ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer - Bandwidth management made easy

NetFlow Analyzer is a standalone, comprehensive, flow-based, highly scalable bandwidth monitoring and traffic analysis tool that monitors devices, interfaces, applications, and users in your network. It helps network IT administrators track network traffic activity, and diagnose and troubleshoot network anomalies and bandwidth hogs in real time. 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 admins achieve the best performance out of your networks.

Here are a few of our standout features:

  • Built-in templates to export flows from the GUI.
  • Simple standalone network traffic analysis model with transparent pricing.
  • Supports multiple flow formats and vendors for traffic analysis and bandwidth management.
  • Security analytics reporting with network anomaly detection utilizing the Advanced Security Analytics Module (ASAM) and forensics reporting.
  • Monitoring devices that don't support flow data with NetFlow Generator.
  • Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring and traffic shaping with an access control list (ACL) and service policy.
  • Capacity planning and bandwidth usage-based billing reports for charge back.
  • Seamlessly integrates with applications performance management solutions, and 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.
  • Integrates with ManageEngine OpUtils to enable IP address and switch port management.
  • Detailed AVC, AS, Medianet, Multicast, and WAAS reports.

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
WhatsUp Gold
Gartner
Overall
4.6/5
4.2/5
Gartner
Product capability
4.6/5
4.5/5
Gartner
Evaluation and contracting
4.5/5
4.4/5
Gartner
Service and support
4.5/5
4.4/5
FinancesOnline
Overall
9.6/10
8.4/10
Capterra
Overall
4.6/5
4.4/5

Licensing - ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer vs. WhatsUp Gold

NetFlow Analyzer provides an interface-based licensing model that starts at $595 for 10 interfaces ($2,795 for 50 interfaces). WhatsUp Gold pricing is not transparent and a request has to be raised. It is priced at $1,755 for 50 network devices. WhatsUp Gold follows device based licensing model and requires minimum of 25 devices to be added for adding flow sources.

Feature comparison - How is ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer a better alternative to WhatsUp Gold?

Functionality
NetFlow Analyzer
WhatsUp Gold
Standalone version
 
Yes, NetFlow Analyzer is a standalone tool.
 
Network Traffic Analysis is included as a part of WhatsUp Gold’s Total Plus editions and is available as an add-on in the Premium, MSP, and Distributed editions.
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
Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring, access control list (ACL) and service policy reconfiguration
 
Yes, 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 validing 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 report.
 
Not available
Notification templates
 
Yes, 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 forecast
 
Yes, you can predict bandwidth and application usage and plan bandwidth needs with NetFlow Analyzer's Bandwidth and Application Forecast reports.
 
Not available