We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 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."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"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 feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"Automation of the ILS."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."
"The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth."
"I would rate NetFlow Traffic Analyzer's stability ten out of ten."
"The dashboard alerts me when a critical device goes off the network."
"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."
"As it offers enterprise solutions, it has all the essential features for business."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to look for any increases in bandwidth over time so that we can plan before it becomes critical."
"They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The delivery Cisco Data Center Network Manager could improve if it was easier. Additionally, some feature improvement is needed."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"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."
"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."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"If your network is on SolarWinds, and you notice that the traffic is bad because it says "user downloading a heavy file," it doesn't indicate which endpoint is downloading those heavy files. SolarWinds doesn't have the tools to be able to handle this kind of situation. You can just notice through your network device that the traffic is becoming overwhelming or heavy, but you cannot go inside and get more details related to the endpoint where it is happening. We would like SolarWinds to be able to handle this kind of situation and even manage the traffic inside a network from the endpoint to the network device. These would be good enhancements. It is mostly stable. The problem comes only when we want to add another SolarWinds model. SolarWinds has so many models, and sometimes when we want to add other models on the platforms that are reserved for our firm, it freezes. When this happens, we have to create a new VM for that model."
"The solution needs better log management and log coordination with tools."
"It is a scalable solution, but it is costly to scale. Therefore, I would rate scalability at eight out of ten."
"The licensing should be more realistic so that we can adjust the number of nodes according to my needs, rather than in fixed increments."
"I would like to see more training videos and additional material for learning how to use this solution."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is application visibility because some applications aren't being recognized correctly. You can see applications such as Facebook and YouTube, but SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer needs to have more visibility into more applications. Currently, SolarWinds fails to detect more powerful applications, such as Zoom and Teams. If SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can recognize every application and be able to report on each in terms of bandwidth, then that would be good. This is what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"Technical support needs improvement."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 14 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Easy to deploy, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Good real-time traffic reports, but uncomfortably high pricing and mediocre support". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Zabbix, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, SolarWinds NPM and Darktrace. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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