Dell CloudIQ vs vRealize Network Insight comparison

Dell Technologies and Broadcom are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Dell Technologies is ranked #34 with an average rating of 8.5, while Broadcom is ranked #41 with an average rating of 8.0. Dell Technologies holds a 0.9% mindshare in IM, compared to Broadcom’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Dell CloudIQ

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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

34th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vRealize Network Insight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

41st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (36th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vRealize Network Insight is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell CloudIQ	0.9%
vRealize Network Insight	0.8%
Other	98.3%

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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Haseeb Sheikh

Senior Manager Enterprise Solutions at a media company with 201-500 employees

Proactive monitoring has improved availability and capacity reporting for my infrastructure

The current features including availability, performance, and capacity are good enough, and I think more of better alerting along with improved thresholds of alerts should be implemented. It is helpful, but it should also include the capability to detect zero-day attacks if there are any. I think the remediation could have been better. For example, if I am upgrading my firmware or BIOS or firmware of the infrastructure, it should give me exact CVSS scores and remediation data provided against the CVSS scores. I think the Dell CloudIQ app could be more interactive. If there is a possibility that I can open tickets or SRs via the Dell CloudIQ app, that would be a good feature.

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Shaijith KB

Senior System Specialist at General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA)

Comprehensive management and detailed reports benefit operations while improvements are needed in support and maintenance

We have Tanzu and OpenShift. We have OpenShift, Canonical, and the Tanzu one. The Tanzu platform from VMware is a Kubernetes platform. We haven't completely installed Tanzu yet; we installed the vROps part. vRealize Network Insight is beneficial because you can control the East-West traffic. vRealize has a component called NSX, which has East-West traffic controlling and micro-segmentation, that is one of the best options, and we have the layer extension, layer 2 extension possible through NSX. If you have anything accountable in any business, even in a candy business, having proper accountability on what you are selling and buying will save a lot. If you don't know what you're selling and buying, you will end up with a loss. My team does not use the flow analytics feature; we have a security and network monitoring team, which is a different SOC team. I am using it as an administrator internally. We perform different tasks including costing analysis, capacity management, and many other things. vRealize Network Insight has a concern about the maintenance part, as it requires a person to monitor it completely. It's not something you install and your report will be generated automatically. You have to work on this properly to get the insights. vRealize Network Automation, vRealize Operations, and vRealize Network Insight are completely related to the network. I cannot say much about these network aspects because I am on the operations side, but overall, the vRealize suite is good for reporting perspective or any ISO-related documentation; this is very helpful. The product is called vRealize Operations Manager, and now it is referred to as Aria or vAria. I am now a Senior System Specialist. We use different metrics because we have multiple departments, and we can monitor utilization and comparisons with the previous year. On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a seven.

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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."

"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."

"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."

"The dashboard is clear and user-friendly."

"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."

"The mobile application is the most valuable feature for us; we can monitor all the storages on our phones, and it's really good."

"CloudIQ allows us to monitor our servers centrally, and we can receive notifications in case of issues, like a potential hard drive failure."

"We chose this solution because it is a free product offered from Dell which you can use to monitor, manage and optimize cybersecurity."

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"It especially helps with deploying NSX, that you're not having to manually chase down and figure out what you need to do to microsegment VMs. This gives a nice option where you can say, "Hey, this VM, show me what flows are there." I can export it out and then import it as an NSX rule and job done."

"A lot of time is saved when you use this type of software solution for the network. We have moved systems into the new data center and the servers and systems are much faster because of the very low latency between virtual machines."

"The most valuable feature is being able to easily see the path that the VM traffic is taking, what ports are in use."

"The most valuable feture is NetFlow to help us understand how VMs communicate with each other over ports that are known and ports that are also unknown to us. Our company is a security company, so it's very important for us to know exactly which VMs are doing what at all times."

"vRNI can trace the flow of each and every packet and it is easy for us to troubleshoot all the issues that we do have with the networking."

"The benefits are it gives us insight into our network, which we can't get anywhere else."

"It gives the visibility that was either broken or there in pieces only, provides a unified view of the whole system back and forth, and has helped to reduce time to value, increase performance, more easily manage networks, and provide deep visibility."

"It helps a lot because, until now, we didn't have the tools to figure out the micro level, VM-to-VM kind of traffic; that was not in the current environment."

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Cons

"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."

"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."

"If you have a heterogeneous environment, there might be some limitations in coverage since CloudIQ is primarily designed for Dell-based infrastructures."

"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."

"The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."

"It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards."

"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."

"CloudIQ doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."

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"In a very general way, I would like to see an improvement in interoperability with third-party product, from other vendors."

"There is room for improvement as not all cases are getting resolved, and we often do not get L3 support directly, having to go through L1 and L2, resulting in delays that usually are a headache for us."

"It's pretty much user-friendly, but it could always be friendlier."

"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."

"However, stability is still in question because I don't think we have tested it to the core."

"We're still going through the learning pains so we haven't quite got out of it most of what we're looking for, yet."

"I'd like to see better support for being able to search the hardware NetFlow data. It ingests fairly well, but you can't tell, in a lot of cases, what source the data came from. I'd like to see more support for picking specific sources. That way you could really make a compelling use case. There are also some difficulties where it can't exactly trace the path between source and destination but if you hit the reverse flow on the same search it shows the entire path."

"Support could be much better. They do not do a good job of finding issues."

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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."

"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 has brought more money into our company."

"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 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."

"I rate vRealize Network Insight's pricing a seven point five out of ten."

"We have spent less time investigating network flows, so it is absolutely cost-effective."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?

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What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?

I moved to a new organization where I am also using Dell CloudIQ. I use Dell CloudIQ to monitor PowerStore as well as Dell PowerEdge servers.

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What advice do you have for others considering Dell CloudIQ?

For performance analytics, I have my own NMS in-house that I use. I have deployed a VApp on-premises with all of the servers and storage integrated, and it sends telemetry data directly to Dell. My...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vRealize Network Insight?

In VMware you have to buy a separate license for it. We have VVF and VCF-type of licenses, and if you want to go with this NSX and sort of higher-end professional services, you need to go with VCF....

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What needs improvement with vRealize Network Insight?

There is room for improvement as not all cases are getting resolved, and we often do not get L3 support directly, having to go through L1 and L2, resulting in delays that usually are a headache for...

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What is your primary use case for vRealize Network Insight?

We have Tanzu, and we also work with multiple Kubernetes services such as Nutanix and Google. We are working on these Kubernetes services on the operations side. For Tanzu, we have several componen...

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Overview

Dell CloudIQ offers advanced health status alerts, AI-driven predictive capabilities, and centralized monitoring, enhancing storage management through comprehensive visibility and operational efficiency. Its user-friendly dashboards and mobile access create a seamless experience for IT professionals.

Dell CloudIQ empowers organizations with cutting-edge features designed to streamline storage management. Health status alerts utilize a traffic light indicator system, while AI predictive capabilities enhance operational efficiency. The tool provides capacity forecasting and a comprehensive view of storage devices, facilitating updates for compliance and optimization. Centralized monitoring delivers timely issue notifications, and its dashboards, accessible via mobile, provide user-friendly navigation. CloudIQ's availability and capacity reporting features help prevent unplanned outages, offering visibility of storage devices and alerts for faults.

What key features make Dell CloudIQ stand out?

Health Status Alerts: Use traffic light indicators for immediate visibility.
AI Predictive Capabilities: Increase operational efficiency with smart insights.
Capacity Forecasting: Plan effectively with long-term storage capacity insights.
Centralized Monitoring: Consolidates data for informed decision-making.
User-Friendly Dashboards: Simplify navigation with mobile access.

What benefits should users seek in reviews?

Efficient Monitoring: Real-time alerts and notifications reduce downtime.
Enhanced Performance: Improve storage management with actionable insights.
Predictive Maintenance: Prevent issues before they arise, saving time and resources.
Cost Management: Efficient resource allocation leads to cost reduction.
Comprehensive Integration: Monitor diverse environments with ease.

In industries like healthcare and finance, Dell CloudIQ plays a crucial role in managing complex storage environments. Teams leverage its forecasting capabilities and comprehensive dashboards to maintain high performance and security standards. By supporting virtual infrastructures, Dell CloudIQ assists in delivering optimal storage solutions while addressing critical needs.

Dell Technologies

vRealize Network Insight provides deep visibility into network flows, intuitive visualization, and real-time monitoring. It identifies communication patterns and offers insights into east-west traffic within data centers, simplifying complex network analysis and troubleshooting.

This platform enhances efficiency in firewall management and supports microsegmentation with an intuitive interface. Its integration with VMware products and natural language querying adds value. Users use it for optimizing network flows, planning NSX deployments, and visualizing traffic. It assists in applying security policies, tracking data center flows, and building network architecture by providing advanced insights for policy refinement, ensuring network performance and compliance.

What are the key features of vRealize Network Insight?

Deep Network Visibility: Offers detailed insights into network flows and communication patterns.
Intuitive Visualization: Simplifies monitoring with clear, real-time graphics.
User-Friendly Interface: Facilitates easy navigation for complex network analysis.
Integration with VMware: Seamless alignment with existing VMware products.
Natural Language Querying: Offers insights with easy-to-use query capabilities.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Efficiency in Firewall Management: Streamlines and optimizes firewall operations.
Supports Microsegmentation: Enhances security through improved policy enforcement.
Advanced Network Insights: Provides valuable data for performance optimization.
Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to security and performance standards.

In specific industries, vRealize Network Insight is implemented to optimize network architecture, manage application dependencies, and enhance security measures. Companies utilize its analytical capabilities to refine policies and ensure robust network performance and security compliance, particularly in complex and hybrid cloud environments.

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Sample Customers

North Carolina State University

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