Not available
Application and server performance monitoring
 
NetFlow Analyzer seamlessly integrates with ManageEngine Applications Manager to help you proactively monitor your business-critical applications, servers, and services, in addition to its in-build application and protocol monitoring capabilities.
 
Not available
Notification templates
 
With NetFlow Analyzer, you can create and manage custom Notification Templates to receive email and SMS alerts, chat notifications, web alarms, log tickets, SNMP traps, trap profiles, and syslog profiles.
 
Not available
Bandwidth and application forecasting
 
Yes, you can predict application usage and plan bandwidth needs with NetFlow Analyzer's Bandwidth Forecast andApplication Forecast reports.
 
Not available
Traffic shaping and configuration management: Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring, access control lists (ACLs), and service policy reconfiguration
 
NetFlow Analyzer offers traffic shaping features such as ACL and Service Policy to filter out traffic, restrict apps and users, and prioritize mission-critical applications by reconfiguring service policies and validating them.
 
Not available
Forensic reporting
 
NetFlow Analyzer helps proactively identify network traffic issues and anomalies and monitor network infrastructure, overall performance, and bandwidth usage with its Forensics reports.
 
Not available