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Solutions Review’s listing of the best network performance monitoring tools is an annual sneak peek of the top tools included in our Buyer’s Guide for Network Monitoring Tools<\/a><\/span>. <\/b><\/em>Information was gathered via online materials and reports, conversations with vendor representatives, and <\/b>examinations<\/b><\/span> of product <\/b>demonstrations<\/b><\/span> and free trials.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n The editors at Solutions Review have developed this resource to assist buyers seeking the best network performance monitoring tools to meet their organization’s needs. Choosing the right vendor and tool can be a complicated process \u2014 one that requires in-depth research and often goes beyond the tool’s technical capabilities. To make your search a little easier, we\u2019ve profiled the best network performance monitoring tools providers all in one place. We\u2019ve also included platform and product line names, as well as introductory software tutorials, straight from the source, so you can see each solution in action.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Companies are listed in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Accedian Skylight is a unified enterprise network, cloud, and application performance management solution. The product combines network flow monitoring, real-time application transaction decoding, and end-user experience tracking to generate performance data. With Skylight, users can monitor traffic from both physical or virtual environments (including the cloud) and analyze OSI Layer 2 through Layer 7 network traffic in real-time. Skylight can be deployed through either a virtual or hardware-based appliance.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>AppNeta Performance Manager allows IT teams to monitor end-user experience across their cloud, network, and applications. It operates on a four-dimensional approach to monitoring, with capabilities working together to analyze usage and performance across networks and applications. AppNeta offers a wide range of graphics and reporting to deliver greater analytical insights to users. The vendor also provides specialized monitoring solutions for VoIP, UCaaS, and DNS systems, as well as monitoring for cloud deployments.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Auvik is cloud-based network monitoring and management software built for IT teams and MSPs that need clear visibility across distributed networks. The platform automatically discovers, maps, and monitors network devices, giving teams a live view of network health, connected assets, and performance issues. Auvik helps network admins and lean IT teams troubleshoot faster, reduce manual documentation work, and automate configuration backups without adding hardware.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>DX NetOps by CA Technologies, a Broadcom-owned company, is a network monitoring and analytics software that unifies traditional systems monitoring with full-stack analysis. The solution gathers intelligence on inventory, topology, device metrics, faults, flow, and packet analysis for traditional, software-defined, and cloud-based network architectures. DX NetOps is augmented by Broadcom\u2019s AIOps platform, which brings NetOps and AIOps together to proactively resolve network issues through automated remediation.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Catchpoint Network Insights provides network engineers and operations teams with full visibility into the OSI stack from Layer 3 to Layer 7. Network Insights consists of four primary capabilities: DNS monitoring, traceroute monitoring, BGP monitoring, and endpoint monitoring. Each of these capabilities provides visibility into different components of the delivery chain, enabling proactive detection and triage of problems that arise across network layers \u2014 endpoint, enterprise LAN\/WAN, DNS, CDN, ISP, and cloud.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Cisco Prime Performance Manager is a network monitoring application that pulls actionable information from the entire network, including core, aggregation, and access networks. This product features a web-based interface that provides access to performance reports with flexible options and detailed search capabilities. Cisco Prime also allows network administrators to keep track of all devices on the network. Prime sends alerts when the network is bogging down and collects device and connectivity data on a user-defined schedule.<\/p>\n Description:\u00a0<\/strong>Dynatrace offers network monitoring, application performance management, and digital experience monitoring capabilities through its solution. Its network tools can be correlated with app performance metrics to provide insights into how network performance affects end-user experience. Dynatrace provides visibility that enables IT teams to quickly identify services and processes experiencing network connectivity issues. In addition to identifying bottlenecks, Dynatrace analytics can help businesses plan for network and server resources.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Exoprise is a leading provider of SaaS and cloud monitoring with support for Office 365, Azure, Salesforce, and more. Exoprise CloudReady is the platform for total digital experience management, providing users with end-to-end network and application visibility via real user monitoring or synthetic transaction monitoring. With Exoprise CloudReady, cloud and network administrators can quickly identify and resolve issues, manage changes, monitor trends, and improve performance and operations across the entire business.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>ExtraHop Reveal(x) is a cloud-based network detection and response platform that gives organizations real-time visibility into their network from the inside out. With ExtraHop, IT teams can maintain a comprehensive view of their entire ecosystem with auto-discovery and auto-classification capabilities. ExtraHop enables users to mitigate performance issues immediately through continuous, real-time end-user monitoring. Empirical metrics across defendant systems can also be used to accelerate troubleshooting.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>FirstWave NMIS Professional is an intelligent network management and infrastructure monitoring tool. It is the enterprise version of Opmantek\u2019s suite of open-source network management solutions. In addition to its core product, FirstWave offers a number of commercial add-on modules, managed service provider solutions, and customizable support and assistance packages. NMIS Professional contains the vendor\u2019s Network Management Information System for network monitoring as well as charting (opCharts) and reporting (opReports) tools.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Flowmon is a network visibility vendor that offers a flow-based network monitoring product. Its solutions provide IT teams with an array of tools for network visibility and control, cloud operations, security operations, and DDoS protection. Flowmon probes and collectors help organizations gather, analyze, and store critical network information. The solution features modules that extend and streamline the functionality of the Connector and Probes, delivering more advanced flow-statistics analysis to network administrators.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Hewlett Packard Enterprise\u2019s network monitoring suite consists of Aruba AirWave and HPE Intelligent Management Center. AirWave provides granular visibility for wired and wireless networks and is designed to detect mobile devices and applications in addition to traditional sensors. Intelligent Management Center manages data centers and core networks while providing clearly defined network data for IT teams. IMC features a modular platform with tools that cover traffic analysis, remote network management, and intelligent reporting.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Infovista VistaInsight is a network monitoring and service assurance solution that gives users full visibility over their network activity. The product supports digital transformation initiatives by simplifying hybrid NFV network operations and monitoring SD-WAN edge performance. Infovista diagnoses network and service performance and delivers insights to administrators through a scalable, open, cloud-ready platform. InfoVista\u2019s tools (including VistaInsight) support cloud and SSL-based applications, VXLAN, and several other features.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>Kentik provides full network visibility through its network monitoring and AIOps capabilities. The solution combines NetFlow network monitoring with tools for ingesting data, such as VPC Flow Logs, business context, and application context. Kentik\u2019s machine-learning-driven solution also advises on network and security performance, troubleshooting, planning, and cost management. Kentik provides visibility and insights wherever your traffic flows, including networks, applications, the Internet, and the cloud \u2014 all in real-time on one screen.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>LiveAction LiveNX is a network performance and analytics platform that eases network monitoring and configuration. The LiveNX interface provides comprehensive insight into a network\u2019s topology, with in-depth views of devices, interfaces, and network flows. LiveNX enables IT teams to access performance metrics and take appropriate action to address issues. LiveNX includes User Experience, Insight, and Endpoint Agent features that enable users to analyze connectivity, detect network patterns, and monitor endpoints.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>LogicMonitor is an agentless SaaS-based network monitoring solution that gives organizations the ability to discover all network devices and interfaces. Through alerts and interface metrics, users receive greater visibility into error rates, network usage, and throughput. With support for a variety of different technologies, IT teams can collect and analyze network performance data from all of their networking gear. In addition to switches, routers, and firewalls, LogicMonitor can also cover cloud and hybrid IT environments.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>LogRhythm NetworkXDR detects network-borne threats in real-time with SOAR capabilities. It offers ease of use without requiring sophisticated network forensics expertise. Using purpose-built, versatile sensors that generate advanced network details, LogRhythm NetworkXDR incorporates multiple machine learning analytics approaches to expose evolving threats more effectively. The result is full coverage against security threats, both known and unknown, without requiring extensive tuning or lengthy supervised machine learning training.<\/p>\n Description: <\/strong>ManageEngine OpManager Plus is an integrated monitoring tool that allows for full visibility into networks, applications, and infrastructure. OpManager is written in Java and uses a local Tomcat instance for its interface. A local database stores collected information and serves as a communication channel between the OpManager and plug-ins. The OpManager Applications Manager plug-in supports commercial applications (including IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle databases) as well as other open-source products.<\/p>\n\t\t\t![\"Download](\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/network-monitoring\/files\/2021\/04\/Network_Monitoring_Buyers_Guide_Bump_800.gif\")
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\nAccedian<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nAppNeta<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nAuvik<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nBroadcom<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nCatchpoint<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nCisco<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nDynatrace<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nExoprise<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nExtraHop<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nFirstWave<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nFlowmon by Progress<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nHewlett Packard Enterprise<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nInfovista<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nKentik<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nLiveAction<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nLogicMonitor<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nLogRhythm<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nManageEngine<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nNETSCOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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