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."The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"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."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"We like the periodic upgrades and backups, also made via ADMs, and it makes our environment much more robust and reliable."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"It helps our NetOps group actually handle alarms in a way that lets them see the bigger picture of those alarms, and how they might affect our services. It helps us communicate information about the network state better to services that might be impacted by a specific network condition."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"The presentation layer is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Some features of Citrix ADM are available on the cloud, which could really be helpful if they were available on an on-premise version."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"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."
"Deployment is complicated."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"I would suggest improving the web GUI to improve the device monitor configuration and to improve or to integrate the new tool for reporting."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
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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