We performed a comparison between Cisco Prime and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"Cisco Prime is user-friendly, so we are comfortable using it."
"If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."
"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."
"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"We use this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"Offers a lot of functionality."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"The containerization of different objects was very helpful in building an org structure. Being able to separately manage your MSP clients with separate visibility was also helpful."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"The Global Collections are what I found to be most valuable. With the Global Collections, you're able to organize and categorize devices into "folders," or functional groups and categories, so that it doesn't matter which SpectroSERVER those devices are on."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"Scalable and stable network monitoring tool with a simple setup."
"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes."
"The solution has issues with real time monitoring of devices and NetFlow such as inadequate visualization for reports, sources, and destinations."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"The user interface of Cisco Prime could be more user-friendly and increase its performance."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"DX Spectrum is stable. However, now and then there are some issues, but overall it is good."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"I would suggest improving the web GUI to improve the device monitor configuration and to improve or to integrate the new tool for reporting."
"There should be better integration with other Broadcom products, like network performance manager. Currently, for every part of a product, you need a separate server environment. You have something for Spectrum, you have something for network performance, and you have something for NetFlow. There are a lot of islands and server farms with different technologies. They should be redeveloped to get one platform for all."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."
"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
Cisco Prime is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 17 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 3rd in Network Management Applications with 11 reviews. Cisco Prime is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Good documentation and easy migration from on-prem to cloud but needs better heat mapping". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Makes it easier to understand root cause and troubleshoot". Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight, HPE Intelligent Management Center and Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, Splunk Enterprise Security and DX Performance Management. See our Cisco Prime vs. DX Spectrum report.
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