GL PacketScan vs SentryWire
GL PacketScan
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| Figure | GL PacketScan | SentryWire |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Network Packet Capture Software | 7.4 (#11) | 6.9 (#20) |
| Headquarters | Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA | Hanover, Maryland, United States |
| Integrations | PacketScan can send protocol fields, traffic summaries, and call detail records to GL’s NetSurveyorWeb centralized monitoring platform. | SentryWire names Splunk, Elastic, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, IBM, and Dell among its integrations and says it works with 25+ others. |
| Intended users | GL describes the product for telecom operators, equipment vendors, VoIP providers, enterprises, data centers, and mission-critical network teams. | The platform is designed for enterprise, federal, and ICS/OT networks, including critical infrastructure environments. |
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In their own words
GL PacketScan
GL PacketScan has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
SentryWire
SentryWire is a packet-capture appliance and network security monitoring platform for retaining and examining network traffic. It captures from 1 Mbps to above 1 Tbps and supports retention measured in weeks, months, or years. Distributed storage and compute enable searches across historical packet data, while forensic replay helps investigate traffic. Integrated Suricata IDS provides real-time detection and retrospective review. Analysis includes IDS search-back, BPF-syntax filtering, file-artifact extraction, JA3 hashing, GeoIP and ASN enrichment, Kibana dashboards, and display filters. Integrations named by the maker include Splunk, Elastic, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, IBM, and Dell, with 25+ others supported. Deployment options include virtual machines, hardware appliances, portable systems, and cluster nodes; virtual machines capture up to 500 Mbps. SentryWire supports live capture, offline trace analysis, and PCAP files, and can retrieve packets from Splunk SOAR or Cortex XSOAR playbooks. Pricing is provided through sales contact.