We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and SolarWinds AppOptics 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."Cisco UCS Manager is overall a good package because it gives a GUI interface and a CLI."
"The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"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 Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."
"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."
"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 sum solution, NTA, and DPA."
"Some of the most valuable features of SolarWinds are the topology discovery and network performance analysis."
"Technical support is always live and they're supportive."
"The reporting of the solution is very good."
"I have found the most valuable feature is application performance management."
"The product has a great dashboard."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."
"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."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"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 integration with Unix services should be a bit more straightforward."
"In terms of the technology, I think they need to put some more advanced troubleshooting into SolarWinds, in terms of AI capabilities. That's the next generation, especially in the cases of APIs which have already adopted AI capabilities into their products."
"I would like to see more integration with other tools that are available on the market."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"AppOptics would benefit from having a much more centralized view."
"The implementation needs improvement. It needs to get modernized with the newer cloud scenario in both public and private deployment models."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while SolarWinds AppOptics is ranked 50th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 9 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds AppOptics is rated 7.8. 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 SolarWinds AppOptics writes "Unique features allow consolidating and combing metrics into a single dashboard, but don't monitor mobile solutions". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas SolarWinds AppOptics is most compared with Dynatrace, SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, Zabbix, Datadog and New Relic. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. SolarWinds AppOptics report.
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