We performed a comparison between Dell CloudIQ and DX Spectrum 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."The best thing about this solution is that you can check for the infrastructure and system updates that you might need to be compliant with the Cloud."
"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."
"Fewer vulnerabilities have been observed in the four years we have used the solution."
"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."
"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"The most valuable feature is automatic discovery."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"The Global Collections are what I found to be most valuable. With the Global Collections, you're able to organize and categorize devices into "folders," or functional groups and categories, so that it doesn't matter which SpectroSERVER those devices are on."
"The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"Supporting legacy systems is an area that can be improved."
"The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."
"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."
"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."
"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"The Spectrum OneClick is a Java-based client, and that's aging. Really, before any new feature integration, I'd love to see a comprehensive rebuild of the UI."
"The interface is not nice and needs to be improved."
"Its visualization can be improved. It doesn't have a very advanced GUI. It is very basic and simple, but it does work."
"There should be a facility to integrate with other monitoring applications that are currently running in the environment."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"I would recommend AI capability built-in so it becomes more predictable and we jump ahead of the curve. This is the one really important feature I would really like to see in any product that provides alarms."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
Dell CloudIQ is ranked 41st in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 5 reviews while DX Spectrum is ranked 16th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 115 reviews. Dell CloudIQ is rated 7.8, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell CloudIQ writes "Easily visualize your environment's performance and forecast its capacity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". Dell CloudIQ is most compared with HPE OneView, Cisco Intersight, Moogsoft, Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and NetApp Cloud Insights, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes. See our DX Spectrum vs. Dell CloudIQ report.
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