I do not have any details regarding the pricing. 

I am the monitoring engineer. I provide configuration, integration, and support. Pricing and licensing issues are handled by other managers.

We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement. The infrastructure investment that you have to put into installing the systems. 

I wouldn't say it's too expensive. I'd say it's comparable to what you're going to find in the marketplace.

You have to make sure you have an accurate count of the number of devices, and more specifically, managed objects. I'll use that term. It is the devices and the managed objects that you want to put in your CAPM system.

We purchase a license to use the solution every three years and we have multiple contracts. They have been increasing the price annually. We have a baseline for three years and then we need to pay the difference from the baseline, and we are in the process of negotiating a new price for all the licenses we need. The price overall is affordable.

I like the licensing model because it's device-based. It makes it easier for us, as a managed service provider, to bill our customers. We are paid per device and the license per device makes it easy for us.

I have no experiencing with pricing.

Regarding pricing and licensing, keep in mind that bundling will provide the best value. As a result, doing your best to anticipate growth and future needs may save you money in the long run.

The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices. 

I believe the product's pricing is a good value at this point. We're currently trying to internally evaluate everything that we use. It's moot in that it falls under the same umbrella that Spectrum does, and Spectrum is an integral part of the tool. It is used by a lot of departments within our agency to monitor the network up/down. So, it's a part of that umbrella, they're included together. With that, the pricing is fine.

Many years back they changed the way that they did licensing and that was good. Since then, everything has been just fine.

The licensing is very straightforward. It doesn't matter how many devices you have and would like to monitor—it's very straightforward. 

Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year.

CA's support is 24/7 during the entire year and the tools are guaranteed.

The price is too expensive.

I do not handle the pricing, but they should provide more scalable licensing for the product.