We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and ThousandEyes 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 stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"The fault management is perfect."
"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"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 installation process is not hard at all."
"The most valuable features are integration and ease of use."
"The authentication overall - including to the VPN and LAN - is excellent."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of ThousandEyes is user-friendliness. It has been essential for us to have a solution that is easy to use."
"ThousandEyes gives companies better visibility."
"The solution's initial setup process was straightforward...In terms of ROI, the solution is worth the money."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution was the ability to see how the connection quality is between the sites and get an alert if it was turning bad."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"We have had one support issue that's been open for a couple of months, and it is currently open."
"Event correlation only works on one server, rather than on all of the servers in the same cluster environment."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"Its visualization can be improved. It doesn't have a very advanced GUI. It is very basic and simple, but it does work."
"There is room for improvement in terms of customization and user-friendliness."
"It would be nice if the solution covered other areas like server monitoring."
"Once I fully use the tool 100%, I'm sure I would have something to critique, however, for now, I'm happy with it."
"ThousandEyes could improve the dashboards by adding more features."
"The guest portal is hard to use."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Presently, it lacks the ability to integrate with other Cisco products."
"I would like the product to offer more agility."
DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while ThousandEyes is ranked 12th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while ThousandEyes is rated 8.4. 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 ThousandEyes writes "Reliable. simple to set up, and offers fast monitoring capabilities". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), whereas ThousandEyes is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Accedian Skylight, Dynatrace, SolarWinds NPM and AppDynamics. See our DX Spectrum vs. ThousandEyes report.
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