We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and PRTG Network Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"Automation of the ILS."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."
"The product has excellent stability."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"It is great for service level agreements and can comply fully with internet monitoring or any interface."
"Speed of deployment is one of the most valuable features."
"The best feature is that it lets me know what is going on. I need to know if something has gone down, I need to know if something is running very slowly. PRTG tells me that."
"It is pretty simple to use, which is always a good thing. It's been very reliable in updating us if any issues crop up."
"The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
"We have asked questions of their technical support and they have a very good response time."
"Its initial setup process is fast and easy."
"It gives me a live view of the traffic on the WAN."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"API lacks robustness."
"One of the biggest challenges is that we aren't always able to push the configuration onto the target device. Whenever this happens, we have to do a factory reset, put on the script, and then reconfigure it again. In the next release, I would like to have a troubleshooting feature."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve Layer 2 and Layer 3 network maps and the GUI more user-friendly. Additionally, they should bundle the features so I can monitor everything on one particular device."
"We would like more cloud native sensors for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc. A lot of businesses are moving in that direction, so having something where we can pull performance stats out of these cloud services would be great for us."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."
"The icons on PRTG's network diagram are hard to find. For example, finding the icons for firewalls and servers is difficult, so we're struggling to create the network topology."
"Improvements in data storage flexibility, such as allowing customers to specify data retention periods, would enhance PRTG."
"Having a Unix implementation or Unix installation could be an improvement. Right now, it's based just on Windows, and that's a problem for some customers."
"It would be nice if it gave us alerts via Gmail or SMS message."
"This product can be improved by updating the net flow interface. The one that is in place works – I can get all the information I need from it – but it is a little bit clunky."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 19 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 7.8, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, Centreon, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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