VIAVI Observer Analyzer vs Wireshark
| VIAVI Observer Analyzer | Wireshark | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Free trial | No | |
| Paid from | Free | |
| Platforms | Windows | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Live capture | Yes | |
| Command-line tool | Yes | |
| Traffic decryption | Yes | Yes |
| Operating systems | 64-bit Windows; Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 | |
| Protocol dissectors | Yes | |
| Offline trace analysis | Yes | |
| Display filters | Yes | |
| Capture file formats | PCAP | |
| Supported platforms | Windows, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform | |
| Free plan | Yes | |
| Deployment | desktop | |
| Capture sources | both | |
| PCAP support | Yes | |
| CLI tools | Yes | |
| Remote capture | Yes | |
| Flow analysis | Yes |
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