We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and ThousandEyes 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"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."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The company provides excellent service."
"ThousandEyes gives companies better visibility."
"The most valuable feature of ThousandEyes is user-friendliness. It has been essential for us to have a solution that is easy to use."
"The authentication overall - including to the VPN and LAN - is excellent."
"The most valuable features are integration and ease of use."
"From our perspective, ThousandEyes stands out as an invaluable tool because of its deep and extensive capabilities."
"The installation process is not hard at all."
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward...In terms of ROI, the solution is worth the money."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"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 automation feature could be improved."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"It's an expensive solution."
"ThousandEyes could improve the dashboards by adding more features."
"The tool does not provide features for application-level monitoring."
"I would like the product to offer more agility."
"Once I fully use the tool 100%, I'm sure I would have something to critique, however, for now, I'm happy with it."
"They only offer synthetic requests."
"Presently, it lacks the ability to integrate with other Cisco products."
"The guest portal is hard to use."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while ThousandEyes is ranked 12th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while ThousandEyes is rated 8.4. 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 ThousandEyes writes "Reliable. simple to set up, and offers fast monitoring capabilities". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas ThousandEyes is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Accedian Skylight, SolarWinds NPM, Dynatrace and AppDynamics. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. ThousandEyes report.
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