We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and IBM Tivoli NetCool 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 valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"The integration point."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The Global Collections are what I found to be most valuable. With the Global Collections, you're able to organize and categorize devices into "folders," or functional groups and categories, so that it doesn't matter which SpectroSERVER those devices are on."
"Scalable and stable network monitoring tool with a simple setup."
"The feature I have found most valuable with NetCool is how it collaborates all the alarms, and then it does a predictive analysis, providing a consolidated alarm view and management."
"It's very easy to use."
"The solution has very good integration capabilities."
"The scalability of monitoring, the breadth of supported network components, the scale of the number of monitoring events, and the flexibility in customization make this a well-rounded product."
"It's very easy to use."
"Anything is possible with Tivoli. It's quite a robust system."
"Tivoli NetCool allows us to grasp a lot of data that can be applied toward predictive analytics and auto-remediation."
"NetCool has a huge database that can collect and process about one million alarms a day."
"The platform is complicated to use."
"We have had one support issue that's been open for a couple of months, and it is currently open."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"It takes some time to learn how to use this solution."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"The solution is too expensive."
"In terms of improvement, I would like to see more AIOps, Artificial Intelligent Operations in the next release. IBM develops new features for Power BI or Cognos Analytics, which is good. As of now, we use Cognos Analytics, we are not using Power BI. They have the Insight concept but we don't like that."
"UI is outdated, very old legacy."
"Customization and integration that you need to do to make the product fit your needs is very complex. It is not a product that somebody could easily pick up without any prior training or experience."
"Tivoli NetCool is based on a Linux platform, it would be beneficial if they moved it to Windows because not everyone is acquainted with Linux."
"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."
"The solution does not have any AI capabilities."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews while IBM Tivoli NetCool is ranked 8th in Network Management Applications with 12 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while IBM Tivoli NetCool is rated 7.6. 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 IBM Tivoli NetCool writes "Reliable for enterprise monitoring but no longer actively developed". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas IBM Tivoli NetCool is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, OpenText Network Node Manager i, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Cisco DNA Center and Moogsoft. See our DX Spectrum vs. IBM Tivoli NetCool report.
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