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Dell CloudIQ vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

Dell Technologies and VMware are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Dell Technologies is ranked #31 with an average rating of 9.0, while VMware is ranked #18 with an average rating of 9.1. Dell Technologies holds a 1.2% mindshare in IM, compared to VMware’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.
Dell CloudIQ
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88% willing to recommend
vRealize Network Insight
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  • 675 Comparison Views
89% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

vRealize Network Insight and Dell CloudIQ compete in the network and cloud infrastructure monitoring sector. Dell CloudIQ appears to have the upper hand due to its superior feature set and proactive system management capabilities.

Features: vRealize Network Insight offers detailed network analytics, in-depth visibility, and optimization tools. Dell CloudIQ provides advanced predictive analytics, proactive health monitoring, and superior feature set.

Room for Improvement: vRealize Network Insight could improve in predictive analytics, customer response time, and ease of configuration. Dell CloudIQ could enhance cost-effectiveness, setup costs, and diversify network-specific features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vRealize Network Insight is straightforward to deploy but requires more configuration. Its customer service is knowledgeable but slow. Dell CloudIQ offers seamless cloud-based deployment and fast customer service.

Pricing and ROI: vRealize Network Insight is cost-effective with a good ROI from comprehensive network features. Dell CloudIQ, despite higher setup costs, delivers substantial ROI through advanced analytics and reducing downtime.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudIQ
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
31st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
vRealize Network Insight
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
18th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 1.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.5%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

ClaudioSalgado - PeerSpot reviewer
Has proactive monitoring with predictive insights and a user-friendly interface
Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually. It provides a status with traffic light colors, where red indicates danger, yellow means attention is needed, and green represents normal conditions to easily understand the health of the environment. The quick overview aids in decision-making. Additionally, CloudIQ's predictive capabilities, which are enhanced by artificial intelligence, have improved operational efficiency by providing proactive information to prevent issues before they arise.
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NiteshKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
The tool's configuration is easy and artifacts are easily accessible through professional services and the web
The product is highly regarded, and many customers have been using it along with other VMware products like vSphere and VMware vCloud Usage Insight. However, recently, there's been a trend among customers, especially those using VMware for a considerable period, to explore the potential of migrating to the public cloud. The common concern among these customers is how the VMware products will perform in the public cloud environment. Migrating instances from VMware to different platforms is not easy, especially when dealing with many instances across multiple customers. Customers are keen to maintain the functionality of their existing VMware products but prefer to run them on the public cloud instead of on-premise servers. Our clients for vRealize Network Insight are enterprise businesses. I rate it a nine out of ten.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"CloudIQ allows us to monitor our servers centrally, and we can receive notifications in case of issues, like a potential hard drive failure."
"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."
"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."
"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."
"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."
"Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually."
"I rate CloudIQ a ten out of ten."
"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."
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"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I like being able to see the flows coming in and out of the product. In terms of monitoring network flows, we use it to verify whether or not different servers/applications should be communicating with each other."
"It's very user-friendly in the sense that the querying is just regular language like you and I speak or write. You don't need to know any SQL-query type of language to be able to get what you want out of it."
"The most valuable feature for me is the different views that you can get when selecting an application or a VLAN. It shows you the traffic flows. It gives you a visual representation of something that, in text, just may not make as much sense."
"Also, the ability to troubleshoot all the way across the NSX part of it to the physical and actually watch the packets go through and then see where the bottleneck is or where the interruption is. We run queries on the network flows within the application to find where they are in it and it graphically tells us how the packets are actually going through the system."
"The solution is extremely intuitive and user-friendly. When you log in to the application you are presented with a dashboard that is very reasonable for an initial user, and you can then customize it to your specific needs. But for all the data that we've found, we've only had to go through two or three drill-downs to get into that information."
"The automation collects all the relationships between servers, allowing us to visualize these relationships and organize the migration into waves."
"The best feature of this application is its ability to capture everything within the same application, as well as capture all the traffic."
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Cons

"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."
"The process of upgrading could be streamlined."
"If you have a heterogeneous environment, there might be some limitations in coverage since CloudIQ is primarily designed for Dell-based infrastructures."
"There is a need for improvement in predictive maintenance, which I assume is somewhat AI-driven."
"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."
"The main limitation of CloudIQ is that it is intended to be used exclusively with Dell hardware."
"Getting through support has become a difficult thing. Dell's support has degraded since they took over EMC. It's a bit difficult to use."
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"I would like to see more reporting features, more dashboards."
"If it had some kind of plugins with vSphere, more effective plugins with Horizon View or other VMWare products, if it had interconnectivity, I think it would be more effective than it is today."
"The product is slightly complex use, while still being user-friendly. It could use more training modules, as it is not a straightforward product."
"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."
"In a very general way, I would like to see an improvement in interoperability with third-party product, from other vendors."
"I want to be able to monitor a network flow that is approximately two weeks back, but I haven't found an easy way to do this."
"The compatibility with each and every component of the infrastructure is the main thing that I am looking for. I would like them to make sure that it's compatible with different kinds of storage systems, etc. I have seen the compatibility list. I feel it can be more compatible than it is right now."
"There's enough information there, especially in the visualizations, but I would love to see this in a kiosk mode, where I could have a dashboard for interested stakeholders to see and appreciate what's going on. Then, moving on to a more practical level for our Help Desk, our operations team could benefit by seeing, in real-time, a visual view of the network."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe it is a free product because we don't pay for it."
"The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."
"vRealize Network Insight is expensive."
"It's an expensive product because we have a lot of nodes."
"It has brought more money into our company."
"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."
"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."
"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."
"They should include the product in NSX because it's important to have it for deployment."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell CloudIQ?
Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution.
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What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?
It would be even better if it could include information on servers and other hardware components in addition to storage.
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What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?
We use it primarily for storage management.
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What do you like most about vRealize Network Insight?
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.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?
The sales team often complains about the cost whenever we need to quote vRealize Network.
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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?
Since Broadcom acquired VMware, it has been experiencing challenges. Many sales processes are not well defined. They can show a little bit more information because vRealize Network Insight is virtu...
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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
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