We performed a comparison between IBM Tivoli NetCool and OpenText Network Automation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."It's very easy to use."
"It's very easy to use."
"The tool had many built-in automation capabilities."
"Support is one of the best aspects of this solution. NetCool is a good product that has good flexibility. There are a lot of documents available online which is one of the best features of IBM Tivoli Suite. Whenever an issue happens, rather than going to technical support, if you find the exact issue in Google, you can get tech notes for that particular issue."
"The solution has very good integration capabilities."
"The scalability of monitoring, the breadth of supported network components, the scale of the number of monitoring events, and the flexibility in customization make this a well-rounded product."
"Anything is possible with Tivoli. It's quite a robust system."
"NetCool has a huge database that can collect and process about one million alarms a day."
"When compared with SolarWinds, it is more user-friendly, and tasks can be completed more quickly."
"Pushing the network configuration to bulk devices. This saves a considerable amount of time that the engineer spends in pushing the network configuration."
"In terms of improvement, I would like to see more AIOps, Artificial Intelligent Operations in the next release. IBM develops new features for Power BI or Cognos Analytics, which is good. As of now, we use Cognos Analytics, we are not using Power BI. They have the Insight concept but we don't like that."
"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."
"Tivoli NetCool's has medium scalability - there are some problems with its replications not being mature."
"Customization and integration that you need to do to make the product fit your needs is very complex. It is not a product that somebody could easily pick up without any prior training or experience."
"The solution does not have any AI capabilities."
"The installation could be simplified, and technical support could be faster."
"Tivoli NetCool is based on a Linux platform, it would be beneficial if they moved it to Windows because not everyone is acquainted with Linux."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"Compatibility of the devices needs to be enhanced, as it seems to be limited."
"Level one administration task can be defined in Micro Focus Network Automation but it could be more simplified."
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IBM Tivoli NetCool is ranked 8th in Network Management Applications with 12 reviews while OpenText Network Automation is ranked 12th in Network Automation. IBM Tivoli NetCool is rated 7.6, while OpenText Network Automation is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of IBM Tivoli NetCool writes "Reliable for enterprise monitoring but no longer actively developed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Automation writes "Helps the configuration backup be validated before and after any change in the network infrastructure". IBM Tivoli NetCool is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, OpenText Network Node Manager i, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Moogsoft and Cisco DNA Center, whereas OpenText Network Automation is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, BackBox, NetBrain and BMC TrueSight Network Automation.
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