We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Center and SolarWinds NPM 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 solution has the capability to scale."
"It is very versatile in terms of analytics."
"The solution helps with the management and orchestration of campaigns. It helps with visibility and analytics. I also like its SDA configuration."
"It does a lot of things automatically, and that's the big thing with it. They're making the software so that you don't need to be as knowledgeable as me on the switching and routing side to get your work done. If you want, you can have DNA troubleshoot your problem for you and give you solutions or fix it itself, if it was something that's just a configuration issue."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it gives some kind of ease in operations, especially since our company is moving from CLI to GUI-based configuration."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"We have many people from the team who manage a lot of devices. By using Cisco DNA Center, it has taken some of that burden away, we are impressed with it. We did the investment in CAPEX, but in the OPEX was very low."
"I think that their LAN automation is a very good feature."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"The ability to quickly identify downtime is the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the way it monitors the environment, and how user-friendly the console is for the end-user. The interface is also very easy and it captures all the information very well."
"The most valuable features in SolarWinds NPM are the network search and diagnostic tools."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"The solution ranks as one of the top five monitoring tools."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution needs to improve the dashboard."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"Cisco DNA Center should improve its configuration management. It is better to have a dev version before pushing it."
"Technical support could be better. The price could be better, and it could be more stable."
"The solution's integration feature can be better."
"The solution's technical support is an area with which my company's clients have a problem. Cisco doesn't provide good technical support unless a user has a big account that Cisco wants to retain."
"A feature I would ask for is for them to have this solution available for Linux systems instead of Windows."
"I think Solar Winds NPM needs to create a profile with documentation responsibility."
"One of the challenges with SolarWinds is that in order to pull the data, we have to have a lot of false positives."
"The scalability can be better."
"GUI needs improvement with a more graphical dashboard."
"SolarWinds could offer more support and insights for a broader range of devices. Currently, it focuses on routers, switches, and some load balancers. However, it lacks an out-of-the-box dashboard for monitoring firewalls and some other modern network security devices. We have to customize it a lot."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
Cisco DNA Center is ranked 25th in Network Monitoring Software with 37 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco DNA Center vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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