We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and ManageEngine OpManager 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."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"You can put all of your work on there, they'll send you an email or send you a text. That functionality as a network engineer is the one I like the most. I do like the fact that we can schedule reports. That works too because that's a lot fewer spreadsheets that I have to create."
"The most valuable feature is the network-related reporting."
"The solution gives pretty good network visibility. I am also impressed with it's monitoring."
"The detections are fine when they work."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's also easy to manage and monitor the environment. Instead of being reactive, it's proactive."
"The solution is scalable."
"We use the solution to monitor links. It also helps us to track servers and monitor logs."
"The setup was easy."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"ManageEngine OpManager could improve by having a better cloud presence."
"Real user and UI monitoring are not practical."
"We get a lot of false alerts."
"What I'd like ManageEngine OpManager to improve on is artificial intelligence. In particular, the machine learning feature should be integrated with the sensor flow. Doing this will give leverage, especially when you look at other products such as the Cisco DNA Center. When a switch goes down, I should be able to build on the correlation of other physical devices it's connected to so that I can integrate that with my CA CMDB. The ManageEngine OpManager team needs to draw a long-term roadmap where that feature becomes an integral part of the solution because right now, machine learning in ManageEngine OpManager is a long process. The solution doesn't have MLS search and I want to see ML being developed and applied for CA CMDB to greatly reduce the burden of tying everything. For example, if I have a data center switch that goes down now, I should know what server it's connected to, and when that switch goes down at twenty-four ports, I would get twenty-four alerts for different devices plugged in. I should be able to make a correlation that the major problem lies in the switch and not with the twenty-four elements connected to that switch. That is where machine learning should come into play and the ManageEngine OpManager AI should indicate "This is where the root of your problem is." It could be difficult, but this is a feature that should be improved or added to the solution."
"The pricing of the solution is high. They should work to adjust the pricing model to see if they can help reduce costs."
"The dashboard could include more features."
"There are certain things that are not possible to do with Op Manager. It's a solution that still needs time to develop."
"This product is little bit slow sometimes. It may be that we need to change the configuration to improve performance."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while ManageEngine OpManager is ranked 15th in Network Monitoring Software with 44 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while ManageEngine OpManager is rated 8.0. 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 ManageEngine OpManager writes "Helps us monitor all the infrastructure in our company but UI monitoring is not practical". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix, Cisco DNA Center and SolarWinds NPM, whereas ManageEngine OpManager is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, SCOM and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. ManageEngine OpManager report.
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