We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SCOM 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"Automation of the ILS."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"The product has excellent stability."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"This solution allows us to standardize all of the reports for monitoring the network, so it helps a lot for auditing purposes."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"It takes a lot of the headache out of managing your data centers and software in other places."
"It is a user-friendly product that requires almost no maintenance."
"The solution primarily drives system information, and I believe it works fine."
"It is very good at monitoring Microsoft Server."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"In terms of features that could be improved, I would say the agent integration into the operating system. We are having difficulties integrating Linux into some of the networking devices."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"Regarding certain issues in the solution, it can be difficult to generate reports if we have a program that is not user-friendly for reporting. While this is not necessarily negative, we may need to use another solution."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"The end-user components, including the dashboards, the administration console, and the web console, need to be improved."
"The console feature is very poor, and it would be very good for us if this were improved."
"There are some negative points about this product. Sometimes, the capabilities of the software don't appear, and you can't directly see the results. You have to wait for a long period to refresh the policy to push it to the software or other patches."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SCOM 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 SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SCOM report.
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