ElastiFlow vs NetBalancer
ElastiFlow
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| Figure | ElastiFlow | NetBalancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $34.95/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Bandwidth Monitoring Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Founded | 2017 | A SeriousBit press release states that the company was founded in 2007. |
| Purpose | ElastiFlow provides network observability and security analytics by collecting and analyzing network flow and telemetry data. | NetBalancer monitors a computer’s network traffic and lets users set traffic limits, priorities, and rules. |
| Support | Basic support is available through the Community Slack and ElastiFlow Forum, while Premium includes 8x5 support and Enterprise includes a dedicated representative available 24x7. | The purchase includes free support, including activation-code recovery. |
| System requirements | The virtual-appliance guide specifies 16 CPU cores, 64 GB RAM and 2 TB disk for up to 16,000 flows per second or 5,000 sustained flows per second. | The download page lists Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and 10, including their server editions, with native x64 support. |
| What it does | ElastiFlow collects, normalizes, enriches and analyzes NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow and other network telemetry for observability and security use cases. | NetBalancer is a Windows program that monitors and controls local network traffic. |
Plans
NetBalancer
- NetBalancer App and Sync$49.95 a month
- Renew NetBalancer$34.95 a month
- Unregistered versionFree
- Renew NetBalancer$34.95, paid once
- NetBalancer App and Sync$49.95, paid once
In their own words
ElastiFlow
ElastiFlow collects and analyzes network flow and telemetry data for network observability and security analytics. Its performance and availability solution is intended to help network operations and engineering teams find and resolve issues across complex, distributed environments. It handles NetFlow, IPFIX, and sFlow, with application visibility, conversation analysis, and bandwidth monitoring. NetObserv offers visibility, open-data-platform integration, pre-built dashboards, and machine-learning jobs. ElastiFlow extracts more than 6,200 standard and vendor-specific fields from flow records and enriches them with GeoIP, autonomous-system, and IP-reputation information. Supported platforms include Elasticsearch, Elastic Cloud, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch Service, Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, Redpanda, Splunk, and Cribl Stream. Deployment options include Docker, Linux, Ansible, and Helm. The virtual appliance supports VMware ESX, Proxmox, and KVM, and is intended for up to 16,000 flows per second from one location. Basic costs nothing and supports up to 4,000 records per second and 25 SNMP devices. A 30-day trial is available.
NetBalancer
NetBalancer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.