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NetVigil vs. Helix
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Helix is designed for enterprises with smaller networks, looking for a product that can be deployed instantly and start reporting on their network and servers with minimum effort and customization. Helix Pricing ranges from $2,500 to $15,000 depending on the features selected and the size of the network.

NetVigil is designed for mid to large enterprises looking for a scalable, distributed monitoring product. Pricing ranges from $35,000 to $200,000 or more. (Click to see architecture).

General
Price	See above	see above
Distributed DGEs	-	Yes
Users allowed	unlimited	unlimited
Departments allowed	1	unlimited
Device discovery	yes	yes
Topology discovery	-	yes
Topology dependency	yes	yes
Panorama client	-	yes
Operating System	Linux, Solaris, Windows
External help framework	yes	yes
External data feed (EDF) API	-	yes
Business visibility engine (BVE) API	-	yes
Perl API	-	yes
Virtual devices	yes	yes
Device containers	-	yes
Reports
Top-10	yes	yes
Fault	yes	yes
Performance	yes	yes
Trend	yes	yes
Custom	basic	advanced
Business impact	-	yes
SLA	-	yes
Auto baselining	-	yes
Actions
Smart notification engine	yes	yes
Flap suppression	yes	yes
Service dependency	yes	yes
E-mail	yes	yes
Pager	yes	yes
Plug-in actions	limited	yes
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Monitors

Monitoring capabilities of Helix include monitoring network Switches, Routers, Round Trip Ping, Packet Loss, Bandwidth Utilization, Throughput, Frame Relay, SNMP v1, v2c, 64-bit counters and multiple queries in a single packet. Common Helix System Monitors include CPU, Disk, Memory and RPC portmapper while Application Monitoring capabilities extend to MS SQL, Exchange, IIS, Apache, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NTP, Radius and DNS.

For details on NetVigil's monitoring capabilities please refer to the NetVigil documentation.

Purchase Options:

• Call in to (609) 452-2225
• Fax to (609) 452-2662
• Via purchase orders to (US orders only):

Fidelia,
300 Alexander Park #205
Princeton, NJ 08540

"Fidelia NetVigil helps keep Spirit Airline's online reservation and flight status system available 24/7 for customers who want to book flights. While we use NetVigil to watch our entire infrastructure, its container features allow us to identify and track the particular 'revenue-generating systems' that are one of the most critical parts of our network. Our website can easily generate thousands of dollars a minute, so if it goes down for 10 minutes, it can really impact income. NetVigil paid for itself upon deployment by detecting problems that would have led to extended service outages."
Dan Piec
Director, MIS Operations, Spirit Airlines (press release)