We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and Goliath Performance Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"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."
"It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good."
"I like that it not only has the ability to monitor but that it can do a lot of specific Citrix monitoring."
"Offers a diversity of features."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"Cisco UCS is expensive compared to others. The Cisco UCS Chassis is more expensive than a standalone server, but some companies require standalone servers because of their production load and affordability. You need to pay more if you require more features on the Blade or if you need more ports on the switch."
"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."
"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"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 installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"I would love to be able to tell what ISP the user is coming from."
"Issues with generating reports; consistency is not there."
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Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Goliath Performance Monitor is ranked 61st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Goliath Performance Monitor is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Goliath Performance Monitor writes "Monitors well with Citrix, stable, and the support is very responsive". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas Goliath Performance Monitor is most compared with ControlUp and Zabbix. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. Goliath Performance Monitor report.
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