ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer - Bandwidth management made easy

NetFlow Analyzer is a standalone, comprehensive, flow-based, highly scalable bandwidth monitoring and network traffic analysis tool that helps you gain in-depth visibility into your network devices, interfaces, apps, conversations, bandwidth usage, and network traffic. Part of the ManageEngine ITOM suite, it monitors all major devices and flow formats such as NetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, IPFIX, and AppFlow, collecting and converting it into meaningful information that help the IT administrators achieve the best performance out of your networks.

Here are a few of our standout features:

  • Built-in templates to export network flows from the GUI.
  • Supports all major flow formats and offers multi-vendor support and transparent pricing.
  • Security analytics reporting with network anomaly detection with the Advanced Security Analytics Module (ASAM) and forensic reporting.
  • Monitors devices that don't support flow with NetFlow Generator.
  • Bandwidth forecasting, capacity planning, and usage based billing reports for charge back.
  • Customizable reports for better visibility of conversation-level details.
  • Detailed AVC, AS view, and WAAS reports.
  • Medianet, Multicast, IP SLA, and Wireless LAN monitoring.
  • Integrates seamlessly with applications performance management, Network Configuration Management, and IP address and switch port management solutions, and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and ServiceNow to create custom alerts and notification templates.
  • Ability to monitor and manage Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources and virtual private clouds (VPCs) in your network.

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

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

Evaluation By
Category
NetFlow Analyzer
PRTG Network Monitor
Gartner
Overall
4.6/5
4.5/5
Gartner
Product capability
4.6/5
4.5/5
Gartner
Evaluation and contracting
4.5/5
4.3/5
Gartner
Service and support
4.5/5
4.4/5
FinancesOnline
Overall
9.6/10
8.6/10
Capterra
Overall
4.6/5
4.6/5

Licensing - ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer vs. PRTG Network Monitor

NetFlow Analyzer provides an interface-based licensing model that starts at $595 for 10 interfaces. PRTG Network Monitor follows an aspect-based licensing model where one aspect equals one interface/device. PRTG Network Monitor base pricing starts at $1,750 per server installation which can monitor up to 500 aspects of your devices in your network, the equivalent of about 50 devices.

Feature comparison - How is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer a better alternative to PRTG Network Monitor?

Functionality
NetFlow Analyzer
PRTG Network Monitor
Support for Linux OS platform
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer works on both Windows and Linux platforms.
 
PRTG Network Monitor only runs on the Windows platform.
Anomaly detection
 
Yes, with the Advanced Security Analytics Module (ASAM), NetFlow Analyzer helps identify network anomalies and threats using Continuous Stream Mining Engine technology.
 
Not available
Application Traffic monitoring
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer recognizes, classifies, and monitors all applications and protocols in your network to ensure priority of mission critical apps. NetFlow Analyzer offers in-built application performance monitoring capabilities in addition to the Applications Performance Manager integration.
 
Not available
Wireless LAN monitoring
 
Yes, you can monitor WLAN Controllers for bandwidth related statistics and drill down further to view reports on WLAN controllers, SSIDs, APs and QoS with NetFlow Analyzer.
 
Not available
Custom report profiles
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer enables you to create custom Report Profiles for important reports.
 
Not available
Billing
 
Yes, you can generate on-demand billing for accounting and departmental chargebacks with NetFlow Analyzer's Billing report.
 
Available only with the Billing Tool
Failover
 
Netflow Analyzer helps in ensuring uninterrupted monitoring of network by allowing network admins to configure a secondary monitoring instance on a separate server.
 
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
Bandwidth and application forecast
 
Yes, you can predict bandwidth and application usage and plan bandwidth needs with NetFlow Analyzer's Bandwidth and Application Forecast reports.
 
Not available