We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and WhatsUp Gold 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 most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"The granular access control that it provided so that you could only see devices that were related to what you were working on was great. I couldn't see the entire inventory of devices. I could only see the ones that were related to my work. It has got a very granular access control component."
"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"It handles the basics of monitoring."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"The documentation is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"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."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"You have to invest a few days to become an expert in this solution."
"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"The product is old and not updated."
"The interface needs some work."
"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."
"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."
"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."
DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, Nagios XI and PRTG Network Monitor. See our DX Spectrum vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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