We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and Citrix ADM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"Cisco is a leading network company."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is the AI (Artificial Intelligence) that provides us with valuable information."
"I think that their LAN automation is a very good feature."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"It is a stable solution."
"An essential component is the Director, which provides detailed insights into sessions, including identifying session failures, connection issues, user lockouts, etc. It presents a list of problems to address, enabling you to click on them and resolve them efficiently."
"We use the product for load balancing and as a reverse proxy solution."
"The most impressive thing about Citrix ADM is that we don't encounter latency."
"The most valuable features are for the ADMs and the overall monitoring environment."
"The analytics are a great feature."
"Content filtering, security layer, and application customization features are the most valuable."
"Just one solution can handle thousands of users... So, it is a very convenient tool to use."
"Available on any device and can be accessed on a wide area network."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"Technical support could be better. The price could be better, and it could be more stable."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
"Cisco DNA Center should improve its configuration management. It is better to have a dev version before pushing it."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"There is a limitation with the number of VRFs that you can have in your network, and this has caused us problems with some customers."
"When a new version comes out, sometimes, my existing configuration gets wiped out. They should work on this so that my existing configuration doesn't get impacted with an upgrade to a newer version. There could also reduce frequent firmware upgrade activities and have a stable version so that once we upgrade it, we don't have to upgrade it for two to three years."
"The tool's pricing is a pain point since we have many cheaper alternatives."
"Deployment is complicated."
"I would like to see the virtual and desktop license included in the pricing."
"They need to make the solution a little more familiar with easy study guides, learning videos, etc."
"Citrix is more expensive than Horizon."
"The interface could be improved, some customers struggle with that."
"Citrix ADM needs to improve on its additional features and reduce the communication ports."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews while Citrix ADM is ranked 9th in Network Management Applications with 9 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Citrix ADM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix ADM writes "A tool for centralized management including inventory and sales tracking". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Huawei eSight, whereas Citrix ADM is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and DX Spectrum. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Citrix ADM report.
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