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Euna Solutions vs Wireshark

Euna Solutions logo

Euna Solutions

Government

Budgeting, procurement, grants and payments software for the public sector, formerly GTY Technology

From
On request
Free plan
No
Full reviewWebsite
Wireshark logo

Wireshark

Cybersecurity

The world's foremost network protocol analyzer

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Wireshark has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Euna Solutions the suite is assembled from six or more separate acquisitions and integration between modules is still being completed, so a buyer purchasing two modules should ask precisely what data passes between them today rather than on the roadmap.; Wireshark free and open source under the GNU GPL; downloadable without paying any license fee, no commercial tier
  • They diverge on capability: Euna Solutions covers Euna Budget, Wireshark covers Deep packet inspection.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Euna Solutions and Wireshark actually diverge.

Attributes where Euna Solutions and Wireshark differ
AttributeEuna SolutionsWireshark
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotefree
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebDesktop, Cli
CategoryGovernmentCybersecurity
FoundedUnknown1998

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Euna Solutions

  • Euna Budget
  • Euna Procurement
  • Euna Grants
  • Euna Payments
  • Euna Special Education
  • Transparency portals
  • Workflow automation

Only in Wireshark

  • Deep packet inspection
  • Live capture
  • Offline analysis
  • 3000+ protocol support
  • Rich display filters
  • VoIP analysis
  • Decryption support
  • Scripting with Lua

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Euna Solutions

  • A county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will acceptnot Wireshark
  • A city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meetingnot Wireshark
  • A school district needing sealed electronic bidding with scored evaluation and an audit trailnot Wireshark
  • A jurisdiction wanting a public transparency portal for budget and spending without building onenot Wireshark

Wireshark

  • Network Securitynot Euna Solutions
  • Packet Analysisnot Euna Solutions
  • Open Sourcenot Euna Solutions

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Euna Solutions

  • The suite is assembled from six or more separate acquisitions and integration between modules is still being completed, so a buyer purchasing two modules should ask precisely what data passes between them today rather than on the roadmap.
  • No pricing is published at any level and terms are typically multi-year, so budgeting the true cost requires obtaining peer jurisdiction contracts, which is possible but slow.
  • Individual modules face specialists with deeper functionality, so a jurisdiction buying only procurement or only budgeting may get less capability than from a single-product vendor at similar cost.
  • Ownership has changed twice in six years, from a SPAC to private equity, and further change is plausible, which creates roadmap uncertainty over the length of a typical multi-year public sector contract.
  • Grant management depth is oriented to United States federal and state programmes, which makes the product close to useless to public bodies outside that funding system.

Wireshark

  • Free and open source under the GNU GPL; downloadable without paying any license fee, no commercial tier

Pricing, plan by plan

Euna Solutions

On request
  • Euna Solutions$undefined/year
    • Modules licensed individually: Budget, Procurement, Grants, Payments
    • Priced by jurisdiction size, modules and users
    • Annual subscription with multi-year terms common

Wireshark

Free
  • Free & Open SourceFree
    • Full functionality
    • Deep inspection
    • Live capture

Which should you pick?

Choose Euna Solutions if

  • You need euna budget.
  • You also want euna procurement.
Euna Solutions review

Choose Wireshark if

  • You need deep packet inspection.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Desktop, Cli.
  • You also want live capture.
Wireshark review

Questions people ask

Is Euna Solutions or Wireshark better?
Neither clearly leads. Euna Solutions starts at On request and Wireshark at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Euna Solutions or Wireshark?
Wireshark has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Euna Solutions and Free for Wireshark.
Does Euna Solutions or Wireshark run on more platforms?
Euna Solutions runs on Web. Wireshark runs on Desktop, Cli.
Can I use Wireshark for free?
Yes. Wireshark has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Euna Solutions starts at On request.
What is Euna Solutions best used for?
Euna Solutions is most often used for a county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will accept, a city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meeting, a school district needing sealed electronic bidding with scored evaluation and an audit trail, a jurisdiction wanting a public transparency portal for budget and spending without building one. Of those, a county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will accept and a city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meeting are not what Wireshark is typically brought in for.
What can Euna Solutions do that Wireshark cannot?
Euna Solutions covers Euna Budget, Euna Procurement, Euna Grants, Euna Payments. Wireshark covers Deep packet inspection, Live capture, Offline analysis, 3000+ protocol support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Euna Solutions: Is this the same company as GTY Technology?

Yes. GTY Technology rebranded to Euna Solutions in 2023. The individual products came from acquisitions including Bonfire, Questica, eCivis and CityBase.

Wireshark: Is there a cost to download and use Wireshark?

No, Wireshark is completely free. It's distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2, making it "free software" with no demo limitations. The full version is available at no cost.

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Euna Solutions: Which product was Bonfire?

Bonfire is now Euna Procurement. Questica became Euna Budget and eCivis became Euna Grants. Ask which underlying codebase a demo is showing.

Wireshark: What support options are available for Wireshark users?

Wireshark offers multiple support channels including mailing lists, an active Discord community, the Ask Wireshark Q&A platform, comprehensive documentation, a user guide, and developer resources for those needing technical assistance.

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Euna Solutions: What does it cost?

Not published. Modules are quoted individually by jurisdiction size and users, usually on multi-year terms and often available through cooperative purchasing contracts.

Wireshark: Are there different pricing tiers or subscription levels?

Wireshark does not offer pricing tiers or subscriptions. There is one free version available to all users regardless of use case, personal, professional, or organizational.

Source
Euna Solutions: Do the modules actually share data?

Partially, and it varies by pair. Get the specific integration between the modules you are buying demonstrated on real data before signing.

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