We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Zabbix 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."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"You can integrate all the networks into the software."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides network segregation for server monitoring."
"SNMP monitoring, source discovery, and alert triggering are most valuable."
"The solution is open-source, easy to manage, and user-friendly making it easy for anyone to use."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"It has good graphs of what is going on within the operating system."
"It not only provides the preconfigured item monitoring feature, but it is also easy to configure custom items."
"The best thing about Zabbix is the integration and the APIs that are included are very fast"
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"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 solution needs to improve reports."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"They should open an SSH session from the web interface."
"Zabbix claims that there is an auto-discovery process but my team member was facing difficulty and was told that it's not really automatic, and there are some manual steps."
"There are not too much documentation or manuals. We found the tutorials very easy to understand but do not go deep enough in the use of Zabbix. We need more manuals, proper use, documentation, etc."
"Look and feel."
"It could be more stable."
"Even though it’s such a powerful monitoring system, it would be more helpful if it had a flexible UI."
"The product delivers false positives during reporting because of flapping. Other reasonably priced alternatives may have better performance."
"My company wanted to do an exercise command to access IT from Cameroon. They wanted to access an FSS to a second host with second equipment that was on another coast but it is not possible on Zabbix to do it. They want to directly access from the front-end of Zabbix to access a prompt in Zabbix to an access terminal. In the front-end, there is no way to do that. That would be an important improvement."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 19 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 97 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix 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 Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, SolarWinds NPM and Cisco DNA Center, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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