We performed a comparison between Datadog and DX Spectrum 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."
"Datadog is constantly adding new features."
"Integrating Datadog with other platforms has made our monitoring processes a bit easier. It's not super simple, but it's manageable."
"Even if we don't end up using Datadog, it revealed problems and optimizations to us that weren't obvious before."
"Datadog has so far been a breeze to use and set up."
"Overall, the Data UI and the usability of customer features continue to improve."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the APM."
"Because of our client focus, it is easy for us to sell. This is because it is easy to use and easy to set up."
"It lets us react more quickly to things going wrong. Whereas before, it might have been 30 minutes to an hour before we noticed something going on, we will know within a minute or two if something is off, which will let us essentially get something back up and running faster for our customers, which is revenue."
"The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"Offers a lot of functionality."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I find the training great. That said, it is set for the LCD (lowest common denominator). Of course, this is very helpful to sell the product, yet, to really utilize the product, you need to get more detailed."
"The correlation between the logs and the metrics needs improvement as most cases, we might use another logging tool (that is cheaper in cost) which we then have to link together."
"The installation is easy for me. However, if you are new to this solution it might not be so easy."
"Sometimes it’s difficult to customize certain queries to find specific things, specifically with the logging solution."
"I would like testing for data in the future."
"There are things about it that we would like to be fixed, such as it is taking averages of average. This results in data that we don't expect."
"More granular control over dashboard sharing. Timeboard sharing."
"In the past two years, there have been a couple of outages."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"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."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"The visual is a little archaic."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"The platform is complicated to use."
Datadog is ranked 2nd in Network Monitoring Software with 137 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and AppDynamics, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our DX Spectrum vs. Datadog report.
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