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Product	SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor by SolarWinds View product	Zeek by Zeek View product
Overview
What it is	What does SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor do? It covers fault monitoring. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.	What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Network Fault & Performance Monitor	Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Telecom, Service Providers	Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	On-premises Windows Server; On-premises Windows Server software	Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor
Data residency	On-premises deployment	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)
Key features
What it offers	Fault monitoring Multi-vendor device tracking NetPath packet tracing PerfStack performance correlation Network fault monitoring Multi-vendor tracking PerfStack correlation	Stateful network protocol analysis Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS) File hash extraction Event-driven domain scripting language High-speed packet capture Network security monitoring Network forensic investigation Protocol transaction logging
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise Campus NetworksData Centers	Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance	SNMPWMINetPathITIL	BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	SNMPWMIICMPCiscoJuniperServiceNow	ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight
Industries	Cross-industryEnterprise ITTelecomService Providers	CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	SolarWinds	Zeek
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, USA	Berkeley, California, USA
Company size	3,000+	1-10
Founded	1999	1994

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

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Zeek

by Zeek

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Overview

What it is

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

What does SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor do? It covers fault monitoring. See typical use cases, on-premises deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Zeek

What does Zeek do? It covers file hash extraction and high-speed packet capture. See typical use cases, self-hosted deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Network Fault & Performance Monitor

Zeek

Open-Source Network Security Monitoring & Behavioral Analysis Engine

Best for

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Telecom, Service Providers

Zeek

Cybersecurity, SOC Teams, Network Engineering, Defense, Research, Telecom

Pricing

Pricing model

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Contact Vendor

Zeek

Contact Vendor

Free trial

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Deployment

Deployment options

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

On-Premise

Zeek

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

On-premises Windows Server; On-premises Windows Server software

Zeek

Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor

Data residency

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

On-premises deployment

Zeek

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Key features

What it offers

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Fault monitoring
Multi-vendor device tracking
NetPath packet tracing
PerfStack performance correlation
Network fault monitoring
Multi-vendor tracking
PerfStack correlation

Zeek

Stateful network protocol analysis
Structured transaction logging (HTTP/DNS/TLS)
File hash extraction
Event-driven domain scripting language
High-speed packet capture
Network security monitoring
Network forensic investigation
Protocol transaction logging

Platform & access

API access

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Single sign-on (SSO)

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Role-based access (RBAC)

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Multi-tenant

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Mobile app

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Zeek

Supported platforms

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Enterprise Campus NetworksData Centers

Zeek

Enterprise NetworksDatacenter FabricsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Compliance

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

SNMPWMINetPathITIL

Zeek

BSD LicenseCommon CriteriaNetwork Standards

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

SNMPWMIICMPCiscoJuniperServiceNow

Zeek

ElasticsearchSplunkSuricataKafkaArkimeWiresharkCorelight

Industries

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Cross-industryEnterprise ITTelecomService Providers

Zeek

CybersecuritySOC TeamsNetwork EngineeringDefenseResearchTelecom

Regions

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Global

Zeek

Global

Vendor

Company

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

SolarWinds

Zeek

Headquarters

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Austin, Texas, USA

Zeek

Berkeley, California, USA

Company size

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

3,000+

Zeek

1-10

Founded

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

1999

Zeek

1994