We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime 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 most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"We use the solution to control the physical service station that is part of the SCADA network. We connect and control them remotely."
"We use this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength."
"Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is its excellent audio and video conferencing with clear quality and no interruptions."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"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."
"Scalable and stable network monitoring tool with a simple setup."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."
"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."
"The solution is not easy to configure."
"Cisco Prime needs to have lower prices and more customization options."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"The reporting feature of Cisco Prime should be improved."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"From a functionality perspective, the product is not doing what it should. Also, there are some concerns about the accessibility. I would appreciate additional out-of-the-box troubleshooting scripts, like templates for addressing various issues. Currently, when troubleshooting online, I need to create my scripts. It would be beneficial if the platform could provide pre-built scripts or templates to help automate certain troubleshooting tasks."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"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."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 5th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and ManageEngine Network Configuration Management, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Prime vs. DX Spectrum report.
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