We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and OpenText Network Automation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"What's most valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the ability to manage any Cisco infrastructure and device through it. Setup was straightforward."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"Application Assurance works very well."
"I like the visibility, instant build, network, policies, and the ability to control access. I also like that you can visualize your whole network."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"Has a good processing feature with a high level of accuracy."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"When compared with SolarWinds, it is more user-friendly, and tasks can be completed more quickly."
"Pushing the network configuration to bulk devices. This saves a considerable amount of time that the engineer spends in pushing the network configuration."
"DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it."
"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."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"What I want to see in Cisco DNA Center in the future is more support for other platforms so that you can manage third-party products, such as Fortinet."
"The solution needs to improve the dashboard."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"They can improve the network visibility. Licensing and its maintenance are also needed."
"Compatibility of the devices needs to be enhanced, as it seems to be limited."
"Level one administration task can be defined in Micro Focus Network Automation but it could be more simplified."
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Automation with 36 reviews while OpenText Network Automation is ranked 12th in Network Automation. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while OpenText Network Automation is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Automation writes "Helps the configuration backup be validated before and after any change in the network infrastructure". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas OpenText Network Automation is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, BackBox, NetBrain and BMC TrueSight Network Automation.
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