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 feature I have found most valuable is when I can reuse existing monitors and alerts for new dashboards."
"The solution's SaaS model is easy to manage and works well in single- or multi-cloud environments."
"The most valuable aspects of the product include the APM and profiler."
"Its logs are most valuable."
"Its integration is most valuable because you can integrate it with various service providers such as AWS, .Net, etc."
"The integration into AWS is key as well as our software is currently bound to AWS."
"The monitoring functionality, in general, and tagging infrastructure are great."
"Datadog helps us detect issues early on and helps in troubleshooting."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to put health checks in place not only for the infrastructure but for some of the services that are on top of the infrastructure."
"Some of the most valuable features are it's highly scalable, the carrier is great, and if something has SNMP, it can monitor it. It's a great network fault management solution."
"The capability of handling and monitoring with SNMP and working with the SNMP traps is much better than other products."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We would like to see some versioning system for the Synthetic Tests so that we could have a backup of our tests since they are time-consuming to make and very easy to damage in a moment of error."
"Datadog has a lot of documentation, but a lot of that documentation assumes you know how the service works, which can lead to confusion."
"I've found that the documentation is lacking in certain regards."
"The documentation could be improved regarding setting up the agent properly and debugging."
"The product needs a better Datadog agent installation."
"I would love to see more metrics or analytics in IoT devices."
"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."
"We need to learn more about the session reply feature inside of DD."
"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."
"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."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"There should be a facility to integrate with other monitoring applications that are currently running in the environment."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
Datadog is ranked 2nd in Network Monitoring Software with 136 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 14th 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 HPE Intelligent Management Center. See our DX Spectrum vs. Datadog report.
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