LiveAction

Name: LiveAction
Brand: LiveAction

LiveAction is a network observability and performance monitoring platform that correlates flow, SNMP, and packet telemetry to support monitoring, troubleshooting, and packet-level forensics across on-prem, WAN/SD‑WAN, and hybrid/cloud environments.

Est 2007|Valuation $75M|Raised $41.9M|37 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 12K|Web traffic 5K|FTEs 67|HQ Palo Alto, California, US

MarketsInfrastructure Monitoring

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- **LiveAction vs SolarWinds**: Independent review summaries indicate SolarWinds NPM has broader adoption and an extensive community in many datasets. LiveNX is noted for visual analytics and packet workflows but receives criticism for multi-tenancy and documentation in some reviews. SolarWinds' public pricing entry points may be more transparent; both vendors can have complex enterprise implementations. - **LiveAction vs ThousandEyes**: LiveAction is oriented toward internal network telemetry and packet diagnostics, while ThousandEyes specializes in external/internet/SaaS visibility and synthetic monitoring. Buyers focused primarily on external path and SaaS issues may find ThousandEyes more directly aligned to those needs; buyers that frequently require packet-level evidence inside enterprise boundaries may prefer LiveAction architectures. - **LiveAction vs Riverbed / ExtraHop**: Riverbed NPM+ is often positioned for customizable deployments with potential complexity; ExtraHop positions more toward network analytics and detection/use cases, with commercial models that can be perceived as premium.

Market share / adoption trend proxy

Review platform mindshare data suggests LiveNX has a smaller share relative to larger incumbents in the category. This is a directional indicator, not an authoritative market share measure.

	LiveAction (LiveNX/LiveWire)	SolarWinds (Observability / NPM)	Cisco ThousandEyes
Starting Price	Quote-based; channel catalog shows multi-year device-based subscriptions (varies widely)	Public pricing available for some products; pricing varies by product and deployment model	Annual subscription; pricing based on visibility needs (quote-based)
Best For	Enterprises needing flow-to-packet troubleshooting, network visualization, SD‑WAN/QoS analytics, and packet forensics	Broad SNMP-based multi-vendor monitoring; teams seeking established NPM tooling with a large user community	Organizations needing external internet/cloud/SaaS path visibility, synthetic testing, and external dependency diagnostics
Key Strength	Correlation of telemetry and packet capture with visualization; packet capture portfolio (LiveWire/Omnipeek)	Mature ecosystem, broad monitoring coverage, transparent entry pricing for some products and a large user community	Visibility beyond the enterprise boundary (internet/cloud), synthetic testing, external path diagnostics
Key Weakness	Review commentary frequently cites cost, support/documentation gaps, multi-tenancy constraints for some use cases, and infrastructure requirements	Can become costly as modules scale; some implementations have a learning curve and reported stability/support issues	Quote-based pricing can be high; focus is external-path visibility which may not replace deep on-prem packet workflows

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

LiveAction vs SolarWinds: Independent review summaries indicate SolarWinds NPM has broader adoption and an extensive community in many datasets. LiveNX is noted for visual analytics and packet workflows but receives criticism for multi-tenancy and documentation in some reviews. SolarWinds' public pricing entry points may be more transparent; both vendors can have complex enterprise implementations.
LiveAction vs ThousandEyes: LiveAction is oriented toward internal network telemetry and packet diagnostics, while ThousandEyes specializes in external/internet/SaaS visibility and synthetic monitoring. Buyers focused primarily on external path and SaaS issues may find ThousandEyes more directly aligned to those needs; buyers that frequently require packet-level evidence inside enterprise boundaries may prefer LiveAction architectures.
LiveAction vs Riverbed / ExtraHop: Riverbed NPM+ is often positioned for customizable deployments with potential complexity; ExtraHop positions more toward network analytics and detection/use cases, with commercial models that can be perceived as premium.

Market share / adoption trend proxy

Review platform mindshare data suggests LiveNX has a smaller share relative to larger incumbents in the category. This is a directional indicator, not an authoritative market share measure.

	LiveAction (LiveNX/LiveWire)	SolarWinds (Observability / NPM)	Cisco ThousandEyes
Starting Price	Quote-based; channel catalog shows multi-year device-based subscriptions (varies widely)	Public pricing available for some products; pricing varies by product and deployment model	Annual subscription; pricing based on visibility needs (quote-based)
Best For	Enterprises needing flow-to-packet troubleshooting, network visualization, SD‑WAN/QoS analytics, and packet forensics	Broad SNMP-based multi-vendor monitoring; teams seeking established NPM tooling with a large user community	Organizations needing external internet/cloud/SaaS path visibility, synthetic testing, and external dependency diagnostics
Key Strength	Correlation of telemetry and packet capture with visualization; packet capture portfolio (LiveWire/Omnipeek)	Mature ecosystem, broad monitoring coverage, transparent entry pricing for some products and a large user community	Visibility beyond the enterprise boundary (internet/cloud), synthetic testing, external path diagnostics
Key Weakness	Review commentary frequently cites cost, support/documentation gaps, multi-tenancy constraints for some use cases, and infrastructure requirements	Can become costly as modules scale; some implementations have a learning curve and reported stability/support issues	Quote-based pricing can be high; focus is external-path visibility which may not replace deep on-prem packet workflows