We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and Zabbix 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."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"Automation of the ILS."
"The product has excellent stability."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"The most valuable features of Zabbix are flexibility and a single interface for different types of monitoring."
"During my testing, the features that I like the most are that it can be integrated with my system, and it provides me with reports of all of my servers."
"The solution's design has recently changed and it is visually pleasing with more color, for example, there is blue, black, and white."
"It's a flexible solution."
"We use Zabbix to monitor our organization's IT infrastructure and workstations. We don't use Microsoft Intune since it's expensive. The tool's real-time alerting system has proved crucial for us, particularly when a new device joins a network that is not one of our own devices. It notifies us about the presence of this new device, allowing us to investigate further. Additionally, it alerts us about disk usage, memory usage, and the software installed on the machine."
"The integration capabilities and APIs are the best part."
"In terms of customization and integration, we have more flexibility. We can automate configurations, define deletion rules, and customize based on the needs. The client interface allows for further configuration, making it quite comprehensive."
"Zabbix has a roadmap and they are continuously and frequently adding new features."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"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."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"If the customer thinks about using additional solutions, Cisco should make sure they are not left out."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"API lacks robustness."
"The only improvement I would suggest, revolves around its AI and ML capabilities."
"Sometimes, the documentation is a little bit written in Estonia – a country in Europe. The language barrier and translation to English can sometimes make it difficult to understand what they're trying to get at. It's just a language thing."
"Zabbix does not draw automatic mapping of the network, this is something they should add in the future. There is a lot of effort that is involved in tailoring some of the settings which could be made easier."
"Even though it’s such a powerful monitoring system, it would be more helpful if it had a flexible UI."
"The user web interface is a little bit too basic, we need to link Zabbix to Grafana to have more options, such as graphs and charts. The interface needs to be improved. Additionally, there could be better integration with Grafana API."
"Zabbix is not easy to configure, and upgrading is also an issue."
"There is a bit of a learning curve during installation."
"Implementation is always tailored to the customer and the kind of information we need from the client to carry it out can make them very uncomfortable. Sometimes the clients are not ready to share it."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 26th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while Zabbix is ranked 1st in Network Monitoring Software with 98 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while Zabbix 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 Zabbix writes "Allows any number of customizations but lacks functionality for finding root causes". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Cisco DNA Center and SolarWinds NPM, whereas Zabbix is most compared with Centreon, Checkmk, SolarWinds NPM, Nagios XI and Nagios Core. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. Zabbix report.
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