We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and Splunk APM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in IT Infrastructure Monitoring."The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."
"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"Splunk APM has helped us to standardize logging and monitoring procedures."
"Splunk's dashboards are great."
"The features are pretty much ready out of the box."
"Detectors are a powerful feature."
"The volume it handles is very good, including the number of metrics, the volume number of traces, and more."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features are troubleshooting and optimizing application performance."
"It is a good tool. It allows you to set alerts for application and infrastructure monitoring, and it allows you to create dashboards."
"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"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 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."
"The installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"The pricing can be better."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"Splunk APM should include a better correlation between resources and infrastructure monitoring."
"They can improve the flow system and the keyword language. It has predefined keywords, but they can be improved."
"We currently lack log analysis capabilities in Splunk APM."
"The monitoring of workloads when using SignalFx could be improved."
"Splunk APM's performance could be improved - at the moment, it's very slow and takes forever to give me what I want."
"The UI enhancements could be a way to improve the solution in the future."
"The cardinality is pretty low."
"I've been using the Splunk query language, and it can be a bit time-consuming to set up the queries I need."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 30th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Splunk APM is ranked 14th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability with 12 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Splunk APM is rated 8.2. 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 Splunk APM writes "Provides great visibility, analysis, and data telemetry". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas Splunk APM is most compared with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), Sentry, Elastic Observability, Monte Carlo and Grafana.
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