We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SolarWinds NPM 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."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"Automation of the ILS."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical user interface."
"I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates."
"I like the tracking feature to track devices and see where they are connected. This is very practical."
"The solution ranks as one of the top five monitoring tools."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"The product is scalable."
"It's a very good tool and a very stable tool."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"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."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"The integration with video apps could be better."
"The solution could be more secure."
"They have had a rather large security breach in the past. It's cost some companies customers."
"The solution could improve in many areas, such as the marketing and description of the products, providing areas of improvement, cloud capabilities, and being able to be more streamlined with the current integration points with other applications."
"If they could combine everything into one product, that would be very helpful."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"The dashboards for this solution could be improved. We would like to divide the dashboards to give a clear view to our management team to show what we have and what deficiencies exist in our network."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the short retention period. Currently, it's just for seven days of data, which is very low, making it hard for my organization to keep that data. SolarWinds recommended a seven-day retention period, but my organization needs a fourteen-day data retention period. Hence, I'd like an increase in the retention period or the database limit in SolarWinds NPM because you can't go back to the data for any investigation if seven days have passed. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the database, which needs to be a bit more mature. I want a modified database in the next release of SolarWinds NPM. I'd also like more options added to groups because, currently, it's very limited."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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