CA Unified Communications Monitor vs DX Performance Management comparison

CA Unified Communications Monitor and DX Performance Management are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. CA Unified Communications Monitor is ranked #88, while DX Performance Management is ranked #52 with an average rating of 8.5. CA Unified Communications Monitor holds a 0.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to DX Performance Management’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of CA Unified Communications Monitor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of DX Performance Management users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

CA Unified Communications Monitor and DX Performance Management compete in communication and performance monitoring software. DX Performance Management often has an advantage because of its extensive features and value.

Features: CA Unified Communications Monitor provides detailed analytics for unified communications, customizable alerts, and integration with telecommunication infrastructures. DX Performance Management includes features for comprehensive network health monitoring, anomaly detection, and advanced reporting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: CA Unified Communications Monitor could benefit from enhancing its integration capabilities with non-communication network components, improving its user interface for ease of use, and expanding its analytics features. DX Performance Management can improve by simplifying its deployment process, offering more cost-effective solutions for smaller businesses, and providing more intuitive dashboards.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Unified Communications Monitor is praised for its straightforward deployment, catering to enterprises requiring a seamless setup, and offers reliable customer service. DX Performance Management provides sophisticated deployment options that integrate complex systems and backs these with comprehensive support services, crucial for companies needing extensive assistance.

Pricing and ROI: CA Unified Communications Monitor typically requires a lower initial investment, appealing to organizations focused on specific communication monitoring needs, delivering quick ROI. DX Performance Management, with potentially higher upfront costs, offers significant ROI through extensive performance insights and improvements in network efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

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Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

88th

Average Rating

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Unified Communications Monitoring (3rd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (69th)

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

52nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure Capacity Planning (2nd), DX NetOps (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of CA Unified Communications Monitor is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DX Performance Management is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
DX Performance Management	0.5%
CA Unified Communications Monitor	0.5%
Other	99.0%

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Featured Reviews

itarchit489981

IT Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Good end-to-end voice quality monitoring and offers valuable features

The solution should have automatic baseline detection. On the per hour, per base, per week. That's usually the best. And on a per individual CI level. I know that they're working on it and when that's available then we will definitely implement it because it will reduce the effort we need to maintain all the products. Right now we have to set thresholds for every location, and it needs to be actually dynamic so if we have better thresholding, we'll have faster alarms across all our locations. We won't have to expend effort on it by resetting or checking them on a regular basis.

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reviewer1810893

Senior IT Operations Specialist at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Flexibility and detailed performance stats enable effective network monitoring

Spectrum is very good at monitoring all network faults and configurations. It enables me to take action based on network issues. The Performance Management provides detailed network performance stats, including CPU, memory, and interface bandwidth. Additionally, Spectrum is flexible and allows me to organize and treat devices uniquely without impacting other devices.

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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

"Good end-to-end monitoring"

"We use the solution to meet the needs of the customer."

"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use."

"The ability to very quickly and graphically navigate around, being able to zoom in to a timeframe, apply it to all the other panels... are all very intuitive."

"We have been able to get a little bit better at seeing more things in real time and more just in time, so we're less reactionary."

"I can get it to run a report showing, for instance, what root drives are in the critical range in terms of being full, like 90 percent full, and disseminate that information to the other areas of the organization."

"Since the implementation of the tool, it has cut down on probably 60% of our outages and letting us know what is going on."

"When we deployed it, right out of the box we were able to stand up Performance Management within two weeks, in our production environment, with full discovery and relevant information, actual information, that we could use in our command center, our 24/7 operations center."

"Customer service is top-notch."

"My sales representative, I would not trade him in for the world. He has done a really good job. I am really happy with him."

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Cons

"The solution should have automatic baseline detection."

"All the features and functions of the solution can be improved."

"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."

"Since we are out of registered IP space, we are moving to ipv6 and we expect our vendors to move with us, and they have not delivered yet."

"I'm not a fan of many extra features since they usually burden the software and reduce its reliability."

"Some of the individual report views, the way some of the columns sort, there's room for improvement in giving us more flexibility in being able to sort reports based, for example, on what columns the metrics fall under."

"Even though we can see when something is not available, it would also be it would be nice if some sort of alerting took place to that you could know immediately if something went down."

"The quantity of views which are tied to specific metric families is too high. Also, the problem is the view doesn't tell you which metric family it uses, so you don't know why you don't see data."

"I think it would be helpful having a more comprehensive set of certifications so that I could natively deploy devices to my environment and the tool would immediately recognize and immediately be able to provide relevant performance information without a lot of tuning on my part."

"It needs role-based administration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We purchase a license to use the solution every three years and we have multiple contracts. They have been increasing the price annually. We have a baseline for three years and then we need to pay the difference from the baseline, and we are in the process of negotiating a new price for all the licenses we need. The price overall is affordable."

"We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement. "

"Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year."

"They should provide more scalable licensing for the product."

"I like the licensing model because it's device-based."

"The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

15%

Educational Organization

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	25

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What needs improvement with DX Performance Management?

Spectrum's topology view sometimes does not rebuild automatically when a device is shut down and reconnected. It requires manual discovery and rebuilding of the topology, which I hope can be improved.

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What is your primary use case for DX Performance Management?

I have used Spectrum for monitoring all network faults, configurations, and troubleshooting network issues. It provides network performance stats, such as CPU, memory, and interface bandwidth detai...

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What advice do you have for others considering DX Performance Management?

I would recommend this solution based on its functionality, flexibility, customizability, and ease of use. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I am just a customer and not a par...

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Also Known As

CA UC Monitor

CA Performance Management

Overview

CA Unified Communications Monitor is a unified communications monitoring solution that evaluates and reports on the network’s support of real-time applications in multi-vendor environments, so that Network Administrators can optimize the network’s quality of service and end user experience.

Broadcom

CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).

The platform is design to reduce complexity inherent in modern networks built across numerous technology stacks through advanced network performance monitoring and relationship mapping for improved operational assurance.

Combined with CA Virtual Network Assurance, the platform extends operator visibility through advanced discovery and network performance monitoring of highly sensitive cloud and multi-layered SDN networks and service chains.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

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Jack Henry & Assoc, Target, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, BrightHouse Networks, Telus, Unisys, Verizon, Southern California Edison, GEICO, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, American Family Insurance Group, Deutsche Telekom AG

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