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."
"The solution's SaaS model is easy to manage and works well in single- or multi-cloud environments."
"The full stack of integrations made it easier to monitor the different technologies and platform providers, including Software as a Service providers, that otherwise would need a lot of work and customization to be able to see what is happening."
"We enjoy the multistep API tests."
"Integrating Datadog with other platforms has made our monitoring processes a bit easier. It's not super simple, but it's manageable."
"The ease with which we can filter, use metrics, and give accounts to customers, then let the customer filter, set up metrics, and alerts. This has been a big win for us."
"The platform appeals to companies spanning many industries on a global scale."
"Going from viewing a metric to creating a monitor alerting on a metric is very easy."
"The solution has improved the organization by providing good insights into app performance and offering good dashboards."
"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."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"It is easy to navigate."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"When it comes to storing the logs with Datadog, I'm not sure why it costs so much to store gigabytes or terabytes of information when it's a fraction of the cost to do so myself."
"It can be overwhelming for new people as it has a lot of features."
"One thing we have run into is that it is so easy to add monitoring that we turn on things without really understanding the costs."
"The installation is easy for me. However, if you are new to this solution it might not be so easy."
"When I started using it years ago, it had stability problems. I remember, specifically, we ran everything in Docker containers. There were some problems getting it into a Docker container with very specific memory limits."
"We need more integration functionality, including certain metrics integration."
"At times, it can be hard to generate metrics out of logs."
"I would like better navigability across pages."
"Make it easier to certify devices."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"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."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"We want to make our own choice for the AIOps solution and do not want to be forced to use the Broadcom OI solution by default."
"A better integration with the UIM, as far as being able to do root cause analysis and that type of analytics."
"I would suggest improving the web GUI to improve the device monitor configuration and to improve or to integrate the new tool for reporting."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
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 Elastic Observability, 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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