We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and OpenText Network Node Manager i 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."The product’s stability and robustness are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"The fault management is perfect."
"Spectrum is very useful for us, because the product lets us monitor and control all the various components of our infrastructure that support our business from an IT perspective."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"The Spectrum tool improved our network assurance levels for our business units."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"Our monitoring and network teams of less than 100 people use this solution. The availability and fault monitoring are good."
"It is a scalable product."
"The platform has good stability."
"It's quite a mature solution."
"It is stable for fault and availability."
"Most valuable function would have to the internal causal engine and its root cause analyzer which keep us updated on critical errors and incidents in our network environment."
"We do not have any issues stability-wise."
"The best feature is the solution's entire credibility with all vendors."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"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."
"There should be a facility to integrate with other monitoring applications that are currently running in the environment."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"For us, the implementation was quite complex but it's because of the large number of different environments we're dealing with."
"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."
"I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models."
"The resources utilized could be a bit higher, and that is one of the challenges that isn't optimized"
"Micro Focus Network Node Manager is not powered to drill down for traffic visibility."
"The dashboards are not customizable and it's not user-friendly."
"Reporting. Even though this is available in separate software (iSPI) there is potential in making the reporting more SLA-aware and more intuitive."
"As the technologies evolve, also these solutions or the monitoring tools should evolve to cover the progress in technology, including capabilities related to monitoring of virtualized devices today, as the DNS is on the table in this way."
"Only to improve the GUI."
"They should add AI options in the product's next release."
"The deployment architecture and installation part needs improvement."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews while OpenText Network Node Manager i is ranked 13th in Network Management Applications with 23 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while OpenText Network Node Manager i is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Network Node Manager i writes "Easy-to-implement product with a valuable map topology feature". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM and Cisco DNA Center, whereas OpenText Network Node Manager i is most compared with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Cisco DNA Center, IBM Tivoli NetCool and Fortinet FortiManager. See our DX Spectrum vs. OpenText Network Node Manager i report.
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