We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and HPE Intelligent Management Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"The product offers an intuitive and automated way to manage user networks. It gives me an insight into the network health."
"Has a good processing feature with a high level of accuracy."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"I like that we can easily configure any new hardware. It's also easy to deploy and easy to troubleshoot."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"The most valuable features were the monitoring, maintenance, and configuration."
"Cisco DNA Center provides operational support, compliance support, security vulnerability detection, and automatic scheduling."
"One of the notable advantages is its ability to provide quick responses, especially in critical situations."
"The most useful feature is infrastructure monitoring including switches and servers."
"It's a very complete product with a lot of functionality."
"The most valuable feature is the interface and its ease of use."
"The task failure reporting or provisioning failure reporting could be a little bit better in the UI, with more information given to the user."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"I would like is to have a small information pointer available. It could be a plus feature that I want to implement. When I hover my mouse over the user interface, it should provide a brief explanation. It would be helpful to have it incorporated into the UI."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"The weaknesses primarily involve pricing and the ongoing need for increased bandwidth and data throughput."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"I would like to see additional modules included."
"The integration with other network devices needs improvement."
"One notable deficiency is the lack of online support for the product."
"HPE Intelligent Management Center is a bit slow."
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 36 reviews while HPE Intelligent Management Center is ranked 7th in Network Management Applications with 6 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while HPE Intelligent Management Center is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Intelligent Management Center writes "Efficient network management providing fast response times, user-friendly navigation and reliable performance monitoring". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and VMware NSX, whereas HPE Intelligent Management Center is most compared with Aruba Airwave, Cisco Prime, Huawei eSight, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and DX Spectrum. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. HPE Intelligent Management Center report.
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