We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and DX Spectrum 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."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"The product has excellent stability."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"Offers a lot of functionality."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"The Spectrum tool improved our network assurance levels for our business units."
"As the kind of enterprise that straddles the line between telco size and enterprise size, it scales for us, because we're not all the way at telco yet."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"API lacks robustness."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
"There's a little bit of complexity to the initial install because you're dealing with operating systems. You have to make sure all the prerequisites are done, anti-virus exceptions, etc. Then there's the bringing it up and then there's discovery of the network and setting that up. It takes time."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. 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 DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. DX Spectrum report.
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