We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Meraki Dashboard 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."
"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."
"The Spectrum tool improved our network assurance levels for our business units."
"It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"As the kind of enterprise that straddles the line between telco size and enterprise size, it scales for us, because we're not all the way at telco yet."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The ability of the product to perform with simplicity of deployment make it a valuable solution."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"The most valuable feature is their support, they get better every day."
"What I love most about the Meraki Dashboard are its user-friendly features."
"Scalability is one of Meraki Dashboard's strongest features. We have thousands of users if we're counting the end-users on our clients' network, but we have hundreds of clients."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and technically very complete. I can configure, do advanced troubleshooting in the dashboard, and reboot access points remotely."
"The most valuable feature is knowing the wireless and switch are healthy."
"The feature I find most valuable is the single pane of glass where you can configure a monitor view, all from one dashboard. For example, on the wireless side, you can configure it under the configuration panel, and then view statistics like location analytics, user analytics, etc."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We want to make our own choice for the AIOps solution and do not want to be forced to use the Broadcom OI solution by default."
"I would suggest improving the web GUI to improve the device monitor configuration and to improve or to integrate the new tool for reporting."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"The Spectrum OneClick is a Java-based client, and that's aging. Really, before any new feature integration, I'd love to see a comprehensive rebuild of the UI."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"I would like to receive decent notification alerts regarding the license's expiry. Or any help on correcting or optimizing licenses, because in certain circumstances you can add a license but it's the wrong licensing. However, the Dashboard adds the license in some way, and you do not utilize it. You can simply extend the license's expiration date."
"It's a very complex system. Customers have told me that sometimes there are lots of advanced features that are available and that you can change in the dashboard, but sometimes it's very hard to know what they are."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve the user interface by making it more user-friendly. The configuring can at times be difficult."
"One area that could use improvement in the Meraki Dashboard is user-friendliness when navigating to port configurations."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
"It is not appropriate for large, enterprise businesses."
"This solution can be quite complicated to configure and manage, unless you have a technical person with specific knowledge working on it."
DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. 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 Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Zabbix. See our DX Spectrum vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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