We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Cisco DNA Center 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"Automation of the ILS."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"Cisco DNA Center provides operational support, compliance support, security vulnerability detection, and automatic scheduling."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"The solution helps in user microsegmentation."
"Cisco DNA Center is a user-friendly solution."
"It gives us automation capabilities for pushing out the configuration to branch networks. It also provides visibility into the health of user network devices."
"It does a lot of things automatically, and that's the big thing with it. They're making the software so that you don't need to be as knowledgeable as me on the switching and routing side to get your work done. If you want, you can have DNA troubleshoot your problem for you and give you solutions or fix it itself, if it was something that's just a configuration issue."
"It is very versatile in terms of analytics."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is the AI (Artificial Intelligence) that provides us with valuable information."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"API lacks robustness."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"DNA Center has been on the market for a few years and they need to update it."
"There should be an option for automation of template deployment by using the stored data. It is not easy to save configuration information for lots of devices without using other tools. There should be a tighter, better repository of information that can be merged with the templates."
"Cisco DNA Center was a new technology for us, at the beginning, it was not easy to do, but Cisco did a lot of training with us to a level we could handle everything. The team is managing itself now without the assistance of Cisco."
"The features of Cisco DNA Center and Cisco Prime could have more parity."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"I would like is to have a small information pointer available. It could be a plus feature that I want to implement. When I hover my mouse over the user interface, it should provide a brief explanation. It would be helpful to have it incorporated into the UI."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 37 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Zabbix, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Huawei eSight. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. Cisco Data Center Network Manager report.
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