We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and Scout APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in IT Infrastructure Monitoring."Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."
"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."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"The product can scale."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."
"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."
"What's lacking in Cisco UCS Manager is the performance dashboard. If a blade has any performance issues, you should be able to create a dashboard on Cisco UCS Manager. Currently, this feature isn't present."
"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."
"The pricing can be better."
"I can't recall coming across any missing features."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Scout APM is ranked 32nd in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 1 review. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Scout APM is rated 10.0. 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 Scout APM writes "Great visibility and reliability with fair pricing". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas Scout APM is most compared with Zabbix, Datadog, Prometheus, New Relic and Grafana.
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