We performed a comparison between Datadog and Ixia Hawkeye 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."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We have found that we're able to get in and out of troubleshooting issues much more rapidly, which in turn, of course, enables us to spend more time on our products."
"The interface and the integrations make it so easy to connect to the cloud or to the on-premise environment."
"It has a nice UI."
"The solution has helped out organization gain improved visibility."
"Most of the features in the way Datadog does monitoring are commendable and that is the reason we choose it. We did some comparisons before picking Datadog. Datadog was recommended based on the features provided."
"Its integration is most valuable because you can integrate it with various service providers such as AWS, .Net, etc."
"The product has offered increased visibility via logging APM, metrics, RUM, etc."
"The feature I have found most valuable is when I can reuse existing monitors and alerts for new dashboards."
"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."
"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."
"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."
"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It can be overwhelming for new people as it has a lot of features."
"Managing dashboards as IaC is a bit hard to work out at times."
"The ease of implementation needs improvement."
"There are things about it that we would like to be fixed, such as it is taking averages of average. This results in data that we don't expect."
"Their security features could be improved. We looked at their Security Monitoring feature but it was early in its development. Datadog are just getting into the security space so I'm sure this will improve in the future."
"At the beginning, when we started throwing logs at it, there was a bit of hiccup. However, this was during their beta period, so hiccups were expected."
"They should continue expanding and integrating with more third-party apps."
"Datadog is so feature-rich that it is often hard to onboard new folks and tough to decide where to invest time."
"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."
"Improvements in network performance are essential."
"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."
"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."
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Datadog is ranked 2nd in Network Monitoring Software with 137 reviews while Ixia Hawkeye is ranked 53rd in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews. Datadog is rated 8.6, while Ixia Hawkeye is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ixia Hawkeye writes "A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting". Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and Elastic Observability, whereas Ixia Hawkeye is most compared with ThousandEyes, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline. See our Datadog vs. Ixia Hawkeye report.
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