We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and WhatsUp Gold 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."
"The most valuable features were the monitoring, maintenance, and configuration."
"Application Assurance works very well."
"The product gives a consolidated view."
"I like the visibility, instant build, network, policies, and the ability to control access. I also like that you can visualize your whole network."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"I like that we can easily configure any new hardware. It's also easy to deploy and easy to troubleshoot."
"I think that their LAN automation is a very good feature."
"Has a good processing feature with a high level of accuracy."
"The most important features of WhatsUp Gold are the server health and uptime it provides. Additionally, WhatsUp Gold is a Windows-based solution which is a benefit."
"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"The threshold alerting is the most valuable feature."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We encountered issues with their response times, which had a big impact on our workflow."
"I would like is to have a small information pointer available. It could be a plus feature that I want to implement. When I hover my mouse over the user interface, it should provide a brief explanation. It would be helpful to have it incorporated into the UI."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"The tool's deployment is complex. It also needs to improve its GUI."
"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."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"In terms of the clustering part, there are some concerns."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"The interface needs some work."
"I would like to see better integration with switches so that you can see what is connected to each port, what the traffic is, and have a network map automatically generated."
"I would like to see them do an enhancement to the application monitoring. A lot of other products do better application monitoring so they should do some improvements to the application monitoring."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 37 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. 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 WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Huawei eSight, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and ServiceNow IT Operations Management. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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