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Cisco Intersight vs HPE OneView comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Cisco Intersight offers cost-effective operations by reducing personnel, consolidating resources, and minimizing configuration time and workload.
Sentiment score
1.0
HPE OneView streamlines hardware setup, saves time, simplifies networking, and provides significant ROI advantages for most users.
It simplifies the onboarding of new hardware, reducing time spent on manual installations and configurations.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Cisco Intersight customer service is praised for prompt, professional support, though regional inefficiencies and contract requirements exist.
Sentiment score
8.1
HPE OneView customer service experiences vary, with efficient high-level support but challenges at initial levels, often rated 8/10.
For complex issues, it's challenging to get the right engineer quickly unless you have a specific contract like CX.
Senior Network Architect at ocp tech
Cisco provides better support than anyone else.
Sr. Network Engineer at Saudi Business Machines - SBM
Cisco technical support is helpful.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
The customer service and support have been responsive.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I would give the quality of HPE OneView's technical support an eight out of ten rating, indicating good customer service and support in my opinion.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
The technical support for HPE OneView rates as an 8 on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 is the best.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Cisco Intersight is praised for its scalability, allowing easy management and automation across multiple environments with minimal configuration.
Sentiment score
8.5
HPE OneView facilitates infrastructure growth with seamless integration, preferred for scalability and managing large server environments effectively.
I rate its scalability a ten out of ten due to its capability to manage multiple domains and automate service requests.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
Scalability allows for creating server profiles quickly, mapping them to multiple servers, and removing them when scaling down.
Technical Marketing Engineer Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures at NetApp
Cisco Intersight is scalable enough for our needs, allowing management in a multi-environment setup and working remotely while deploying servers.
Student at University of Helsinki
HPE OneView is highly scalable, especially useful for organizations with large infrastructures.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
HPE OneView is a scalable solution since you can integrate any number of servers based on your license.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
Scalability is fine as we can add Synergy frames and extend many frames as needed.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Cisco Intersight is stable with reliable notifications, though upgrade issues and technical gaps occasionally affect its performance.
Sentiment score
6.6
HPE OneView is highly reliable with most versions stable, though minor bugs exist, and timely upgrades enhance performance.
Some steps are not included in the official documentation, which can create challenges.
Senior Network Architect at ocp tech
It is always accessible online, secure, and allows access from any location, following strict authentication standards.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
Insufficient data center cooling can lead to temperature-related performance issues, and Cisco Intersight captures these details.
Technical Marketing Engineer Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures at NetApp
The stability of the blades is concerning; we have frequent issues with blades having memory or power issues.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
HPE OneView is a stable solution that works efficiently.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
It supports unified monitoring effectively but may have areas for enhancement.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
 

Room For Improvement

Cisco Intersight users seek better integration, migration, and automation, stressing improvements in usability, hybrid cloud management, and AI features.
HPE OneView users want better integration, enhanced support, improved management features, user-friendly interface, and reduced licensing costs.
There is a significant issue regarding migration from UCS Manager into Intersight without formatting the Fabric Interconnects (FI), which is problematic in a production environment.
System Presale at Bezeq
It would be great to have a chat session mode AI so that when I am on standby and encountering issues, I could engage with it, much like ChatGPT.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
When registering our devices and servers using tokens, auto-detection could make it easier by automatically identifying resources and adding them to the platform.
Student at University of Helsinki
The upgrade process is lengthy, requiring careful planning as we cannot match ESXi versions without aligning OneView first, leading to delays.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I believe the prices of HPE OneView should be reduced, as it is quite expensive.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
From the dashboard and reporting perspective, HPE OneView could be improved by having multiple modules rather than just a single customization option.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
 

Setup Cost

Cisco Intersight offers flexible, competitive pricing with various licensing options, though advanced features may incur additional costs.
HPE OneView pricing varies significantly, viewed as cost-effective by some yet expensive by others, depending on deployment scale.
The pricing is fair and reasonable, particularly for enterprises.
Systems Engineer at FNB South Africa
Cisco Intersight's license cost is very high compared to AWS and Azure solutions, which have lower initiation costs.
Student at University of Helsinki
The pricing mechanism sounds fair.
System Presale at Bezeq
Customers need to pay a substantial amount for the licenses, especially when monitoring a large number of servers and storages.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
Our main concern is managing expenses related to the VMware licensing model which affects blade usage.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Cisco Intersight excels in integration, centralized management, automation, and visibility for hybrid and multi-cloud data centers.
HPE OneView streamlines infrastructure management with automation, improving efficiency, deployment speed, and operational visibility for enhanced user experience.
This solution has provided time savings and required fewer people to operate this tool, rather than direct cost savings.
Sr. Network Engineer at Saudi Business Machines - SBM
It provides visibility into other products and storage, and is beneficial for environments where Cisco and other vendors coexist, allowing full visibility of the entire infrastructure.
System Presale at Bezeq
It also provides predictive analysis, predicting data leaks and making it easy to scale up servers remotely without requiring physical interference.
Student at University of Helsinki
I can monitor everything in one view, which has significantly improved operational efficiency for us.
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
The ease of management with HPE OneView is excellent.
Sr. Systems Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
One of the best features of HPE OneView is that you get a complete architecture with a single click.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Intersight
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (14th)
HPE OneView
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco Intersight is 1.5%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE OneView is 1.1%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Intersight1.5%
HPE OneView1.1%
Other97.4%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

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Technical Marketing Engineer Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures at NetApp
Centralized policies have simplified hybrid operations and now support automated workflows
The challenge could be if there are any bugs. Most of the time, you may feel that the TCAM resources are getting full on the Nexus just because of some bug or the configuration is not supported. Or sometimes, if there are any vulnerabilities happening on the current running firmware, those are challenges we have. And if you talk about from the compute side, there were initial bugs such as a CPU throttle issue. Because of that, the chassis was not running in an optimum way. You may see performance issues during that time. For that, Cisco released a patch, and it got fixed. I think Cisco Intersight should allow more automation capabilities. It should be more open, and it should provide more automation capabilities. I think there is also a scope of making it a little bit simpler because a lot of policy and config sometimes becomes confusing for the user because it has a lot of config. Maybe they can do a little bit of simplification with Cisco Intersight.
Kapil Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
Gaining seamless monitoring and customization capabilities
One of the best features of HPE OneView is that you get a complete architecture with a single click. The analytics and monitoring tools in HPE OneView are superior to other network monitoring platforms such as Nagios. The features include multiple modules that allow you to create and write your own scripts based on your requirements for different servers such as database servers or tapping roaming servers. There is more feasibility when using HP Service Manager because, unlike other tools with predefined standards for script writing, we have the option for customization as per our choice, and dashboard reports can be customized.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise51
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cisco Intersight?
The firmware management in the S-Series is not as Cisco described when we purchased it. You should be able to manage firmware without bringing the host down, but that is not the case. Unfortunately...
What is your primary use case for Cisco Intersight?
We are a cloud provider serving customers with IaaS.
What advice do you have for others considering Cisco Intersight?
I have experience with B-Series, C-Series, and S-Series equipment. I would recommend the S-Series but not the C-Series. I would rate this solution an eight overall.
What needs improvement with HPE OneView?
From the dashboard and reporting perspective, HPE OneView could be improved by having multiple modules rather than just a single customization option.
What is your primary use case for HPE OneView?
The typical use case for HPE OneView addresses a shift from manual monitoring, where clients needed to log in to the server every hour. After integrating everything on HP Service Manager and HP Ope...
What advice do you have for others considering HPE OneView?
Regarding the integration capabilities of HPE OneView with platforms such as VMware, SAP, or other platforms, I work for Telecom VAS servers, for SMSC, CMC, and CRB. We already have an HP team in p...
 

Also Known As

Intersight
HP OneView
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

EXMAR, RapidScale
Asante, ITS Nordics, Columbus Communications, Mansfield Oil
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