Microsoft Intune is a comprehensive cloud-based service that allows you to remotely manage mobile devices and mobile applications without worrying about the security of your organization’s data. Device and app management can be used on company-owned devices as well as personal devices.
Consider the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite rather than choosing specific sub-components, e.g. only Microsoft Intune.
Microsoft Intune is a cost effective choice. It is less expensive than other products on the market.
Consider the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite rather than choosing specific sub-components, e.g. only Microsoft Intune.
Microsoft Intune is a cost effective choice. It is less expensive than other products on the market.
Microsoft Configuration Manager helps IT manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose. When Configuration Manager is integrated with Microsoft Intune, you can manage corporate-connected PCs and Macs along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Overall, I think it's fine. It's pretty much in-line because there are ways to offset it with the Office 365 licensing.
The licensing is good because they have various options, depending on what you are looking for.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a powerful network automation solution that allows organizations to handle every aspect of their application launch process within a single product. It enables users to share their automations so that teams within an organization can collaborate on various projects with ease. Ansible Automation Platform is designed to be used by all employees involved in the network automation process.
The cost is high, but it still works well.
We went with product because we have a subscription for Red Hat.
The cost is high, but it still works well.
We went with product because we have a subscription for Red Hat.
HCL BigFix is a powerful patch management tool that enables organizations to simply control their patch management operations. It is designed so that IT security and operations teams can collaborate in the most effective way possible. Users that employ BigFix can find and fix issues with their endpoints faster than those that employ its competitors. It comes with thousands of security checks that can be deployed quickly and easily. These enable users to safeguard themselves from a wide variety of digital threats.
When purchasing, buying with other IBM tools provided us with a very good discount in pricing.
I can estimate the reduced cost of servers maintenance to approximatively $500,000.
When purchasing, buying with other IBM tools provided us with a very good discount in pricing.
I can estimate the reduced cost of servers maintenance to approximatively $500,000.
VMware NSX is a full-stack network and security virtualization platform that enables the virtual cloud network. NSX provides a software-defined process for networking that expands throughout cloud frameworks, data centers, and application structures. Users can join and secure applications within their container and multi-cloud infrastructure and their data center. With robust automated provisioning, the platform offers dynamic flexibility and scalability without compromising on network speed or agility.
Pricing and licensing could be improved as we are a government entity. Lower pricing could always help.
It has helped to save CAPEX.
Pricing and licensing could be improved as we are a government entity. Lower pricing could always help.
It has helped to save CAPEX.
Cisco DNA Center is a robust, intuitive network controller and management platform that provides secure, safe access to applications and networks. Cisco DNA Center allows you to take control of your network to increase the effectiveness of your Cisco products, lower your TCO, and improve your ROI.
Our licensing agreement is for three years.
I do know that Cisco does offer some really good promotions for DNA Center to bring the costs down.
Our licensing agreement is for three years.
I do know that Cisco does offer some really good promotions for DNA Center to bring the costs down.
Networks are constantly evolving due to threats, organizational growth, or new regulatory/business requirements. Traditional management products focus on mitigating company-wide threats through firewall policies, firmware updates, and keeping content security current. FortiManager offers the features to contain threats as well as providing flexibility to evolve along with your ever-changing network.
The licensing costs depend on how many devices you want to use.
In comparison with other products, the price of FortiManager is reasonable.
The licensing costs depend on how many devices you want to use.
In comparison with other products, the price of FortiManager is reasonable.
Cisco Prime products deliver next-generation management by supporting an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience and integrated lifecycle operations across Cisco architectures, technologies, and networks.
Cisco Prime is an expensive solution.
You need to get special quotes from the company for each order.
Cisco Prime is an expensive solution.
You need to get special quotes from the company for each order.
DX Spectrum is a complete event and fault management system for network operations teams. The tool provides powerful capabilities for managing your dynamic, complex IT infrastructure, which includes physical, virtual, and cloud environments.The technology allows you to manage and optimize the infrastructure and the professional services that operate on top of it. DX Spectrum is a unified platform that helps your company enhance network service levels while lowering monitoring costs.
It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly.
In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management).
It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly.
In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management).
Quest KACE Systems Management is a unified endpoint management solution that helps your organization address your endpoint management needs. The solution enables you to discover and track every device in your environment, keep compliance requirements up to date, secure your network from cyberthreats and attacks, and automate administrative tasks all from a single console.
It may be more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
The pricing and licensing are good. It's worth it.
It may be more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
The pricing and licensing are good. It's worth it.
ExtremeCloud is a resilient and scalable cloud-based network management solution offered by Extreme Networks as a subscription service.
Buy near the end of Q4 in order to get a deal.
There are probably cheaper solutions but we invest for stability and performance for the longer haul.
Buy near the end of Q4 in order to get a deal.
There are probably cheaper solutions but we invest for stability and performance for the longer haul.
Huawei's eSight is a unified software suite for planning, operating, and maintaining complex enterprise ICT infrastructure from global, converged networks and data centers to multimedia and video communications that includes the facilities necessary for delivering performance and IT services. eSight provides a platform that supports infrastructure and devices from third-party providers, to develop custom management applications and improves O&M efficiency.
Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing.
The price is very expensive.
Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing.
The price is very expensive.
SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. And with the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date.
So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify.
The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market.
So much can be done with the Open Source side, and especially for smaller shops. I personally think the pricing for Enterprise is hard to justify.
The pricing for this solution is roughly 20% lower than the competitive products in the market.
Managing today’s networks with yesterday’s manual processes is no longer a viable solution. NetBrain’s network automation platform provides actionable insights into your network to help you make better and faster decisions - particularly when you’re troubleshooting, securing, and making changes to the network.
The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price.
Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices.
The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price.
Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices.
HashiCorp Terraform is a powerful configuration management solution that aims to provide users with the ability to maximize the ease with which users can perform their configuration management operations. It makes it so that organizations can reliably configure and manage their infrastructure. Terraform is a tool that transforms every user into an administrator and project collaborator. Businesses that use it have at their command a solution that they can use for the entire lifecycle of their infrastructure.
The setup for Terraform is quite easy and currently, we are using their community version along with Jenkins.
They have given it to us at a monthly cost, but it is on a yearly basis.
The setup for Terraform is quite easy and currently, we are using their community version along with Jenkins.
They have given it to us at a monthly cost, but it is on a yearly basis.
LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
Conquer network complexity with uncompromising precision. N‑able™ N‑central® is our flagship remote monitoring and management platform that gives you the power to manage, automate, and protect at scale—and do more than you ever thought possible.
N-able N-central is not an expensive solution.
N-able N-central is not an expensive solution.
HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) is a comprehensive management platform that was built from the ground up to support the Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (FCAPS) model. It provides features and functions that are designed for comprehensive management of the network infrastructure. IMC was designed to provide the following functions:
There are licensing costs and they are quite expensive.
The price of this solution is not at all cheap, but it's reasonable compared to SolarWinds.
There are licensing costs and they are quite expensive.
The price of this solution is not at all cheap, but it's reasonable compared to SolarWinds.
Juniper Junos Space Network Director can support IT staff can manage their physical and virtual enterprise networks through a single pane of glass. Junos Space Network Director is a automated turnkey network management solution. Administrators can use it to visualize, analyze, and control their entire enterprise networks. In the data center, your IT staff can use the tool to manage and synchronize physical and virtual environments. In the campus, Network Director automates routine management tasks such as network provisioning and troubleshooting, dramatically improving operational efficiency and reliability. Network Director also integrates with VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations (vROps). The management tool offers sophisticated analytics for high-performance data centers, while open RESTful APIs support service orchestration integration with third-party platforms.
We would like the price to be reduced.
This product is set at a good price point.
We would like the price to be reduced.
This product is set at a good price point.
AirCheck G3 is the most cost-effective hardware-enabled site survey solution for Wi-Fi 6/6E networks. It provides network professionals of any skill level with complete and accurate information to survey and validate Wi-Fi deployments and changes, resolve connectivity and performance problems quickly, speed up closure of trouble tickets, and ensure your Wi-Fi network meets end users’ needs.
The new and improved battery life of 10 hours (3 - 4 hours charge) lasts you and your teams throughout the day.
For a few thousand dollars, you save yourself a ton of time. It's a great deal.
The product has a pretty good price.
For a few thousand dollars, you save yourself a ton of time. It's a great deal.
The product has a pretty good price.
FortiPortal gives MSPs a comprehensive set of hosted Wi-Fi and security management features for FortiGate, FortiWiFi, and FortiAP products. With multitenancy, you can securely manage your customers through a centralized management console. This lets you respond quickly to customer requests and easily monitor customer networks. Our virtual appliance can be deployed on a hosted services infrastructure, allowing you to build highly-customized private-cloud services for customers.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
I am satisfied with the pricing for this solution.
Fortinet FortiPortal is relatively expensive, but being an industry-leading firewall, it does come with a cost.
CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).
We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement.
Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year.
We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement.
Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year.
Customers are required to pay a licensing fee.
Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.
Customers are required to pay a licensing fee.
Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.
The solution is priced mid-range compared to the competition.
I wasn't involved in the pricing, but I think it's quite expensive.
The solution is priced mid-range compared to the competition.
I wasn't involved in the pricing, but I think it's quite expensive.
ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer a complete traffic analytics tool, leverages flow technologies to provide real time visibility into the network bandwidth performance. NetFlow Analyzer, primarily a bandwidth monitoring tool, has been optimizing thousands of networks across the World by giving holistic view about their network bandwidth and traffic patterns. NetFlow Analyzer is a unified solution that collects, analyzes and reports about what your network bandwidth is being used for and by whom. NetFlow Analyzer is the trusted partner optimizing the bandwidth usage of over a million interfaces worldwide apart from performing network forensics and network traffic analysis.
Network automation and management software reduces network outages and downtime by automating configuration, change and compliance processes. Organizations depend on high performance across their network to keep the business running at peak efficiency but new security threats make it hard for network administrators to keep pace with the demands for new services and safeguard the health of the network.
The solution is worth the price.
The solution is more costly than the other competitors.
The solution is worth the price.
The solution is more costly than the other competitors.
Network configurations are in a constant flux and any wrong or unauthorized configuration change on live equipment can have profound effects on network security, reliability and the service provided.
Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) is a centralized management solution. You can manage and monitor Citrix application networking products including Citrix Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) MPX, VPX, SDX, CPX, BLX, Citrix Gateway, Citrix Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Citrix SD-WAN
The pricing could be lower.
Citrix ADM costs us approximately $5000 per month.
The pricing could be lower.
Citrix ADM costs us approximately $5000 per month.
The DataMiner NMS/OSS platform manages absolutely every aspect of your entire operational ecosystem, both on-premises and off-premises. That includes standard & legacy technology, commodity & industry-specific hardware and software, and much more. Our award-winning solution guarantees a true end-to-end integration in every single case, across any vendor and technology boundary, from service origin to destination.
DataMiner is an expensive solution and that is why many companies do not use it. Other solutions are less expensive.
DataMiner is an expensive solution and that is why many companies do not use it. Other solutions are less expensive.
OpenText Network Automation helps IT organizations drive efficiencies by automating time-consuming manual compliance and network configuration tasks for the complete operational lifecycle of network devices from provisioning to policy-based network configuration management, compliance policy enforcement and reporting, and security administration. OpenText Network Automation also helps increase network stability and uptime by preventing inconsistencies and misconfigurations often created by manual processes. When combined with OpenText Network Node Manager i, it delivers a unique integrated solution that delivers network fault, availability, and performance integrated with change, network configuration, compliance, and automated diagnostics that operates from a shared network topology database.
Pricing is reasonable, but if you compare it with other network Operation Management tools that are available on the market, it's expensive.
Pricing is reasonable, but if you compare it with other network Operation Management tools that are available on the market, it's expensive.
Get cohesive management and network-wide visibility with a full set of tools for converged campus networks and data centers.
With this comprehensive and powerful network management tool, you’ll benefit from a full set of components for infrastructure and device configuration, monitoring, backup, scheduling, security, alerts, quarantine, troubleshooting, downtime resolution, and overall management.
This is an open-source solution, we do not pay any money to use it.
Its price is reasonable.
This is an open-source solution, we do not pay any money to use it.
Its price is reasonable.
The Apstra Operating System (AOS) is a turn-key automation solution that dramatically simplifies the process of designing, deploying and operating data center networks. Apstra AOS provides a singular view into the relationships and interdependencies of millions of data center elements. With real continuous validation, Apstra AOS enables you to instantly pinpoint and quickly resolve issues across all infrastructure silos, regardless of vendor or hardware.
The price of the solution is competitive.
The price of the solution is competitive.
Extreme Management Center (formerly NetSight) provides access to web-based reporting, network analysis, troubleshooting, and helpdesk tools. Management Center includes wired/wireless dashboards, reports, end-system information and policy, interactive topology maps, application identification, web-based FlexViews, device views, and event logs. NetFlow diagnostics enable assessment of network issues and performance. Search functionality enables you to search for end-systems by MAC address, IP address, end-system name, or user name.
The support is billed on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.
It has a good price. There is a good relationship between the cost and the performance.
The support is billed on a yearly basis, and there are no additional costs.
It has a good price. There is a good relationship between the cost and the performance.
CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure.
SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools is network automation tool designed to manage configurations on network devices such as routers, switches, and firewalls. It helps you to work more efficiently by scheduling automatic backup activities and rolling out configuration changes to multiple devices at the same time.
To really understand what is happening to your applications, you need proactive visibility that spans your hybrid network. Alluvio NetProfiler uses full-fidelity network traffic flow monitoring to proactively identify and quickly troubleshoot performance and security issues. Easily answer bandwidth analysis questions like “How much traffic is being consumed?” “Who is using it?” “Where is it going?” and “How is traffic is being prioritized?”
