We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and IxChariot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetAlly, Wireshark, Auvik and others in Network Troubleshooting."The capability of handling and monitoring with SNMP and working with the SNMP traps is much better than other products."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"The fault management is perfect."
"It is easy to navigate."
"Scalable and stable network monitoring tool with a simple setup."
"Offers a lot of functionality."
"The main thing is obviously notifications about alerts, getting ahead of the curve to make sure that we do not have system going down, or if it is down we get to know it earlier."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"Implementing IxChariot is very easy and user-friendly."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"We have had one support issue that's been open for a couple of months, and it is currently open."
"Its visualization can be improved. It doesn't have a very advanced GUI. It is very basic and simple, but it does work."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"I would like to see them eliminate the Java console. The user interface for this is a Java applet that runs on your desktop, and it is very problematic for us."
"The graphical user interface needs to be improved."
DX Spectrum is ranked 6th in Network Troubleshooting with 115 reviews while IxChariot is ranked 9th in Network Troubleshooting with 2 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while IxChariot is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IxChariot writes "A vast solution with user-friendly features and reasonable pricing". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas IxChariot is most compared with LinkRunner.
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