We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Network Automation and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The backup and restore configurations are really helpful for a number of network devices, as you can automate them, then know what changes have been done, who made the changes, etc. So, it's quite helpful in the network management area."
"The most valuable feature of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is compliance management, configuration backup, and configuration management."
"This product has helped us because we can now do many tasks at once. Rather than copy one file to one device, we can do an entire group at one time."
"We use it to back up configurations so the configuration management is valuable for us."
"Depending on who's looking at the data, they need to configure that data in different ways, and the dashboards help us to do that better than what was previously available."
"The log audit and historical configurations are the most valuable feature."
"The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."
"It is helpful if you schedule daily or weekly archiving for your config groups. Then, you can go by what are in those configuration groups, before and after, if you make changes. So, configuration management is really helpful in network management."
"From a security standpoint, the customer was able to better secure critical workloads while routing L2/L3 worked normally, giving them more confidence that they would be ready for any potential security incident mitigation or outage (DR)."
"The most valuable features are stability and low cost."
"We are happy with the scalability."
"VMware NSX offers some of the best features for security, such as micro-segmentation."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall."
"The initial setup was straightforward. You just have to click it and follow the manuals."
"The most valuable features for us at this early stage are the interface and the integration with existing VMware solutions."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's initial setup process was easy."
"It is tedious to scale the solution."
"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."
"They need to have a single sign-on."
"I'd like to be able to get more devices into compliance with standards, but that means running additional rule sets and that takes time."
"For customized compliance, it takes some effort to implement things. If the device configuration is quite complex, then you have to do quite number of customizations in the DNA tool for out-of-the-box compliance. These regular expressions have to be modified based on the requirements of the compliance."
"The product should be expanded to include more hardware, beyond Cisco and Juniper devices."
"BMC TrueSight Network Automation can improve by having a better UI. The overall quality of the UI could be better."
"I would like to see more device supported features, mostly on the new brands and models coming in. For any new version or model, it should be supported by the tool, especially the newest versions. For example, the newest devices, like Aruba Wireless, and routers need support from the tool."
"I would like to have automating reporting built into common service management platforms, such as JIRA, Serviceaide, and ServiceNow."
"I want to see the solution expand to more than just the network, for example, perhaps it could provide some VLAN technologies."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"There could be an improvement in regards to security."
"VMware NSX only supports some platforms like KVM."
"Traffic flow introspection topology visibility is definitely needed because at the moment, NSX-T lacks in this area."
"If you're worried that NSX is too complex, I would tell you to take another look. If you compare NSX to a similar solution you might find it to be a bit more complex. Usually, the guy that comes in to implement NSX isn't the network guy and will lack the knowledge for the program. He can lack the knowledge for this program and will therefore think it's complex. You need somebody with network experience."
"In the next release, they should enhance the visual interface. With NSX-T, it's difficult to communicate between the public cloud and the container."
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BMC TrueSight Network Automation is ranked 6th in Network Automation with 10 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 94 reviews. BMC TrueSight Network Automation is rated 7.8, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Network Automation writes "Helps with patching, OS upgrade, and security vulnerability management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". BMC TrueSight Network Automation is most compared with Cisco DNA Center and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload. See our BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs. VMware NSX report.
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