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We performed a comparison between Dell CloudIQ and vRealize Network Insight based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Dell CloudIQ vs. vRealize Network Insight Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"Has really nice roll-up dashboards.""Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good.""The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable.""Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution.""The best thing about this solution is that you can check for the infrastructure and system updates that you might need to be compliant with the Cloud."

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"Whenever we say "valuable" with respect to the network, it's more towards the security. The firewall rule issues it shows us and the recommendations that we get from vRNI are the most valuable features because they are actually making our network more secure.""compare-to-competition; I would recommend the product. I don't think there is any other product like this on the market right now.""It allows you to see traffic that you couldn't otherwise see, which is traffic within your Layer 3-bounded network, meaning east-west traffic. It's hard to get that any other way.""The solution helps reduce time to value, increase performance, provide deep visibility, and easily manage networks.""It's a very powerful, very manageable product.""One of the most valuable features is the ability to look at the traffic flows, to look at NetFlow data.""It gives the visibility that was either broken or there in pieces only. This solution provides a unified view of the whole system, back and forth. It has helped to reduce time to value, increase performance, more easily manage networks, and provide deep visibility.""What's valuable to us is the ability to get a view into the virtual space, which is something we haven't had before. Before, it was done by collecting from network endpoints and extrapolating into the virtual environment. Now it's coming directly from the virtual environment."

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Cons
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range.""The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved.""PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting.""Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved.""Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."

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"The UI, even though once you get to know it, it's easier, still it's hard to figure out by yourself. You have to go read, watch videos. It has a lot of data on it. So that is an issue.""While it's not exactly a feature, what normally happens when we are trying to look at the VM flow portion is - although Network Insight does have options to integrate a few physical switches into it - we can't really get an end-to-end flow of the network. We might be using a few switches that are not supported by Network Insight. That is where they can improve, in the support for more physical switches and network devices.""The only real improvement they can make is to add more third-party vendors into the environment, mostly switch manufacturers, because it's really limited to Cisco equipment and there are a lot of companies out there other than Cisco.""In a very general way, I would like to see an improvement in interoperability with third-party product, from other vendors.""The product is slightly complex use, while still being user-friendly. It could use more training modules, as it is not a straightforward product.""It just needs to be more reliable and more accurate. At some point, there are some things where it does not match properly.""The IT infrastructure industry is expected to evolve towards a hybrid cloud model in the next five to ten years. In this model, most of the customer's resources reside on-premise within a private cloud setup, such as VMware. Another segment operates within public cloud environments like Azure and AWS, and a portion remains in traditional data centers. There should be seamless interoperability between public and private clouds. AWS and VMware need to work together to make it possible. Whether users interact with on-premise infrastructure or configure resources in the public cloud, the user experience must be seamless.""The virtual appliance has rebooted."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."
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  • "The solution has helped us to reduce time, increase performance, reduce costs, and even easily manage networks. We are probably seeing 10 to 20 percent labor savings because we are able to be very specific and focused on what we want to do. It ends up saving the customer money and makes us be more efficient on our cost deliveries."
  • "It reduces costs. It takes something that may be challenging and makes it more usable and visual by being able to bring in tools, seeing what their impact is, such as microsegmentation and application rationalization, and seeing it quickly."
  • "Cost always has room for improvement, you could always make it cheaper. But I think it's a good value for what you pay for it."
  • "It's an expensive product because we have a lot of nodes."
  • "They should include the product in NSX because it's important to have it for deployment."
  • "The solution has reduced the time that we spend on other products. For example, with NSX, we were able to quickly find things that we would normally spend days trying to figure out."
  • "We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."
  • "It has brought more money into our company."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution.
    Top Answer:I observed that legacy systems are not supported. For example, the latest Dell EMC Unity series storage is supported, and the pioneer storage of Dell EMC, VNX unfortunately, is not supported on Dell… more »
    Top Answer:Dell EMC's storage came with a proprietary solution. I deployed it in-house with Dell CloudIQ and integrated it with the EMC ESRS. Through that, we indirectly reached the cloud solution of IQ. We use… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's ease of configuration and use and the availability of information and artifacts through professional services and the web are key factors that customers find valuable.
    Top Answer:I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten.
    Top Answer:The IT infrastructure industry is expected to evolve towards a hybrid cloud model in the next five to ten years. In this model, most of the customer's resources reside on-premise within a private… more »
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    7.8
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    Overview

    CloudIQ is a no cost Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that provides a simple monitoring interface for an unlimited number of Unity systems. CloudIQ accesses data in near real time to enable monitoring and troubleshooting for Unity systems.

    VMware vRealize Network Insight delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security. It helps customers build an optimized, highly-available and secure network infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. It accelerates micro-segmentation planning and deployment, enables visibility across virtual and physical networks and provides operational views to manage and scale VMware NSX deployments.
    Sample Customers
    North Carolina State University
    NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Legal Firm6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Healthcare Company15%
    Computer Software Company12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise71%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Dell CloudIQ vs. vRealize Network Insight
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Dell CloudIQ vs. vRealize Network Insight and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Dell CloudIQ is ranked 42nd in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 5 reviews while vRealize Network Insight is ranked 23rd in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 44 reviews. Dell CloudIQ is rated 7.8, while vRealize Network Insight is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell CloudIQ writes "Easily visualize your environment's performance and forecast its capacity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vRealize Network Insight writes "Provides deep analytical insights and makes migrations efficient with dependency mapping". Dell CloudIQ is most compared with HPE OneView, Moogsoft, Cisco Intersight and Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator, whereas vRealize Network Insight is most compared with ThousandEyes, NETSCOUT vSTREAM, AppNeta by Broadcom, Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM. See our Dell CloudIQ vs. vRealize Network Insight report.

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