Cisco DNA Center vs. Huawei eSight Comparison

Cisco DNA Center

Huawei eSight

Cisco DNA Center

Read 4 Cisco DNA Center reviews.

5,471 views|3,810 comparisons

Huawei eSight

Read 2 Huawei eSight reviews.

2,961 views|2,346 comparisons

Most Helpful Review

Anonymous User

Network and Data Center Supervisor at a educational organization

Good security and analytics, easy to manage, and scalable across buildings and campuses

Prior to implementing DNA Center, it was very difficult for us to create a large number of VLANs for our switches. This has made it possible for us... Read more »

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Pros
"People like to use the dashboards to get an overview of their network.""It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard.""The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers." More Cisco DNA Center Pros »	"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices.""I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime." More Huawei eSight Pros »
Cons
"There is a limitation with the number of VRFs that you can have in your network, and this has caused us problems with some customers.""The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them.""DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it." More Cisco DNA Center Cons »	"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated.""eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved." More Huawei eSight Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice
"Our licensing agreement is for three years." More Cisco DNA Center Pricing and Cost Advice »	"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments." More Huawei eSight Pricing and Cost Advice »

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Questions from the Community
What do you like most about Cisco DNA Center? Top Answer: The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers. Read all 3 answers What needs improvement with Cisco DNA Center? Top Answer: We have had a lot of problems with the Cisco switches and have needed to upgrade the operating systems, which means that we have to upgrade the DNA. When we upgrade the DNA it means that we have to… more » Read all 4 answers What is your primary use case for Cisco DNA Center? Top Answer: We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our customers. Our clients use this solution to manage their network, including their access points. Read all 4 answers	Ask a question Earn 20 points
Ranking
4th out of 32 in Network Management Applications Views 5,471 Comparisons 3,810 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 600 Rating 9.0	8th out of 32 in Network Management Applications Views 2,961 Comparisons 2,346 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 439 Rating 7.0
Popular Comparisons
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Overview
DNA Center is the network management and command center for Cisco DNA, your intent-based network for the enterprise. Provision and configure all your network devices in minutes. Use advanced analytics to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize your network. Integrate with third-party systems for improved operational processes.	Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 4 reviews while Huawei eSight is ranked 8th in Network Management Applications with 2 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 9.0, while Huawei eSight is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Good security and analytics, easy to manage, and scalable across buildings and campuses". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei eSight writes "Useful RTLS feature and good support but needs automation options and better wireless reporting". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Junos Space Network Director, Fortinet FortiManager and VMware NSX, whereas Huawei eSight is most compared with Cisco Prime LAN Management, SolarWinds NPM, Aruba Airwave, Zabbix and Cisco Prime. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Huawei eSight report.

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