We performed a comparison between DX Performance Management and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two DX NetOps solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It saves time having it all on one place, so you do not have to jump around from different tools and try to merge the data. It is already done for you."
"The integration with NetFlow, the NFA solution, so that we can have our flow forensics paired with the SNMP polling performance metrics on the same page."
"The out-of-the-box dashboards are valuable, in terms of being able to visualize performance data in ways that we haven't in the past."
"It is the gathering of the whole performance data in our environment and our network environment, for us and our customers."
"Downloads and records are the most valuable features."
"One feature I like about CA Performance Management is the certification of the devices."
"My sales representative, I would not trade him in for the world. He has done a really good job. I am really happy with him."
"The tool helps us understand network performance."
"It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"SolarWinds NCM provides updates on the status of your network infrastructure. If any issues arise, such as a link failure or a device going offline, you will receive notifications and alerts. Additionally, if someone unplugs a cable, SolarWinds NCM will detect it. It also features a Topology Mapper that displays the connectivity of your network devices, giving you a visual representation of the network's structure. With SolarWinds NCM, you have a clear understanding of what's happening within your network and can generate comprehensive reports."
"It is a stable solution."
"Its main functionality is highly beneficial as it centralizes the management of configuration items across the network."
"We push all our configurations to the servers with ease and the logs capture almost all the transactions needed for an internal audit."
"It's perfect for network configuration management. It's easy to use."
"The most valuable Real-time fault detection is beneficial as it enables the identification of changes made to a device's configuration through the SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. This makes it easy to pinpoint which configurations were added or removed, potentially causing network issues. Such changes are saved in logs for future reference."
"I use it for monitoring the entire network for the company. We oversee nodes down, we oversee devices heading up to crossing the threshold for CPU usage. We oversee power so power backups on the switches, we oversee if they're down or if they're failing. We oversee any node down or any router from any vendor."
"Even though we can see when something is not available, it would also be it would be nice if some sort of alerting took place to that you could know immediately if something went down."
"The solution could improve the database model. It is also not very good because they have a lot of interconnections with other data sources, such as NFA and VNA."
"There are some areas in the technology right now, like with VMs, where we are lacking with our abilities to get inside the VM to monitor traffic within the machine."
"It needs role-based administration."
"Policies could be improved."
"It could be a little easier to integrate new metrics."
"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."
"DX Performance Management should increase high availability. If one of my two data centers goes offline and the other is operational, I need a seamless transition from the primary to the secondary data center. It's crucial to maintain consistent monitoring of the devices during this transition. Therefore, I require continuous, 24/7 monitoring of my system using this tool."
"Our experience has shown that most of the problems we've had with SolarWinds NCM are related to software issues."
"On NCM, reporting could be a bit better. It's completely become just one report. When I try to create a custom report, the solution just commits old server data."
"The solution could have better integration."
"I would like to see more integration tools. Something like dialysis, for example."
"The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance."
"The interface of solar winds could be improved."
"For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page."
"We want to be able to store it in a data warehouse format and integrate it with Google single sign-on."
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DX Performance Management is ranked 2nd in DX NetOps with 31 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 22 reviews. DX Performance Management is rated 8.2, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Performance Management writes "The vertical database loads faster than any other product available". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Network configuration is done well; great pricing". DX Performance Management is most compared with DX Spectrum, Zabbix and OmniPeek, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenText Network Node Manager i and VMware NSX. See our DX Performance Management vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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