We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"Automation of the ILS."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"The most valuable feature is the extensibility, as there are really no limits as to what you can do with it."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"It is a user-friendly product that requires almost no maintenance."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"It works better than other products I’ve used – namely SolarWinds, which is cumbersome and error prone for web app monitoring. SCOM is not."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"The price could be improved."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
"On-prem network monitoring is something that could be improved drastically."
"The solution’s initial setup is difficult."
"Application monitoring must be improved."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
"They can focus more on cloud monitoring instead of on-premise monitoring. We should be able to monitor cloud-related applications. They can include this feature in the next release. If it is in the cloud, we can have scalability by using Kubernetes. The container is containerized, packaged, and managed using Kubernetes. This feature is not there in SCOM. Going forward, if they can focus on that, it will be great."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SCOM report.
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