We performed a comparison between DX Performance Management and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two DX NetOps solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution's performance itself is very good because it is a vertical database that loads very fast in comparison to other products."
"The tool helps us understand network performance."
"It can be easily integrated with other systems and is powerful enough to collect data from a large number of devices."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use."
"We have been able to get a little bit better at seeing more things in real time and more just in time, so we're less reactionary."
"It is the gathering of the whole performance data in our environment and our network environment, for us and our customers."
"It saves time having it all on one place, so you do not have to jump around from different tools and try to merge the data. It is already done for you."
"What is most useful is visibility."
"The solution's view is very nice, and they have a great customized dashboard."
"The installation is straightforward."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"This solution has helped our organization by allowing us to store all the device configurations for the various network devices in NCM and making it easy for us to retrieve and look them over."
"The most valuable Real-time fault detection is beneficial as it enables the identification of changes made to a device's configuration through the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. This makes it easy to pinpoint which configurations were added or removed, potentially causing network issues. Such changes are saved in logs for future reference."
"The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices."
"The configuration compliance aspect of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager allows for easy comparison of configuration settings across branches, ensuring adherence to security guidelines and best practices. Automation capabilities have greatly impacted workflows, enabling tasks such as configuration backups, template deployment, and firmware upgrades to be automated, thereby streamlining processes and saving time. Compliance reporting features provide valuable insights into network compliance, offering pre-built security audit reports and customizable options to meet specific requirements."
"It's perfect for network configuration management. It's easy to use."
"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."
"This may be available by now but for server space, when it comes to the disk file system, I'd like to see that graphically represented, or the trend, rather than what I'm seeing now."
"It seems like we escalate more than I would like to. If anything, they should look at how the tier support goes in place."
"It needs role-based administration."
"We would like to be capable of reporting network performance with a report strictly focused on the times outside business hours, which CA PM does not currently support. We have discontinued the use of the Business Hours Filtering until CA engineers are able to resolve or offer guidance."
"Even though we can see when something is not available, it would also be it would be nice if some sort of alerting took place to that you could know immediately if something went down."
"We experience disconnections between the solutions own components."
"It would be helpful if CA provided online training for its customers."
"On NCM, reporting could be a bit better. It's completely become just one report. When I try to create a custom report, the solution just commits old server data."
"Its customer service response could be faster."
"The third-party plugins available in the solution could improve. I have received some issues with the templates."
"The network flow is a problem for this solution."
"When it comes to the way of managing the network devices, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager should provide the simplest way that devices can relate to the server. For example, when we want to get the devices on board, we go by SSH to make the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager create the connectivity with the device. After that, we pull the configuration. It would be helpful if they could combine both so that everything will be done in one step."
"It would be great if they include a network service manager, network performance manager, or a privileged assessment in the next release."
"For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page."
"The only thing that requires some experience, and training doesn't fix, is how to set up your custom policy-based reports to check compliance."
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DX Performance Management is ranked 2nd in DX NetOps with 31 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. DX Performance Management is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Performance Management writes "The vertical database loads faster than any other product available". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Streamlines network configuration and compliance processes through its centralized dashboard, although its compatibility with multi-vendor devices may present limitations". DX Performance Management is most compared with DX Spectrum, OmniPeek and SolarWinds AppOptics, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and VMware NSX. See our DX Performance Management vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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