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ClearSight Analyzer vs DX Spectrum comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

ClearSight Analyzer
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
102nd
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
DX Spectrum
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
20th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
117
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (18th), Network Troubleshooting (6th), DX NetOps (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of ClearSight Analyzer is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DX Spectrum is 0.9%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

DT
Shows question being asked, breaks it down and it'll just show you who's not answering
I wouldn't want the interface to go towards the web because they did have a version that was inside of the TruView product. It was more web-based and, to me, the web-based applications lose the robustness of the intimacy of a true character interface. I liked that they were on that path and I hope that they stay on that path because it just looks like it's a better product. I would like to see a multi-user version where you can have a launch platform and, potentially, instead of buying six licenses you buy 12 seats or something like that. From a centralized platform, you could have multiple users using that particular product in a series of different ways. That's what I'd like to see, rather than having everybody running a standalone one on their own workstation.
DickBaker - PeerSpot reviewer
An all-inclusive monitoring solution that adapts to emerging technologies
The product helps to correlate events.  The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability. DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features.  I have been using the product since 2005.  I rate DX Spectrum's stability an eight point five…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"What ClearSight will do is it actually maps out the conversation for you."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"​It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time.​"
"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"We use Spectrum for network analysis, failure detection, and sending information to our service management tool."
"We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate."
"What I like best is the configuration management functionality."
"The fault management is perfect."
"​The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch.​"
 

Cons

"I would like to see a multi-user version where you can have a launch platform and, potentially, instead of buying six licenses you buy 12 seats or something like that."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"It takes some time to learn how to use this solution."
"It's not a great performance management tool. Its reporting capabilities are not very good at all."
"Technical support for this product is not so good. It needs improvement."
"For my use case, incident coordination was an area of improvement. The internal software engine for coordinating outages could use improvement because sometimes, we used to get false alerts for unrelated devices. They did a really good job of trying to make sure that you got one major alert and any of the subsequent devices downstream were just additions to that, but occasionally, the engine wouldn't properly catch the right things, and we used to get a flood of alerts."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"The visual is a little archaic."
"We want to make our own choice for the AIOps solution and do not want to be forced to use the Broadcom OI solution by default."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was pretty modest because you could get it in different ways. I think the six licenses, at that time, were about $1,000 each. But then again, I work for a school and educators tend to get discounts on things. So maybe it cost us about five or six hundred a copy."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"It is expensive compared to other tools in the market."
"The price is good enough to expect an ideal solution. It's expensive."
"DX Spectrum's pricing is neither expensive nor cheap."
"The price is very high."
"It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly."
"In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management)."
"The product, support, and maintenance are all expensive, which is another reason that we are switching to another solution."
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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about DX Spectrum?
The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Spectrum?
The price of DX Spectrum is not competitive when compared to other solutions, such as SolarWinds. The high price has caused us to lose many deals.
What needs improvement with DX Spectrum?
I would like to see improvements in making the interface more user-friendly. Many people find it not simple to use. One of the common customer complaints is about the alarm notifications. Currently...
 

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Sample Customers

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
National Informatics Centre India, Banese, Olympus, AlphaServe Technologies, Sicredi
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