We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and Junos Space Network Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."It is simple to manage and it is all done from a single dashboard."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"Has a good processing feature with a high level of accuracy."
"I like the visibility, instant build, network, policies, and the ability to control access. I also like that you can visualize your whole network."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"The automation features are significant, reducing configuration time. This means outstanding functionality. By deploying the controller automatically, the rest becomes automated"
"The solution has the capability to scale."
"The solution helps in user microsegmentation."
"The most valuable feature is the technical support, as it is better than others."
"It allows me to do more of the basic firewall features, like traffic management and others, in a single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature is the management from a single pane of glass."
"A centralized platform is crucial for efficiently managing all of our switches, which were previously handled individually, leading to significant challenges."
"There should be an option for automation of template deployment by using the stored data. It is not easy to save configuration information for lots of devices without using other tools. There should be a tighter, better repository of information that can be merged with the templates."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"Technical support could be better. The price could be better, and it could be more stable."
"What I want to see in Cisco DNA Center in the future is more support for other platforms so that you can manage third-party products, such as Fortinet."
"The solution’s security side could be improved."
"There is a limitation with the number of VRFs that you can have in your network, and this has caused us problems with some customers."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"I would like to them include network real-time performance and come up with a dashboard report."
"Its interface should be improved and enhanced to offer various functions, with flexible pricing"
"I would like to see Space created to fully functional, where it's got multiple modules, particularly SD-WAN working on Corporate, or maybe become part of the Orchestrator portion."
"The upgrades are very time-consuming and difficult, and they often have to rebuild the product."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 36 reviews while Junos Space Network Director is ranked 13th in Network Management Applications with 4 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while Junos Space Network Director is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Junos Space Network Director writes "High scalability network management with centralized control and an intuitive interface that provides efficient monitoring and configuration capabilities". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center, whereas Junos Space Network Director is most compared with Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, Fortinet FortiManager, Anuta ATOM and Cisco Prime.
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