Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) vs Statseeker comparison

Cisco and Techniche are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Cisco is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.1, while Techniche is ranked #63 with an average rating of 7.0. Cisco holds a 0.7% mindshare in NMS, compared to Techniche’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Techniche users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller and Statseeker compete in the network management solutions category. Cisco Nexus is preferred for its advanced features, while Statseeker is favored for its efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Features: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller offers advanced network visibility, automation, and deep analytics, making it suitable for complex environments. Its comprehensive features set it apart in the industry. Statseeker focuses on speed in performance monitoring, rapid data collection, and simplicity in setup. It offers a leaner approach ideal for organizations that prioritize efficiency.

Room for Improvement: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller could improve in pricing flexibility, integration ease with third-party tools, and simplifying its UI for user-friendliness. Statseeker could enhance its feature set to cover broader network management aspects, expand its analytics capabilities, and improve scalability for larger networks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cisco offers a robust support network facilitating smoother deployment and providing extensive resources for configuration. Its personalized assistance is beneficial for large enterprises. Statseeker is known for simpler and quicker deployment, appealing to businesses seeking rapid integration with less complexity. Its customer service is straightforward but could benefit from more customized support.

Pricing and ROI: Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller involves higher upfront costs justified by its feature-rich offerings, ensuring long-term value in complex network environments. Statseeker stands out with lower initial expenses, offering a faster return on investment through efficient resource use. Organizations must consider the significant financial investment with Cisco against the rapid ROI offered by Statseeker when choosing between these solutions.

To learn more, read our detailed Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) vs. Statseeker Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabri...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Statseeker

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

63rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Statseeker is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)	0.7%
Statseeker	0.4%
Other	98.9%

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Jagdev Dhaliwal

Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Flow monitoring has improved planning for east-west traffic and real-time capacity decisions

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) helps to understand the flows and data plane capacities, which are the primary use cases. Usually, people struggle with east-west traffic flow when they need to decide on firewalls or products. People typically understand north-south traffic flows but usually miss the east-west traffic flows in data centers. I was focusing more on this so that people can accordingly plan, such as after F5, the number of servers, the number of sessions needed, and whether we need to plan the interface for groups from the line capacity perspective. This kind of information was valuable to us. The real-time telemetry feature was beneficial. When experiencing performance issues, I could determine if there were any issues related to flows or areas where bottlenecks were occurring.

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John Elhariry

Team Leader at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We can set up a dashboard to monitor the status of an entire site, which provides more insight into any issues across devices

One engineer is enough for the solution's maintenance. There has been a significant improvement in Statseeker in the last few versions. It includes a wallet map and features we plan to implement when deploying the latest or penultimate versions across all our sites. This will significantly assist in identifying sites surpassing thresholds or KPIs, making issue detection much more accessible. The threshold feature is handy for identifying delays and major outages. This graphical map enables us to quickly assess the scope of nationwide problems, allowing for swift action and efficient reporting to management and service providers. This tool facilitates monitoring by visualizing all network elements with their respective coordinates, highlighting any downtimes or issues through color-coded green for operational, orange for approaching thresholds, yellow for minor alarms, and red for critical issues. The tool is a monitoring tool that helps in identifying problems. It is necessary to have someone trained to set up the dashboards because they might require some programming or specific configuration skills. Once it's configured, it works well. It's not as straightforward as other tools where you plug in the device, and everything works. With Statseeker, you still need to put in some effort to set up your dashboard properly. It requires someone with good training and proficiency in setting up these dashboards. They can benefit the technical and operations teams, providing useful insights into the network and the executive management team to receive reports on the overall network health. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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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

"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."

"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."

"It has a very nice dashboard so you can see what's currently happening in the network and the performance of the back story."

"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."

"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."

"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."

"Cisco's support I would rate as a 10 compared to all other vendors."

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"I like the fact that I can aggregate multiple interfaces into a single graph. It allows me to quickly the summary of traffic for multiple devices which is helpful."

"The most important feature for us is the interface statistics, because our customer normally asks us for bandwidth utilization reports. Statseeker has very descriptive transmit and receive information."

"If somebody is complaining about slow networking then this solution allows us to see various ports to find out whether they are being overloaded."

"Being able to look back historically at the uptime and downtime is invaluable."

"It also allows us to predict the capacity on WAN circuits, as well as other circuits, to help us plan for upgrading."

"If you need a product that's able to monitor all the ports in your environment or all the ports that you want, this is a great product to use. Statseeker is quite flexible in tailoring the product, spending time tailoring the product with you. It's fairly low maintenance. It's quite quick."

"Summary Reports provide a quick way to identify where potential issues are. Drill-downs provide more granular details very quickly."

"Grouping, Threshold/alerts, Netflow analyser, Private MIB object support are most valuable as they can provide more visibility into network performance, and for network troubleshooting."

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Cons

"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."

"The automation feature could be improved."

"I do not believe it integrated well with different infrastructures for hybrid environments."

"More integration features would be beneficial."

"The visibility of applications is not great."

"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."

"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."

"Automation for the RMA process can be added."

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"With Statseeker I'd like to see some flow, i.e. what's tuning-up the network. The trend I like is managing the traffic load by going to the cloud."

"The user interface needs a great deal of improvement."

"If it had more detailed NetFlow information then it would be far better."

"I would like to see fully automatic updates so that our version is always current."

"It doesn't do absolutely everything and it will require some additional software or hardware support to be a complete single solution."

"This solution would be improved with better automatic discovery for ping-only devices."

"The interface could be more user-friendly and it would be nice if there were enhanced options for reporting."

"Technical support for this solution is bad, as is everything with Cisco support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is always expensive, but their service, product quality, and support are good. We're happy with it, but it's still an expensive solution. There are cheaper alternatives but no similar platform across all domains."

"We usually opt for a yearly plan, commonly for three or five years upfront. Some customers may not utilize all the features included in the product, and this can lead to them paying for functionalities they don't need."

"On average, Data Center Network Manager's pricing isn't too costly unless you choose a premier license."

"The product is licensed with contracts that work on a yearly basis rather than a monthly model."

"When we purchase a Nexus box, the MDS CM license comes with it."

"The price of Cisco Data Center Network Manager is expensive compared to other vendors on the market."

"I would say that the pricing offers great value for the money."

"The solution is very expensive."

"Up until we actually talked to Statseeker, and Statseeker came and gave us an enterprise licensing model for multiple accounts, I would have said the pricing was not good value. The fact they've come to the party now and given us a very good discount, I would say it's probably about right, the pricing they're giving us now. But the retail pricing, if I went out and, as a separate company, and asked for pricing for one account, I probably would say their retail pricing is not competitive. The fact that they've given us a discount now because we have multiple servers across multiple accounts, I would say that pricing is about right, but not their retail pricing. It's too expensive."

"We now feel the pricing is a good value. Previously we had a just a normal license but now we've got an Enterprise license. Since the Enterprise, it's been a lot better value. We did think it was pretty expensive before, but with the Enterprise license it's almost less than half that price. If you have a number of accounts within the organization that use Statseeker, I would suggest get the Enterprise license."

"We pay a yearly maintenance fee of approximately $40,000 USD."

"Statseeker is pretty cheap."

"Compared to other solutions such as Zabbix and AKiPS, this solution is very well priced."

"We paid $5,000 to $10,000 a year in maintenance."

"One thing that needs improvement is how it's licensed. I understand historically the company licensed it off a same charge for everyone. I understand the company needs to make money, but how they introduced the tiered licensing model, and then multiple layers of licensing was a bit of an issue. So, on the whole, coming up with a licensing model that isn't confusing and complicated and is easy to understand would be one way to improve the product. They have told me lately that they're changing how they license stuff, but they haven't made that - as I understand it - in their marketing material public knowledge as of yet. I would say that at the moment it's a bit convoluted. It's confusing. Some of their basic licensing model is a bit of a ripoff. If you go over five or ten support calls in the basic licensing model they start charging you for support calls. I think that's a bit rich."

"We have permanent licenses so there's really no cost, other than ongoing maintenance. When I think about it, that's running us about $20,000 a year."

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Top Industries

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Government

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Educational Organization

10%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Computer Software Company

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	16

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	34

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco Data Center Network Manager?

It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Data Center Network Manager?

The tool is always expensive, but their service, product quality, and support are good. We're happy with it, but it's still an expensive solution. There are cheaper alternatives but no similar plat...

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What needs improvement with Cisco Data Center Network Manager?

I do not believe it integrated well with different infrastructures for hybrid environments. I am uncertain because we have never attempted that in our environment, so they could perform better in t...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Statseeker?

We are content with our current setup and its features. Additionally, we appreciate Statseeker's responsiveness to our queries and requests for improvements, particularly in monitoring. The upcomin...

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What needs improvement with Statseeker?

There is a need for many developments to mature Statseeker. It should provide a study use case to show how it monitors the SD-WAN service.

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What is your primary use case for Statseeker?

Statseeker provides the basic monitoring status of our network elements, including latency, ping delays, and ping drops. Its strengths lie in a couple of areas. Firstly, it is not an expensive tool...

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Cisco Data Center Network Manager

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Overview

The Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) offers a comprehensive solution for managing Cisco NX-OS switches in hybrid-cloud environments, providing automation, visibility, and consistent operations. Designed to simplify and enhance data center management, NDFC integrates with Cisco Nexus Dashboard to streamline network connectivity, reduce deployment times, and ensure seamless transitions with minimal disruptions. Its modular architecture, new user interface, and support for non-Nexus OS platforms make it a robust tool for LAN, SAN, and IP Fabric for Media management. Additionally, NDFC enhances fabric reliability, automates workflows, and supports cloud connectivity with AWS and Microsoft Azure, making it ideal for businesses adapting to increasingly complex digital environments.

Cisco

Statseeker is the only network performance monitoring technology to seamlessly and successfully combine speed + scale + value. Statseeker is a global provider delivering innovative network monitoring solutions for the IT enterprise and OT industrial market space. With active deployments in over 22 countries and many Fortune 100 firms, Statseeker monitors millions of interfaces in real-time. Instant visibility: Installed in minutes, polls up to 1 million ports from a single server… reduce your time to repair. Powerful monitoring: Checks every port over entire network, every 60 seconds… low network consumption bandwidth. Fast reporting: Practical real-time dashboard, reports in seconds, instant alerts… maximize your up-time. Smart data: 100% network data, original granularity, never rolled up, never averaged… tune for peak performance, control CAPEX and OPEX.

Techniche

Sample Customers

Banco de Guayaquil, Cox Communications, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Roper St. Francis, University of British Columbia

With active deployments in over 22 countries and many Fortune 100 firms, Statseeker monitors millions of interfaces in real-time. Some example customers include: FedEx, Optus, Verizon, California State University, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Monash University, Texas A&M University.

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