We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."
"Cisco Prime is user-friendly, so we are comfortable using it."
"The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product."
"Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."
"It is easy to navigate."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"The integration point."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"The most valuable feature is the event correlation mechanism."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."
"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."
"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."
"Cisco Prime could improve the notifications in the system. Having more details about what is happening would be useful, such as traffic numbers or who is connected. We can see them through the firewall controller, but it would be better if you can see them from one place."
"If you look at some of the wireless site-survey tools that are available in the commercial space, Cisco should include similar solutions, which would help our on-plant engineers when they're doing a site survey."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"If nobody else has said the documentation needs improvement, let's go there. I understand, you can either write about it or you can do it. And most of us would rather they do it, but now that they've done it, those of us that didn't do it, we need to go and find: "Where did they write about this to tell us how to do it?" That's always lacking."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"If they could interact with the MIBs of vendors better, and have a lot more pre-loaded ones, that would be amazing for us right now."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"It takes some time to learn how to use this solution."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and Junos Space Network Director, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our Cisco Prime vs. DX Spectrum report.
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