We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and SCOM 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."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"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."
"The presentation layer is pretty simple and straightforward."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"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."
"The ease of deployment, especially on Windows platforms, is valuable."
"It works better than other products I’ve used – namely SolarWinds, which is cumbersome and error prone for web app monitoring. SCOM is not."
"The most valuable features for us are the monitoring, the health explorer, and the console."
"This is a product that does more generally than any of the competing solutions."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is the capability of using classes within your management pack development."
"The most valuable feature is the extensibility, as there are really no limits as to what you can do with it."
"Because it's Windows-based, it actually reports quite well. It reports everything you can think of on the Windows server and allows you to monitor anything. It's excellent for those in the Windows world as it's very good at it."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."
"There's a little bit of complexity to the initial install because you're dealing with operating systems. You have to make sure all the prerequisites are done, anti-virus exceptions, etc. Then there's the bringing it up and then there's discovery of the network and setting that up. It takes time."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"It takes some time to learn how to use this solution."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"There could be more integration of SIM in the solution."
"The console feature is very poor, and it would be very good for us if this were improved."
"In terms of features that could be improved, I would say the agent integration into the operating system. We are having difficulties integrating Linux into some of the networking devices."
"The dashboard features are not user-friendly for our management team, only for the technical department."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
"Stability and some performance issues exist and they need improvement."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our DX Spectrum vs. SCOM report.
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