We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and PRTG Network Monitor 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 has excellent stability."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"Accessibility, ease of use (Web GUI, MobileApps). In general, compared with other software"
"The most valuable feature is the ability to span multiple technologies and multiple vendors."
"Technical support is helpful."
"Its initial setup process is fast and easy."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard interface. It's very clean, it's very simple to use."
"PRTG is relatively intuitive and fairly straightforward. It has net flow monitoring and that works all right. I would describe it as a decent middle-of-the-road solution."
"The solution is easy to manage and the reports are very accurate."
"It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"The only sort of limitation is the actual probes. So, if you don't have enough probes on there, you can over flip them and cause the WMI sensors and SNMP sensors to sort of overload. Sometimes, they might timeout for a minute, but they do come back."
"The desktop app is the one area where it do with some improvement. From a user's perspective, I would like to be able to get more out of the desktop app as opposed to where we are now with it."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve by adding prevention and detection features."
"We would like to monitor certain aspects of the user experience. We should be able to analyze the cause of end user experience, bad or good, so we can do some research and development on our own."
"It would be good if there were better graphical interfaces when you have it on multiple monitors... Because we have so many servers, things can get lost in the fog a little bit. Maybe having a better way of showing different geographies, Flash, etc., would help."
"Technical support is an area with concerns in PRTG Network Monitor, where improvements are required."
"I have an issue with DFS, distributed file services... there isn't one by default. Taking into account the difference between DFS and DFSR as well would be great."
"PRTG Network Monitor needs to show bandwidth utilization in proper graphs. It isn't easy to learn."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 19 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 7.8, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Zabbix, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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