We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and DX Spectrum 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."The solution's configuration management tool is amazing because it centralizes and pushes configurations which saves a lot of volume and effort."
"As a large organization, it is difficult to individually monitor every device. Instead, we use Cisco Prime to keep an eye on the network and services. We do not use it as a node tool, as we have other tools for network operation centers. When services go down, it can cause issues, we rely on Cisco Prime to monitor and notify us of any service disruptions. We mainly use Cisco Prime Infrastructure for configuration-level tasks."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"We use this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength."
"If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"As the kind of enterprise that straddles the line between telco size and enterprise size, it scales for us, because we're not all the way at telco yet."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"The solution can be slow at times."
"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."
"I would rate the scalability of Cisco Prime a six out of ten. To scale up from a hundred to a thousand devices, the platform needs to be rebuilt logically. This process might require a downtime window and may involve changing the hardware or upgrading to a larger appliance."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"The product needs to improve its stability."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"If nobody else has said the documentation needs improvement, let's go there. I understand, you can either write about it or you can do it. And most of us would rather they do it, but now that they've done it, those of us that didn't do it, we need to go and find: "Where did they write about this to tell us how to do it?" That's always lacking."
"We have had one support issue that's been open for a couple of months, and it is currently open."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"There should be a facility to integrate with other monitoring applications that are currently running in the environment."
"The platform is complicated to use."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and ManageEngine Network Configuration Management, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Cisco Prime vs. DX Spectrum report.
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