We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Zabbix 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"You can integrate all the networks into the software."
"It can send messages to our ticketing system."
"The integration with third-party tools and the alerts are most valuable."
"There is a problems page that shows us every warning or problem that occurs on our VMs globally. The map screen is also really useful because this is something that was missing. I don't know every other tool in the market. So, I don't know if this is a good point of only Zabbix, or other tools are also doing it, but from my point of view, this is the most useful page that I use, along with the problems page that efficiently lists the problem, recovery time, ending hours, starting hours, and so on."
"Setup was straightforward. Initial deployment took two or three months."
"We use it to monitor and manage our servers."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of virtual machines."
"It meets my organizational needs. It's pretty easy to use."
"The basic setup is very easy."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"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."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"The delivery Cisco Data Center Network Manager could improve if it was easier. Additionally, some feature improvement is needed."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"I am having difficulties connecting it to Grafana, as well as some of the other plugins like Kibana."
"When we have a problem, we have to do a lot of research to solve it."
"Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing."
"The reports are not great and should be improved."
"One of the things we don't like is that Zabbix has a license structure with a price that is high compared to the competition. It's very high, for example, compared to something like Microsoft Teams."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of doing aggregation from the value or different devices."
"The event correlation could be better."
"There are a lot of areas for improvement, specifically in the dashboards and reports functionalities."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 101 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix is rated 8.2. 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 Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Cisco DNA Center, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios Core and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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