We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and DX Spectrum 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."It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"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 this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength."
"Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."
"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one."
"The main thing is obviously notifications about alerts, getting ahead of the curve to make sure that we do not have system going down, or if it is down we get to know it earlier."
"Discovery: Scheduled, on-demand, synchronized with eHealth."
"The granular access control that it provided so that you could only see devices that were related to what you were working on was great. I couldn't see the entire inventory of devices. I could only see the ones that were related to my work. It has got a very granular access control component."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to put health checks in place not only for the infrastructure but for some of the services that are on top of the infrastructure."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"If you look at some of the wireless site-survey tools that are available in the commercial space, Cisco should include similar solutions, which would help our on-plant engineers when they're doing a site survey."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
"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."
"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"Make it easier to certify devices."
"I would recommend AI capability built-in so it becomes more predictable and we jump ahead of the curve. This is the one really important feature I would really like to see in any product that provides alarms."
Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and ManageEngine Network Configuration Management, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Prime vs. DX Spectrum report.
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