Cisco UCS Manager is praised for its ease of use, robust management capabilities, integration with other Cisco products, advanced monitoring features, and efficient resource allocation. On the other hand, Cisco Intersight is lauded for its convergence into a single platform for cloud integration, scalability, and manageability. While UCS Manager offers enhanced customer service and support, Intersight lacks sufficient information in this aspect. Additionally, UCS Manager receives positive feedback on pricing, setup, licensing, and ROI, whereas such details are unavailable for Intersight. User feedback for UCS Manager suggests a need for UI enhancements, improved user experience, better documentation, troubleshooting resources, and performance optimization, while specific areas for improvement are unclear for Intersight.

Features: Cisco UCS Manager stands out for its ease of use, robust management capabilities, efficient resource allocation, and seamless integration with other Cisco products. On the other hand, Cisco Intersight offers convergence into a single platform for cloud integration, integration with other systems, an inside view of data centers and EdgeX nodes, and high manageability.

Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Cisco UCS Manager was deemed reasonable and straightforward, with fair and transparent licensing. On the other hand, the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cisco Intersight are not provided, making it difficult to compare these aspects to UCS Manager., Cisco UCS Manager has shown a positive ROI with increased productivity, reduced costs, and improved performance. Cisco Intersight's ROI is difficult to determine based on the available data.

Room for Improvement: Cisco UCS Manager has room for improvement in its user interface design, navigation, organization of features, documentation, troubleshooting resources, performance issues, and installation process. In contrast, there are no specific areas for improvement identified for Cisco Intersight.

Deployment and customer support: Based on the user reviews, there is varying feedback on the duration required to establish a new tech solution with Cisco UCS Manager. Some users mention separate timeframes for deployment and setup, while others consider them to be the same period. However, feedback for Cisco Intersight is inconclusive, making it difficult to summarize the reviews., Cisco UCS Manager is known for its efficient and helpful customer service, with prompt assistance and knowledgeable staff. On the other hand, there is insufficient information available about the customer service and support of Cisco Intersight.

The summary above is based on 15 interviews we conducted recently with Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Intersight

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

26th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (15th)

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

29th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco Intersight is 2.8%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.8%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Hussein Taha

IT Enterprise System Administrator at Misr Technology Services

Nov 21, 2022

Expands well, offers great features, and gives a great inside view of all our data centers

The major challenge for us and for Cisco Intersight is the upgrade process. Sometimes when we ask for the upgrade, we had to have a discussion internally with the team and with our Cisco tech engineer regarding the latest version. The current version for us was 4.52B and we were exploring the idea of moving to 2C, and they recommended going first to 2E. When we asked why they told us that version was very stable and came highly recommended. I know there is a difference between the long-term upgrade and the feature upgrade. Sometimes you need the new batches to eliminate any vulnerabilities or fix any bugs.

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Neil E

Solution Designer at a consultancy with self employed

Dec 20, 2022

The solution is agile, stable, scalable, and has good support

There are quite a few components when it comes to operating servers, and the process has to be done in a sequence. If UCS provided a functionality to set up all of my sequences in one go, for example, I want to apply this piece of software now, and once this is done, I want to apply this piece of software, it would be great. I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go. Also, I've been trying the solution on a mobile device, and it doesn't work that great. They could probably do with redesigning the interface so it works for different device sizes and resolutions.

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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

"I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module."

"What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability."

"Provides an overall view using a single portal."

"We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one."

"Scalable portfolio of services for remote device management, with good cloud integration. It's also easy to set up."

"Cisco Intersight has valuable features for workflow automation and inventory administration."

"The product has good integration."

"The tool helps to manage Cisco servers."

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"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."

"Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."

"The flexibility and the ease in which the features can be expanded are the solution's most valuable aspects."

"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."

"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."

"I can deploy something in my 50-odd servers all in one go, in parallel, whereas if I was to do that individually, it could be a nightmare."

"What I like most about Cisco UCS Manager is the ease of administration. It also allows the central management of maintenance, installation, and configuration activities."

"It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good."

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Cons

"When new features are added, the service becomes full of bugs."

"Cisco Intersight needs some improvement in terms of stability. Hybrid cloud management and proper hyperscaler tie-up are other areas for improvement."

"The solution needs some enhancement in order to build the cluster in two nodes."

"An area for improvement in Cisco Intersight is automation. It needs more automation capabilities. Apart from enhanced automation, I want Cisco Intersight to integrate with third-party monitoring tools in its next release."

"The product could be easy to use."

"In the future, the solution needs to plan on an extension to cover a broader range of objects since, at present, there are some Cisco devices within the range of Intersight UCS that it can't manage."

"The usability must be better."

"The product's setup should be easier."

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"The installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."

"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."

"The interface and the way it is constructed is very complex. They should work to simplify it. It's quite difficult for somebody who doesn't know the product very well. Users should be able to get proficient with it faster. There's definitely room for improvement there."

"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."

"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."

"What's lacking in Cisco UCS Manager is the performance dashboard. If a blade has any performance issues, you should be able to create a dashboard on Cisco UCS Manager. Currently, this feature isn't present."

"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."

"The pricing can be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco Intersight has competitive pricing. On a scale of one to five, my rating for its pricing is four."

"Cisco Intersight is not cheap, but it's not the most expensive product either."

"The product is cost-effective."

"It's just the standard licensing cost. There are no additional fees."

"You can get a free license for monitoring but need to purchase a license if you need extra control."

"The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."

"Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."

"Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."

"We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."

"You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."

"With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco Intersight?

Intersight can validate our environment.

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What needs improvement with Cisco Intersight?

We used the solution's automation capabilities, but it wasn’t easy. It was part of why we took some time to deploy the solution. It didn't give us much value. It wasn't that good. Intersight is a p...

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What is your primary use case for Cisco Intersight?

We use the solution for server management across various locations.

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What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?

When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?

We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum.

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced. Compared to other systems, memory failure in Cisco UCS Manager is much higher.

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Overview

Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems. Cisco HyperFlex Edge is optimized for remote sites, branch offices, and edge environments.

Cisco UCS Manager helps significantly reduce management and administration expenses by automating routine tasks to increase operational agility. Customers can extend the benefits of Cisco UCS Manager globally across an enterprise to thousands of servers in multiple domains with Cisco UCS Central Software.

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Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals

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