We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"I like that we can easily configure any new hardware. It's also easy to deploy and easy to troubleshoot."
"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."
"What's most valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the ability to manage any Cisco infrastructure and device through it. Setup was straightforward."
"The best feature of Cisco DNA Center is the visibility page, where you can see everything on the dashboard, and you don't have to be a technical person to view the issues."
"People like to use the dashboards to get an overview of their network."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"It is a stable solution."
"It does a lot of things automatically, and that's the big thing with it. They're making the software so that you don't need to be as knowledgeable as me on the switching and routing side to get your work done. If you want, you can have DNA troubleshoot your problem for you and give you solutions or fix it itself, if it was something that's just a configuration issue."
"The installation is easy."
"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"I would like is to have a small information pointer available. It could be a plus feature that I want to implement. When I hover my mouse over the user interface, it should provide a brief explanation. It would be helpful to have it incorporated into the UI."
"The weaknesses primarily involve pricing and the ongoing need for increased bandwidth and data throughput."
"DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it."
"Requires more focus on the digital side of things."
"The tool's deployment is complex. It also needs to improve its GUI."
"From the recent DNA point of view, there are some stability challenges with Cisco, but very minor."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"We did not like SolarWinds because it was not able to communicate between UPSA and our accounting system. They should have better integration."
"The price could be a bit lower."
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Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 36 reviews while SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is ranked 118th in Network Monitoring Software. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is rated 5.6. 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 SolarWinds Network Automation Manager writes "Threat detection failures, poor technical support, and expensive". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is most compared with NetBrain.
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