We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring 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."
"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."
"The solution is highly scalable, mainly because of the templates that make it easy for you to actually edit on the system."
"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"It is more robust than other solutions. So, the stability is good."
"The solution's basic visibility is one of its most valuable features. So, it is a solution that is easy to use...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"It is very easy to monitor multiple cloud environments. It's like a single pane of glass for us. We can use it to monitor our on-prem and both of our cloud environments as opposed to having different tools for each environment. It makes it all come together in one tool."
"Splunk has drawn our attention to how the network is running. If there are alarms on things that are not functioning, it gives us early warning on problems that could arise."
"The product retains a lot of log data for subsequent analysis."
"We haven't really experienced any glitches or bugs."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the data integration."
"The alerts are the most valuable feature."
"It is a great resource for us because we have so many different data sources and to be able to aggregate that and put it through a concise dashboard or an alert really helps."
"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 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."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."
"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"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."
"I would like to see an improvement and some innovation in the customer interface."
"It's a bit difficult to use. It takes some time to get into it and to get it to do what you would like it to do. It is not straightforward to use it."
"The price has room for improvement."
"They need more EDR functionalities."
"The cost needs to be re-examined. It's extremely expensive to run. It's also expensive to expand. That's the number one complaint all of my customers have when it comes to Splunk. It's way too expensive compared to other solutions."
"We have both on-prem and cloud, and the challenge is getting all our log data aggregated or streams aggregated so that it is real-time. We do a pretty good job of that, but our organization is not using it as a security platform when it can do a great job of that."
"They do not have all the features that I expect right now."
"In the next release, I would like to see more integration with other solutions."
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Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is ranked 13th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 23 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring 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 Infrastructure Monitoring writes "Helps to ingest a massive amount of raw data and use it effectively". Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is most compared with ServiceNow IT Operations Management, Nagios XI, Cisco Intersight, Amazon CloudWatch and ITRS Geneos. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring report.
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