We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"What I found valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the Software-Defined Access Network, so the entire LAN network can be centralized and managed from a single dashboard. Cisco DNA Center is suitable for centralized management and lets you deploy switches in a centralized fashion. You can also do multiple switch port configurations simultaneously and segregate your traffic into multiple fabrics. Another valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is enhanced security through Scalable Group Tags. Cisco DNA Center can be integrated with your Cisco ISE to enhance the port securities, and this paves the way for Software-Defined Networking in the LAN segment, which is the main advantage of Cisco DNA Center. I also like that you can use Cisco DNA Center for data assurance or correlation. The solution shows your network and client health parameters, which I find convenient for troubleshooting."
"What's most valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the ability to manage any Cisco infrastructure and device through it. Setup was straightforward."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"Application Assurance works very well."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"Cisco DNA Center is a user-friendly solution."
"The product offers an intuitive and automated way to manage user networks. It gives me an insight into the network health."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"As the kind of enterprise that straddles the line between telco size and enterprise size, it scales for us, because we're not all the way at telco yet."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"What I want to see in Cisco DNA Center in the future is more support for other platforms so that you can manage third-party products, such as Fortinet."
"An area for improvement in Cisco DNA Center is the latency in data correlation. For example, sometimes, when an issue happens, and I check the logs, I can't find the corresponding log. There's a delay in log replication, so this is what needs improvement in Cisco DNA Center. Reporting in Cisco DNA Center could also be improved because it only has a few templates, and you can't customize it based on your requirements. There aren't many options available in Cisco DNA Center regarding reporting, versus Cisco Prime, which has excellent features for different levels of detailed reports. I'd like to see real-time data replication in the next release of Cisco DNA Center, similar to what's done in Meraki. Data in Meraki is real-time with no delay, so data is immediately replicated in the cloud. Currently, there's a lag in Cisco DNA Center, and addressing that lag is the enhancement I'd like to see in Cisco DNA Center. The solution also needs to be more user-friendly."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"The solution needs to improve the dashboard."
"There should be an option for automation of template deployment by using the stored data. It is not easy to save configuration information for lots of devices without using other tools. There should be a tighter, better repository of information that can be merged with the templates."
"From the recent DNA point of view, there are some stability challenges with Cisco, but very minor."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
"There is a limitation with the number of VRFs that you can have in your network, and this has caused us problems with some customers."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"For us, the implementation was quite complex but it's because of the large number of different environments we're dealing with."
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes and IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM). See our Cisco DNA Center vs. DX Spectrum report.
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