We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and IBM Tivoli NetCool 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."I think that their LAN automation is a very good feature."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"What I found valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the Software-Defined Access Network, so the entire LAN network can be centralized and managed from a single dashboard. Cisco DNA Center is suitable for centralized management and lets you deploy switches in a centralized fashion. You can also do multiple switch port configurations simultaneously and segregate your traffic into multiple fabrics. Another valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is enhanced security through Scalable Group Tags. Cisco DNA Center can be integrated with your Cisco ISE to enhance the port securities, and this paves the way for Software-Defined Networking in the LAN segment, which is the main advantage of Cisco DNA Center. I also like that you can use Cisco DNA Center for data assurance or correlation. The solution shows your network and client health parameters, which I find convenient for troubleshooting."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"We can monitor all devices and get the required information using the product."
"Cisco DNA Center is a user-friendly solution."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"It's very easy to use."
"The solution has very good integration capabilities."
"Support is one of the best aspects of this solution. NetCool is a good product that has good flexibility. There are a lot of documents available online which is one of the best features of IBM Tivoli Suite. Whenever an issue happens, rather than going to technical support, if you find the exact issue in Google, you can get tech notes for that particular issue."
"NetCool has a huge database that can collect and process about one million alarms a day."
"Tivoli NetCool allows us to grasp a lot of data that can be applied toward predictive analytics and auto-remediation."
"The feature I have found most valuable with NetCool is how it collaborates all the alarms, and then it does a predictive analysis, providing a consolidated alarm view and management."
"Anything is possible with Tivoli. It's quite a robust system."
"The tool had many built-in automation capabilities."
"Cisco DNA Center should improve its configuration management. It is better to have a dev version before pushing it."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"As a user, it would be good if I could plug in controllers, suites, and devices from other vendors to Cisco DNA Center."
"It seems to be a little bit more centered toward wireless than wired. You've got more options you can do wirelessly than you can with the wired switches, but it works for what we need it to do. We would like to see a little bit more about the traffic, and we're looking at what's out there to see about that. We are looking at something that might give us a bit more insight into the actual traffic. If they had the full functionality on the wired side, as they do on the wireless side in terms of being able to view traffic and everything, it would be good."
"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."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"They can improve the network visibility. Licensing and its maintenance are also needed."
"UI is outdated, very old legacy."
"The solution does not have any AI capabilities."
"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."
"Customization and integration that you need to do to make the product fit your needs is very complex. It is not a product that somebody could easily pick up without any prior training or experience."
"In terms of improvement, I would like to see more AIOps, Artificial Intelligent Operations in the next release. IBM develops new features for Power BI or Cognos Analytics, which is good. As of now, we use Cognos Analytics, we are not using Power BI. They have the Insight concept but we don't like that."
"Tivoli NetCool's has medium scalability - there are some problems with its replications not being mature."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 36 reviews while IBM Tivoli NetCool is ranked 8th in Network Management Applications with 12 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while IBM Tivoli NetCool is rated 7.6. 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 IBM Tivoli NetCool writes "Reliable for enterprise monitoring but no longer actively developed". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas IBM Tivoli NetCool is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, OpenText Network Node Manager i, HPE Intelligent Management Center and Moogsoft. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. IBM Tivoli NetCool report.
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