SoftPI Flow Colector Lite edition is a free version of SoftPI Flow Collector.

The table below provides the main differences between these editions.

As the table shows, the SoftPI Flow Collector Lite edition makes sense to use if there is not more than 3 data sources (routers, access points, sensors, computers, etc.) and when the data sources uses only NetFlow version 5 (RFlow - actually the same NetFlow version 5).

It should be borne in mind that NetFlow version 9 and IPFIX protocols contain a greater number of information fields than NetFlow version 5. 

The main advantage of NetFlow version 9 and IPFIX in compared to NetFlow version 5 is the availability of fields for the IP address version 6 (IPv6), that allows you to analyze the network traffic, which is not dependent on your version of IP addressing (version 4 or 6). As well as these protocols contain information about the MAC addresses that can uniquely identify a network device.