Colasoft Capsa vs EndaceProbe

Colasoft Capsa is a Windows network analyzer for monitoring, analyzing and troubleshooting wired and wireless networks. The Enterprise edition captures packets in real time from local networks and can save transmitted data. It analyzes more than 1,800 protocols and sub-protocols, including VoIP, and displays packet details in Hex, ASCII and EBCDIC. Capsa can diagnose network problems and suggest solutions, monitor conversations, reconstruct packet streams and generate reports for selected items, the whole network or a particular network group. Its security analysis detects DoS and DDoS attacks, worm activity, ARP attacks, TCP port scans and suspicious conversations in real time. Users can set email or sound alerts and schedule capture once, daily or weekly. Capsa Free monitors up to 10 IP addresses, ends sessions after four hours and lacks WiFi connection monitoring. Professional is listed at $695, paid once for a single-seat perpetual license, one machine and one year of maintenance. Enterprise is $1,295, paid once and has a 30-day trial.

EndaceProbe continuously records complete network packets, preserving network history for investigations into security threats, performance issues, and outages. It is offered as physical appliances and cloud or virtual deployments on AWS, Microsoft Azure, VMware, KVM, and Nutanix. Listed models sustain recording from 500 Mbps to 100 Gbps, with packet storage ranging from 1 TB to more than 3 PB. InvestigationManager provides centralized search and data mining, while EndaceCMS manages physical and cloud probes. Browser-based EndaceVision searches historical packets and includes hosted Wireshark decoding without downloading large PCAP files. The platform supports live capture, offline trace analysis, display filters, protocol decryption, and pcap, pcapng, and ERF formats. Endace lists Elastic integrations and an API for open-source, custom, and Fusion Partner tools. Appliances can host applications such as EndaceFlow. Security controls include hardened Linux, disabled shell access, authentication options, role-based access, and stated certifications. Pricing is available on request.