We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and OpenText Network Node Manager i based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."
"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"The most valuable is the assistance for network support."
"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."
"The technical support team is very good."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"It is stable for fault and availability."
"Topology creation is the most valuable feature."
"The best feature is the solution's entire credibility with all vendors."
"It's quite a mature solution."
"The platform has good stability."
"A good enterprise-level solution."
"It is a scalable product."
"Real time network monitoring application: It is very stable, which provides quick root cause analysis (RCA) for any network faults."
"There is room for improvement in the Access layer."
"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"The product needs to improve its stability."
"Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not the best when it comes to drilling down for more visibility, especially regarding traffic."
"The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement."
"We had some issues with some of the features, some modules are not meeting expectations."
"They should add AI options in the product's next release."
"Reporting. Even though this is available in separate software (iSPI) there is potential in making the reporting more SLA-aware and more intuitive."
"The solution should integrate with NAC servers."
"Right now, we have open tickets and they are not closing as expected."
"The dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly."
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Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while OpenText Network Node Manager i is ranked 10th in Network Management Applications with 23 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while OpenText Network Node Manager i is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Node Manager i writes "Easy-to-implement product with a valuable map topology feature". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas OpenText Network Node Manager i is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Cisco DNA Center, Fortinet FortiManager, DX Spectrum and IBM Tivoli NetCool. See our Cisco Prime vs. OpenText Network Node Manager i report.
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