BackBox vs Cisco DNA Center comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

BackBox
Ranking in Network Automation
17th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco DNA Center
Ranking in Network Automation
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (1st), Network Monitoring Software (24th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Network Automation category, the market share of BackBox is 2.7% and it increased by 120.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of Cisco DNA Center is 24.3% and it increased by 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Automation
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Network Management Applications
23.7%
Network Monitoring Software
1.5%
 

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JB
May 19, 2023
Beneficial wireless assurance, useful visibility, but more deployment features needed
We are using Cisco DNA Center for network management and wireless assurance Our business functions better by using Cisco DNA Center because we have better visibility of wireless and configuration deployment. The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility.…

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"Our licensing agreement is for three years."
"The price could be better. It's a very expensive tool."
"The solution is expensive."
"I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive."
"I do know that Cisco does offer some really good promotions for DNA Center to bring the costs down."
"Cisco DNA Center is a licensed product with multiple levels of licensing available such as basic, advanced, and essential. I don't have the exact figure, but Cisco DNA Center is costly. For example, the box has information about the essential license and costs a considerable amount of money. You need to pay extra to use advanced features in Cisco DNA Center. My company sees Cisco DNA Center as a solution that's worth the money, which is why it invested in the solution. If you want centralized management for your network, especially when upgrading it, Cisco DNA Center is perfect, but it's more suitable for a large-scale rather than a small-scale network."
"The licensing cost for Cisco DNA Center is not more than that of other solutions."
"Affordability is a problem because it's created for large enterprises only. So, some customers, even if their engineers want the solution, might have problems with budget limitations."
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Computer Software Company
20%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

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What do you like most about Cisco DNA Center?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it gives some kind of ease in operations, especially since our company is moving from CLI to GUI-based configuration.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco DNA Center?
The tool's licensing may not come across as something that may be friendly for users. Customers may not like the licensing part because if you want to have more features, then you need to go for Ci...
What needs improvement with Cisco DNA Center?
In terms of the clustering part, there are some concerns. I feel like the clustering part is there because it is built on microservices architecture, so by default it is there in the tool. It is no...
 

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