We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Ixia Hawkeye based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring 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."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"It helps our NetOps group actually handle alarms in a way that lets them see the bigger picture of those alarms, and how they might affect our services. It helps us communicate information about the network state better to services that might be impacted by a specific network condition."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"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."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."
"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."
"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."
"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"Huawei devices are not properly supported, and there are incompatibility issues related to certain protocols."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"There should be a facility to integrate with other monitoring applications that are currently running in the environment."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."
"Improvements in network performance are essential."
"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."
"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."
DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews while Ixia Hawkeye is ranked 45th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 4 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Ixia Hawkeye is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ixia Hawkeye writes "A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas Ixia Hawkeye is most compared with ThousandEyes, Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and SolarWinds NPM. See our DX Spectrum vs. Ixia Hawkeye report.
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