We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and SolarWinds NPM 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us."
"Offers a lot of functionality."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"The alerting and usage tracking notifications on disk space capacity, network and processor utilization."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"The solution is extremely stable. We haven't had any issues in that regard. We haven't had issues with bugs, glitches, or crashes."
"I love the GUI. Almost everything is accessible through the web interface. It is very user-friendly. It is easy to drag and drop resources wherever you want them."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"One of the best features is the reports feature."
"The biggest thing for me is that it provided enough information for me to monitor. It alerts and provides you with the information you need."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"If nobody else has said the documentation needs improvement, let's go there. I understand, you can either write about it or you can do it. And most of us would rather they do it, but now that they've done it, those of us that didn't do it, we need to go and find: "Where did they write about this to tell us how to do it?" That's always lacking."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
"I would suggest improving the web GUI to improve the device monitor configuration and to improve or to integrate the new tool for reporting."
"The interface is not nice and needs to be improved."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"In terms of scalability, there is room for improvement. When you start monitoring, if you have so many interfaces and you're trying to monitor them at a faster interval, or a shorter interval, you get to a point where you need to request another node."
"The solution's network discovery and node addition processes need more work."
"Being able to detect devices that are trying to connect wirelessly would make using this solution much easier."
"SolarWinds NPM can be very slow at times. The database optimization can be done to improve the product performance."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"The only real caveat that we have or that I have an issue with is when I go on vacation, it's a little hard for me to go and modify alerts so that I don't get alerted about things when I'm on vacation."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes and IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our DX Spectrum vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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