GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestrator vs. LiveAction

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestrator
Score 10.0 out of 10
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A real-time network monitoring solution focusing on the network user's perspective, that helps administrators to understand how well an organization’s important applications are performing. It offers dashboards that help to identify network use, traffic bottlenecks and problem areas by looking at application or Level 7 performance by app, user, device, and location.N/A
LiveAction
Score 8.2 out of 10
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LiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestratorLiveAction
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestrator
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Ratings
LiveAction
6.9
Ratings
17% below category average
Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Network monitoring00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Alerts00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Network mapping00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
User Ratings
GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestratorLiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
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10.0
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User Testimonials
GFI Exinda NetworkOrchestratorLiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited to traffic control and prioritization WAN Op is limited and does not work reliably
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The product is best suited for performing assessments on your network infrastructure via data and voice over IP flows. Finding bandwidth hogs is also easy to do with the product (Similar to Plixer's Scrutinizer product), and permits point-and-click remediation of Quality of Service (QOS), layer2/3 transit problems, and security issues.
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Pros
  • Ease of deployment
  • Traffic policy config
  • Admin console is easy to navigate
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  • Packet tracing and diagnostics.
  • The visual analytics in the dashboard were good.
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Cons
  • WAN Optimization does not work well
  • Reporting, while available, is difficult to work with
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  • Cost is VERY high for what this product does, but it's worth it if you do not have all of the expertise to prioritize your network properly
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Support Rating
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Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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Alternatives Considered
Exinda was a good balance between cost and capability. We replaced an aging Packetshaper infrastructure with Exinda
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Compared to ExtraHop it lacked the network analytics that compares data from an L2 up. We were able to track down rogue devices. certificates, a DNS attack, etc. that would have been a little hard to do in LiveAction. On the flip side, compared to PRTG, LiveAction has many more features that PRTG is lacking. The reporting, actions and visual analytics alone were better.
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Return on Investment
  • Minimize bandwidth expenditures by prioritizing the traffic we care about and controlling the traffic we do not care about.
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  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
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