We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Zabbix 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."
"The product has excellent stability."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"Automation of the ILS."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"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."
"The pricing of the product is reasonable."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"Every new asset placed in the environment can be automatically detected, predicting human failures."
"The most valuable features in Zabbix are those that help us overcome bottlenecks in CPU usage, as well as reduce memory delay. I know that we have only reached the tip of the iceberg of what Zabbix's features can do for us, and we have not used all of them yet."
"Its overall flexibility is most valuable. When our customers have some custom applications that are not necessarily covered by the community or a standard monitoring tool, we use Zabbix to build our own modules with our own templates. This feature has been useful in using Zabbix for infrastructure and IT monitoring. It has also been useful for industrial equipment monitoring. Zabbix is very lightweight. It is efficient in terms of performance because it doesn't use a lot of resources."
"During my testing, the features that I like the most are that it can be integrated with my system, and it provides me with reports of all of my servers."
"There is less computing power needed for scaling."
"Our customers also like that they don't have to use multiple modules. Micro Focus and major vendors typically require you to buy several modules and plugins. Our customers do not like that. We offer them a single product for all their monitoring needs."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"API lacks robustness."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"As far as improvements, sometimes I get a bit frustrated when I move from a previous version to a new one because some configuration has changed—I need to investigate the documentation to deal with some configuration. But it doesn't take much time, so it's okay."
"We would like to monitor other touchpoints such as ATM machines. It would be great if it can provide monitoring of ATM machines. Compatibility with other products would also be great."
"Having a more customizable interface and dashboard would be an improvement."
"My company wanted to do an exercise command to access IT from Cameroon. They wanted to access an FSS to a second host with second equipment that was on another coast but it is not possible on Zabbix to do it. They want to directly access from the front-end of Zabbix to access a prompt in Zabbix to an access terminal. In the front-end, there is no way to do that. That would be an important improvement."
"The dashboard and the graph section could be a little bit more professional."
"Zabbix isn't very good at automation just yet."
"I think the reporting part of Zabbix can be improved in terms of more user-friendly graphics to display the collected data. Many simple users who don't know how to use Zabbix properly might get confused by the reporting, although at the same time it is very versatile for my company."
"Improvement is needed as per customer requirements."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 101 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. 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 Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Cisco DNA Center, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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