We performed a comparison between Citrix ADM 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."Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"We like the periodic upgrades and backups, also made via ADMs, and it makes our environment much more robust and reliable."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"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."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"It is easy to navigate."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism."
"The monitoring just comes to us: "Oh, there's something wrong with that machine." It tells us. There are some 50,000 machines or so, all doing different things. And if they go down we hear about it."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"When a new version comes out, sometimes, my existing configuration gets wiped out. They should work on this so that my existing configuration doesn't get impacted with an upgrade to a newer version. There could also reduce frequent firmware upgrade activities and have a stable version so that once we upgrade it, we don't have to upgrade it for two to three years."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"Deployment is complicated."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"The platform is complicated to use."
"Make it easier to certify devices."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"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."
Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Citrix ADM is rated 8.4, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Citrix ADM is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and DataMiner, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Citrix ADM vs. DX Spectrum report.
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