Dell CloudIQ vs Spiceworks comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Spiceworks and Dell CloudIQ compete in the IT management category. Spiceworks seems more suited for small businesses with its affordability and straightforward deployment, while Dell CloudIQ is favored by larger enterprises due to its advanced analytics and comprehensive support.

Features: Spiceworks offers detailed IT inventory, asset management, and network monitoring with troubleshooting tools. Dell CloudIQ provides predictive analytics, automated insights, and system diagnostics, catering more towards enterprises needing a broad view of IT infrastructure health.

Room for Improvement: Spiceworks can improve its scalability, predictive capabilities, and user interface to better serve larger enterprises. Dell CloudIQ may enhance its pricing flexibility, ease of integration with non-Dell products, and provide more customization options to improve user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Spiceworks is known for a quick on-premises setup and community-driven support, appealing to those undertaking DIY approaches. Dell CloudIQ is cloud-based, ensuring easy integration with Dell technologies, and offers robust professional support, which is beneficial for complex infrastructures.

Pricing and ROI: Spiceworks presents a cost-effective solution for small to mid-sized businesses, emphasizing strong ROI with minimal setup costs and community support. Dell CloudIQ requires a larger initial investment, with potential ROI outweighing costs through detailed analytics for large enterprises seeking infrastructure optimization.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell CloudIQ vs. Spiceworks Report (Updated: June 2025).

Dell CloudIQ vs. Spiceworks

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudIQ

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

32nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Spiceworks

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

46th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (15th), IT Asset Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of Dell CloudIQ is 0.9%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spiceworks is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

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ClaudioSalgado

IT Architect Consultant at RTFM

Has proactive monitoring with predictive insights and a user-friendly interface

Some of the most valuable features of CloudIQ include its health status alerts, which allow you to see quickly if there is something that needs immediate attention, preventing the need to check each system individually. It provides a status with traffic light colors, where red indicates danger, yellow means attention is needed, and green represents normal conditions to easily understand the health of the environment. The quick overview aids in decision-making. Additionally, CloudIQ's predictive capabilities, which are enhanced by artificial intelligence, have improved operational efficiency by providing proactive information to prevent issues before they arise.

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Rohit Samel

Account Manager Enterprise Sales at Navdeep Technologies Pvt.Ltd

Cloud storage with no hardware needed and great comprehensive reports

The software is cloud-based, so I do not need to store any data locally. It is a fully software-based solution, eliminating the need for investment in hardware. We have the capability to create reports as needed. It is good software to use, as there were no incidents where I needed to contact technical support. Additionally, it is free software.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CloudIQ allows us to monitor our servers centrally, and we can receive notifications in case of issues, like a potential hard drive failure."

"The tool for forecasting capacity is valuable."

"Has really nice roll-up dashboards."

"The dashboard is clear and user-friendly."

"I rate CloudIQ a ten out of ten."

"Mobile application is the most valuable feature for us. We can monitor all the storages on our phones. It's really good."

"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."

"It's convenient because you can access it from a mobile device without needing a laptop."

More Dell CloudIQ pros

"Spiceworks is generic and free."

"The solution is easy to use and easy to manage."

"It shows the users that are currently logged in, which is not something that Active Directory by default will ever let you know up front."

"The software is cloud-based, so I do not need to store any data locally."

"Spiceworks' dashboard allows you to drill down to the notes, where I can take an inventory of the network and see the devices I need to monitor."

"It's easy to understand."

"The solution can find all asset details automatically, whether it's a Mac address, computer name, IP address, models, etc. It's very helpful."

"Helpdesk and inventory are both equally valuable, and they form the true core of the product."

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Cons

"PowerScale is the only file system offered and that is limiting."

"In terms of improvement, they should enhance the product range."

"If you have a heterogeneous environment, there might be some limitations in coverage since CloudIQ is primarily designed for Dell-based infrastructures."

"It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards."

"Doesn't do well in terms of integrating with technologies other than Dell."

"The reporting capabilities of this solution could be improved."

"The process of upgrading could be streamlined."

"It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards."

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"Once a device was recognized on the network, Spiceworks never got rid of it even after you took it off the network. You had to go in and manually remove it."

"Since Spiceworks is a free tool, it's not very scriptable or customizable."

"Sometimes, it can be difficult to integrate what you need."

"One of the biggest ways in which Spiceworks could improve is by developing better and more automated workflows. For example, in another solution called ServiceDesk by ManageEngine, you can have levels of approval in the event that there is a request for new software, or when someone requests a VPN or WiFi connection. This kind of multi-stage approval feature provided by ServiceDesk does not appear to exist in Spiceworks, and it is one of their main shortcomings for me."

"The SNMP sniffer requires a lot of work to get right."

"I am unable to provide suggestions for improvement at this moment."

"I would like to see more information when drilling down into access permissions, assignments management, or tagging. When I click a note or a device, I should be able to see more details about the router and modem. For example, I want to see the version, downtime, availability, latency, etc. I should have easy access to everything about our assets at a glance."

"Having an integrated asset management tool, where I can plug in things that are offline, would be good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is more expensive than NetApp which offers file systems in various price ranges."

"I believe it is a free product because we don't pay for it."

"The product is free! Get it now."

"Seeing that it is a low-cost solution, I would advise you to go ahead with Spiceworks and experiment with it to see if you can get things working properly, especially if you currently don't have any existing service desk software in place."

"It's free."

"The tool is cheap."

"It might be about $300 annually for a bigger company. If you pay annually, it's better and cheaper."

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it_user174738

IT Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

May 31, 2015

Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

University

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Dell CloudIQ?

It can improve the reporting facility to create custom reports or dashboards.

What is your primary use case for Dell CloudIQ?

I use it for monitoring environment security today. I look at security, capacity, and availability in our environment.

What advice do you have for others considering Dell CloudIQ?

I would rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

What do you like most about Spiceworks?

The solution is easy to use and easy to manage.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Spiceworks?

The tool is cheap.

What needs improvement with Spiceworks?

I am unable to provide suggestions for improvement at this moment, however, I can provide feedback later. Currently, there do not seem to be any issues.

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Overview

CloudIQ is a no cost Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that provides a simple monitoring interface for an unlimited number of Unity systems. CloudIQ accesses data in near real time to enable monitoring and troubleshooting for Unity systems.

Dell Technologies

From network inventory and network monitoring to help desk software, and mobile device management (MDM) to cloud services detection, Spiceworks helps you manage everything about your IT workday from one easy place.

Sample Customers

North Carolina State University

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Symantec, Webroot, EMC, Pertino

Dell CloudIQ vs. Spiceworks