DX Performance Management vs LiveAction LiveNX comparison

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DX Performance Management

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DX Performance Management

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

LiveNX and DX Performance Management compete in network performance management. DX Performance Management appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature sets and robust analytics, offering more detailed insights.

Features: LiveNX offers intuitive visualization, easy integration with other technologies, and real-time insights for quick troubleshooting. DX Performance Management provides advanced analytics, scalable monitoring tools, and a broader range of features for deeper data analysis.

Room for Improvement: LiveNX could expand its advanced analytics capabilities, enhance scalability for larger enterprises, and offer a broader feature range. DX Performance Management might benefit from simplifying its user interface, reducing initial setup complexity, and improving documentation for its extensive features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LiveNX has a streamlined deployment process with flexible options and efficient customer service for prompt issue resolution. DX Performance Management requires a more resource-intensive setup but offers scalable deployment options suitable for larger environments. Its customer service is comprehensive but may seem complex due to its vast feature set.

Pricing and ROI: LiveNX offers a lower initial setup cost, leading to quicker ROI with cost-effective implementation, ideal for companies seeking quick access to essential tools. DX Performance Management, with a higher initial cost, offers significant ROI through extensive capabilities and scalability, justifying the investment over time for large enterprises in need of advanced management tools.

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Categories and Ranking

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

56th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure Capacity Planning (2nd), DX NetOps (2nd)

LiveAction LiveNX

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

49th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Monitoring (48th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Performance Management is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveAction LiveNX is 0.7%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sandip Kheni

Lead Developer at STL - Sterlite Technologies Limited

The vertical database loads faster than any other product available

We experience disconnections between the solutions own components. In the last five years, there have been many intermittent connection issues with the four components and we still don't know the reasons. The solution has issues when loading groups that have been created in the application interfaces. It would be nice to have a mobile application. In the current industry and technical word, the mobile phone is the only thing that is always in your hands. Other Broadcom products have mobile applications but the solution doesn't offer one. It would be great to view device parameters and view or download graphs from a mobile device.

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Mahesh Doshi

IT at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Very good reporting and alerting abilities but inadequate enhancement support

Before choosing the solution, it is important to rank your requirements from high to low priority. The solution has a lot of features but at a high price. If you will only use 30% of the solution to meet your requirements, then it would be better for you to explore other products. Find the solution that best fulfills your requirements. The solution itself is great. If I could use it properly, then I would rate it a seven out of ten. Unfortunately, support is a factor when determining usability or cost effectiveness. We did not receive the needed support so had to stop using the solution. For that reason, my overall rating for the solution is a five out of ten.

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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

"The solution's performance itself is very good because it is a vertical database that loads very fast in comparison to other products."

"We have been able to get a little bit better at seeing more things in real time and more just in time, so we're less reactionary."

"There is another component of the tool called Network Flow Analysis. It gives us the ability to troubleshoot issues which do not appear right away."

"The tool helps us understand network performance."

"Downloads and records are the most valuable features."

"It is the gathering of the whole performance data in our environment and our network environment, for us and our customers."

"One feature I like about CA Performance Management is the certification of the devices."

"The integration with NetFlow, the NFA solution, so that we can have our flow forensics paired with the SNMP polling performance metrics on the same page."

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"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."

"We provide a tool for our customers to manage their reports. It's an extremely highly featured platform capable of producing a lot of data. We spent quite a long time working with customers and LiveAction to create template reports, and they're very good and configurable. You get a lot of data if you don't configure them."

"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."

"Its analytical capability is really good."

"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."

"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."

"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."

"The product has a very good graphical interface."

Cons

"This tool gathers so much data, which makes it hard to convert over. To upgrade it, you really need the solution backed up. That is the issue that we are facing right now."

"I'm not a fan of many extra features since they usually burden the software and reduce its reliability."

"We experience disconnections between the solutions own components."

"DX Performance Management should increase high availability. If one of my two data centers goes offline and the other is operational, I need a seamless transition from the primary to the secondary data center. It's crucial to maintain consistent monitoring of the devices during this transition. Therefore, I require continuous, 24/7 monitoring of my system using this tool."

"Policies could be improved."

"Global synchronization errors. Sometimes it just doesn't finish in time due to the load."

"CA PM can be complex to build and configure. Creating the folders / groups / sites required establishing many rule sets."

"This solution's implementation process could be quicker. They could also optimize the hardware requirements."

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"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."

"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."

"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."

"The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers."

"They need to create a more simplified UI."

"The only downside to this software is the price."

"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."

"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices."

"They should provide more scalable licensing for the product."

"Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year."

"We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement. "

"We purchase a license to use the solution every three years and we have multiple contracts. They have been increasing the price annually. We have a baseline for three years and then we need to pay the difference from the baseline, and we are in the process of negotiating a new price for all the licenses we need. The price overall is affordable."

"I like the licensing model because it's device-based."

"We use the free version."

"It's very expensive."

"The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

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Healthcare Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX Performance Management?

The tool helps us understand network performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Performance Management?

The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices.

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What needs improvement with DX Performance Management?

Spectrum's topology view sometimes does not rebuild automatically when a device is shut down and reconnected. It requires manual discovery and rebuilding of the topology, which I hope can be improved.

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What do you like most about LiveAction LiveNX?

The product has a very good graphical interface.

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What needs improvement with LiveAction LiveNX?

The product is weak in multi-tenancy. We have to install multiple instances of LiveAction, whereas we would like to build it once for our customers. Most of these analytical packages have the same ...

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What is your primary use case for LiveAction LiveNX?

Primarily, we use the product for monitoring the standard utilization of circuits. The tool has the incredible ability to provide granular details about the traffic passing through an interface on ...

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Also Known As

CA Performance Management

LiveNX

Overview

CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).

The platform is design to reduce complexity inherent in modern networks built across numerous technology stacks through advanced network performance monitoring and relationship mapping for improved operational assurance.

Combined with CA Virtual Network Assurance, the platform extends operator visibility through advanced discovery and network performance monitoring of highly sensitive cloud and multi-layered SDN networks and service chains.

Broadcom

LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.

BlueCat

Sample Customers

Jack Henry & Assoc, Target, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, BrightHouse Networks, Telus, Unisys, Verizon, Southern California Edison, GEICO, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, American Family Insurance Group, Deutsche Telekom AG

Tampa Electric, Digital First Media, Allscripts, Boxwood Technology

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