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 has flexibility."
"The solution has offered increased visibility via logging APM, metrics, RUM, etc."
"For us to have visibility into our app stack and the hardware we run has been highly beneficial."
"Datadog has proven to be easy to set up and legible for both development and operational teams."
"Its logs are most valuable."
"Datadog has a lot of features to be able to drill down deep into the swath of logs that our platforms generate."
"Datadog dashboards are pretty great."
"The solution is useful for monitoring logs."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"The presentation layer is pretty simple and straightforward."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It seems that admin cost control granularity is an afterthought."
"It can have an artificial intelligence component. Even though I can seamlessly look at end-to-end security, it would be better to have alerts and notifications powered by an AI engine. I am not sure if they have an AI component. We have not reached out to them or looked at it, but this is something that I keep on talking about within our company in terms of features. Such a feature would be good to have, and it would further optimize my Security Ops team's abilities."
"Datadog is expensive."
"The product is quite complex, and there are so many features that I either didn't know about or wasn't sure how to use."
"Additional metrics should be included."
"The Log Explorer could be better. I don't think it has log manipulation as Splunk does."
"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 installation is easy for me. However, if you are new to this solution it might not be so easy."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"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..."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
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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