We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SolarWinds NPM 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."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"The SolarWinds NPM framework, upon which most of their flagship products are built, empowers a wide variety of admins and users to quickly find value in their installed products."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"The connectivity of the solution is very good."
"One of the best features is the reports feature."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the monitoring capabilities."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"API lacks robustness."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"It is difficult for stakeholders to translate technical requirements, which results in difficulties selecting a platform or implementing a solution."
"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."
"The only thing that can be improved is to continually add to the existing capabilities of the product."
"If they did some type of synthetic monitoring, it would have been better."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"I think Solar Winds NPM needs to create a profile with documentation responsibility."
"It would be nice to have a test to check if you can access a particular device via API without installing it and waiting for a poll cycle. You should have the capacity to initiate a test to see if it was reachable and get the results almost immediately."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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