We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and Junos Space Network Director 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."Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"It offers automation, security enforcement, analytics, and integration with other Cisco technologies, making it a key driver for efficient network operations and compliance with security protocols."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"The best feature of Cisco DNA Center is the visibility page, where you can see everything on the dashboard, and you don't have to be a technical person to view the issues."
"Cisco DNA Center provides operational support, compliance support, security vulnerability detection, and automatic scheduling."
"The solution helps in user microsegmentation."
"It gives us automation capabilities for pushing out the configuration to branch networks. It also provides visibility into the health of user network devices."
"The most valuable feature is the management from a single pane of glass."
"It allows me to do more of the basic firewall features, like traffic management and others, in a single pane of glass."
"A centralized platform is crucial for efficiently managing all of our switches, which were previously handled individually, leading to significant challenges."
"The most valuable feature is the technical support, as it is better than others."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"We encountered issues with their response times, which had a big impact on our workflow."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The features of Cisco DNA Center and Cisco Prime could have more parity."
"The solution's integration feature can be better."
"I would like to them include network real-time performance and come up with a dashboard report."
"The upgrades are very time-consuming and difficult, and they often have to rebuild the product."
"I would like to see Space created to fully functional, where it's got multiple modules, particularly SD-WAN working on Corporate, or maybe become part of the Orchestrator portion."
"Its interface should be improved and enhanced to offer various functions, with flexible pricing"
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews while Junos Space Network Director is ranked 12th in Network Management Applications with 4 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Junos Space Network Director 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 Junos Space Network Director writes "High scalability network management with centralized control and an intuitive interface that provides efficient monitoring and configuration capabilities". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Meraki Dashboard, whereas Junos Space Network Director is most compared with Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, Fortinet FortiManager, Anuta ATOM and Cisco Prime. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Junos Space Network Director report.
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