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We performed a comparison between Cisco Intersight and IBM Spectrum Computing based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco Intersight vs. IBM Spectrum Computing Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability.""Provides an overall view using a single portal.""Our organization uses Cisco Intersight since it helps manage our physical infrastructure.""Intersight can validate our environment.""Cisco Intersight has valuable features for workflow automation and inventory administration.""I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module.""The tool helps to manage Cisco servers.""We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one."

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"Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis.""The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers.""We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues.""This solution is working for both VTL and tape.""The most valuable feature is the backup capability.""Easy to operate and use."

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Cons
"The usability must be better.""The product's setup should be easier.""The product could be easy to use.""When new features are added, the service becomes full of bugs.""Cisco Intersight needs some improvement in terms of stability. Hybrid cloud management and proper hyperscaler tie-up are other areas for improvement.""It's a very complex solution.""In the future, the solution needs to plan on an extension to cover a broader range of objects since, at present, there are some Cisco devices within the range of Intersight UCS that it can't manage.""The unique problem with Cisco Intersight is that it's not supporting some players."

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"We have not been able to use deduplication.""Spectrum Computing is lagging behind other products, most likely because it hasn't been shifted to the cloud.""We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning.""SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing.""Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish.""This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either."
  • "It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees."
  • "Cisco Intersight has competitive pricing. On a scale of one to five, my rating for its pricing is four."
  • "You can get a free license for monitoring but need to purchase a license if you need extra control."
  • "The product is cost-effective."
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  • "This solution is expensive."
  • "Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Intersight can validate our environment.
    Top Answer:We used the solution's automation capabilities, but it wasn’t easy. It was part of why we took some time to deploy the solution. It didn't give us much value. It wasn't that good. Intersight is a… more »
    Top Answer:We use the solution for server management across various locations.
    Top Answer:This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
    Top Answer:The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
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    13th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
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    2,318
    Comparisons
    1,880
    Reviews
    7
    Average Words per Review
    468
    Rating
    7.9
    10th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    4,076
    Comparisons
    3,768
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    240
    Rating
    9.0
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    Overview

    Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.

    IBM Spectrum Computing uses intelligent workload and policy-driven resource management to optimize resources across the data center, on premises and in the cloud. Now up to 150X faster and scalable to over 160,000 cores, IBM provides you with the latest advances in software-defined infrastructure to help you unleash the power of your distributed mission-critical high performance computing (HPC), analytics and big data applications as well as a new generation open source frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

    Sample Customers
    EXMAR, RapidScale
    London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company43%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Healthcare Company5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider31%
    Media Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco Intersight vs. IBM Spectrum Computing
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco Intersight vs. IBM Spectrum Computing and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cisco Intersight is ranked 13th in Cloud Management with 10 reviews while IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 10th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews. Cisco Intersight is rated 7.8, while IBM Spectrum Computing is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Intersight writes "Scalable and easy to set up portfolio of services; good for remote device management and other functions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Computing writes "Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support ". Cisco Intersight is most compared with Cisco UCS Manager, HPE OneView, IBM Turbonomic, Cisco UCS Director and VMware Aria Automation, whereas IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and IBM Turbonomic. See our Cisco Intersight vs. IBM Spectrum Computing report.

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