Cisco Prime [EOL] vs Huawei eSight comparison

"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."

"The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product."

"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."

"The technical support team is very good."

"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."

"The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation."

"What I found most beneficial from Cisco Prime is that it gives you an insight into what your network does, even when you're not actively monitoring what's going on with your network."

"We use the solution to control the physical service station that is part of the SCADA network. We connect and control them remotely."

"One of the most beneficial features of Huawei eSight is its simplicity and ease of use."

"Huawei eSight provides businesses with monitoring capabilities of network devices across your network."

"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."

"I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime."

"We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers."

"The solution's most valuable dashboard features include monitoring storage, resource availability, and hardware alarms."

"The product is stable."

"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices."

"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."

"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."

"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."

"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."

"The product needs to improve its stability."

"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."

"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."

"If you think about a centralized monitoring system, Cisco Prime is not good because it does not support third-party vendors like Palo Alto or FortiGate."

"The solution and the operating system come separately. It would be easier if we did not have to deploy anything. A bundle feature would be better."

"It is not a very flexible product."

"It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices."

"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated."

"The price could be less costly."

"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

"The variety of license types should be made simpler as, at present, it is complex."

"This solution could be improved by offering monitoring for all devices and not only Huawei devices."

"Cisco Prime is an expensive solution."

"The price of Cisco Prime was reasonable because we purchased it as part of a Cisco One package. The package was a bundle of Cisco solutions together, such as Cisco ISE and CMX. The price is reasonable com compared to other solutions."

"I would rate the pricing of Cisco Prime a seven out of ten."

"We update the license every five years."

"The solution is not inexpensive but is worth it for large-scale environments."

"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."

"You need to get special quotes from the company for each order."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"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."

"The pricing for Huawei eSight is reasonable, especially with the base license and incremental licenses for additional devices. However, the variety of license types can be a bit complex. We used to sell eSight but switched to another solution, so we're not actively trading it anymore."

"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."