We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center 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."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"It is very versatile in terms of analytics."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"The most valuable features were the monitoring, maintenance, and configuration."
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"It is a user-friendly solution."
"I found PRTG Network Monitor very useful for troubleshooting and monitoring the utilization of either the network or server."
"The solution is easy to manage and the reports are very accurate."
"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is the dashboards. We can check to see the resources and the uptime."
"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."
"It improves the status of my infrastructure, from networking devices to real-time machines."
"Stable and scalable network monitoring tool. Installation is simple and straightforward."
"The product is simple and easy to implement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"They should include UTM features in the product."
"The task failure reporting or provisioning failure reporting could be a little bit better in the UI, with more information given to the user."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having descriptions for the tab usages. The dashboards or interface could be easier to understand."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
"The operations dashboard is only available in PRTG's enterprise version, but I wish it could be accessed in the standard licensing. It would also be nice if PRTG had templates for dashboard monitoring, software monitoring, etc. It can help me set up a dashboard because now we don't have a template from PRTG, so we need to create one from scratch."
"In the next release, PRTG Network Monitor should add a backup solution."
"I would like to see more updates available in this solution."
"We're using more cloud services now. It would be useful to be able to get information back from these cloud services in detail, and display any issues within PRTG for the rest of our systems."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve Layer 2 and Layer 3 network maps and the GUI more user-friendly. Additionally, they should bundle the features so I can monitor everything on one particular device."
"In a very few cases, customers want more detailed reports, which we cannot meet."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 36 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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