We performed a comparison between BMC TrueSight Network Automation and Cisco DNA Center 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."We use it to back up configurations so the configuration management is valuable for us."
"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 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."
"It has the best automation features."
"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 network security of BMC TrueSight Network Automation has been the best feature."
"The log audit and historical configurations are the most valuable feature."
"The solution helps with the management and orchestration of campaigns. It helps with visibility and analytics. I also like its SDA configuration."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The product gives a consolidated view."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"The most valuable features were the monitoring, maintenance, and configuration."
"It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"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."
"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."
"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."
"It is tedious to scale the solution."
"The product should be expanded to include more hardware, beyond Cisco and Juniper devices."
"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."
"They need to have a single sign-on."
"There could be automated processes to retrieve the CVS and create a compliance tool."
"From the recent DNA point of view, there are some stability challenges with Cisco, but very minor."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The solution's integration feature can be better."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
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BMC TrueSight Network Automation is ranked 7th in Network Automation with 10 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Automation with 36 reviews. BMC TrueSight Network Automation is rated 7.8, while Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8. 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 Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". BMC TrueSight Network Automation is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, VMware NSX and OpenText Network Automation, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance. See our BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs. Cisco DNA Center report.
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