We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and PRTG Network Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring 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."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"It has a high-quality graphical interface."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"Spectrum is very useful for us, because the product lets us monitor and control all the various components of our infrastructure that support our business from an IT perspective."
"All networks (or network equipment) are monitored through CA Spectrum."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the notifications. As long as you spend time and think about what and when you want to be notified, it's always accurate. It is always there. I find things out before my Internet provider."
"PRTG Network Monitor's best features are its flexibility, ease of implementation, user-friendliness, and intuitive interfaces."
"My opinion is that this solution is not very expensive."
"The scalability is good. You can improve a remote host or the clustering. This gives it the flexibility to monitor another infrastructure remotely."
"It has made our infrastructure more reliable."
"I like the mobility of the PRTG Network Monitor and ITOps Dashboard."
"There is a simplicity to setting up the extra sensors. It's really easy for us to build infrastructure and start monitoring very quickly."
"We can see trends for a lot of different things, such as hard drive space and bandwidth usage. We can see and plan for the future by knowing, "We're sort of at 75% capacity now. In three months time, we know we're going to be up to 90%,so we need to plan ahead for it, getting upgrades booked in place." Since things like this take time and effort, it's handy to see trends into the future of where our company is going."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"There's a little bit of complexity to the initial install because you're dealing with operating systems. You have to make sure all the prerequisites are done, anti-virus exceptions, etc. Then there's the bringing it up and then there's discovery of the network and setting that up. It takes time."
"We have a lot of different monitoring tools in the background, so orchestration has been a little bit of a challenge."
"The Desktop app is good but it can be really sluggish at times, especially when you're editing different elements."
"The dashboarding definitely needs improvement."
"I would like the ability to monitor Cisco IRS devices."
"Improvements in data storage flexibility, such as allowing customers to specify data retention periods, would enhance PRTG."
"PRTG Network Monitor needs to show bandwidth utilization in proper graphs. It isn't easy to learn."
"They just released a newer version of the desktop app, a beta version, that I have been trialing out. I prefer the older version, only because of how the layout is designed"
"I would like to see them take their graphing tools and convert them into a collector so that we can point telemetry to them"
"It would be good if there were better graphical interfaces when you have it on multiple monitors... Because we have so many servers, things can get lost in the fog a little bit. Maybe having a better way of showing different geographies, Flash, etc., would help."
DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 6th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 96 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM and Cisco DNA Center, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our DX Spectrum vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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