Cisco UCS Manager vs LiveAction LiveNX comparison

Cisco and BlueCat are both solutions in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category. Cisco is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.4, while BlueCat is ranked #48 with an average rating of 7.0. Cisco holds a 1.4% mindshare in IM, compared to BlueCat’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of BlueCat users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS Manager

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96% willing to recommend

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77% willing to recommend

Cisco UCS Manager

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

LiveAction LiveNX and Cisco UCS Manager compete in network and data center management, respectively. LiveNX excels in network performance monitoring, while Cisco UCS Manager is more comprehensive in data center management.

Features: LiveAction LiveNX offers multi-vendor network analytics, flow analysis, and application-aware network performance monitoring, providing granular insights and visual troubleshooting. Cisco UCS Manager provides integrated infrastructure management, streamlined server provisioning, and automation, offering broader infrastructure control.

Room for Improvement: LiveAction LiveNX could enhance its integration with more third-party tools, improve support for older network infrastructures, and expand its reporting features. Cisco UCS Manager may improve its user interface for a more intuitive experience, offer more flexible pricing plans, and enhance integration capabilities for heterogeneous environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LiveAction LiveNX features straightforward deployment with intuitive setup processes, complemented by effective support. Cisco UCS Manager requires more extensive implementation efforts due to its complexity but offers robust customer service.

Pricing and ROI: LiveAction LiveNX has a competitive cost structure, providing good ROI through efficient network issue resolution and performance optimization. Cisco UCS Manager often incurs higher initial costs but offers extensive functionality and integration capabilities, resulting in long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Manager

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

19th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

48th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (49th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Edwin Mwosa

IT Infrastructure Manager at KTDA

Enhanced network oversight with rapid issue identification and good efficiency

We mainly use Cisco UCS Manager to integrate and manage our Cisco switches across the building. We also utilize it for network integration. It provides an integrated solution for our Cisco environment, streamlining our operations and managing multiple Cisco devices like switches and routers Cisco…

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Mahesh Doshi

IT at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Very good reporting and alerting abilities but inadequate enhancement support

Before choosing the solution, it is important to rank your requirements from high to low priority. The solution has a lot of features but at a high price. If you will only use 30% of the solution to meet your requirements, then it would be better for you to explore other products. Find the solution that best fulfills your requirements. The solution itself is great. If I could use it properly, then I would rate it a seven out of ten. Unfortunately, support is a factor when determining usability or cost effectiveness. We did not receive the needed support so had to stop using the solution. For that reason, my overall rating for the solution is a five 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 flexibility and the ease in which the features can be expanded are the solution's most valuable aspects."

"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."

"Cisco UCS Manager is recommended for its ease of deployment and management capabilities."

"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."

"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."

"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."

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

"The most valuable features of Cisco UCS Manager include the visibility it provides and the ease of identifying issues within the Cisco environment."

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"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"Its analytical capability is really good."

"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."

"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

Cons

"For improvements, while the current graphical user interface is satisfactory, it could be further simplified for different tasks."

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

"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."

"I found it a bit of a challenge to get training on UCSM. I've been trying to get that for some time now. I feel like I have to figure it out a lot of things myself. For years I've to log calls with support whenever I've got challenges that I cannot resolve. If I had some training or more manuals, I'd be better able to handle more things on my own."

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

"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."

"The primary challenge we face is identifying the correct version to deploy during firmware upgrades or compute updates."

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"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"They need to create a more simplified UI."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It's very expensive."

"We use the free version."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

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Questions from the Community

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?

My experience with the pricing of Cisco UCS Manager ( /products/cisco-ucs-manager-reviews ) is that it is reasonable. Recently, we acquired an excellent bundle with significant discounts, with offe...

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?

For improvements, while the current graphical user interface is satisfactory, it could be further simplified for different tasks. While it has been improved from using Java to HTML, simplifying the...

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What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers. Most of these analytical packages have the same ...

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

Primarily, we use the product for monitoring the standard utilization of circuits. The tool has the incredible ability to provide granular details about the traffic passing through an interface on ...

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Overview

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.

Cisco

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

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Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals

Tampa Electric, Digital First Media, Allscripts, Boxwood Technology

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