We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager 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 single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"The product has excellent stability."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"It is stable."
"The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is."
"It handles the basics of monitoring."
"WhatsUp Gold is very easy to deploy."
"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"API lacks robustness."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"I would like to see better integration with switches so that you can see what is connected to each port, what the traffic is, and have a network map automatically generated."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"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."
"I would like to see them do an enhancement to the application monitoring. A lot of other products do better application monitoring so they should do some improvements to the application monitoring."
"We can never achieve or get a good picture of the network topology."
"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"Adding on services increases the cost and on the version we have there is no option for ATM monitoring."
"The point system is not clear and clarity around this would improve our understanding of the system."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". 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". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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