DX Performance Management vs NETSCOUT vSTREAM comparison

Broadcom and NETSCOUT are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #55 with an average rating of 8.5, while NETSCOUT is ranked #84. Broadcom holds a 0.3% mindshare in NMS, compared to NETSCOUT’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NETSCOUT users who would recommend it.

DX Performance Management

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

DX Performance Management and NETSCOUT vSTREAM compete in network performance management. DX Performance Management has an advantage in pricing and setup ease, while NETSCOUT vSTREAM excels in feature richness, offering better value through its comprehensive offerings.

Features: DX Performance Management offers detailed analytics, proactive monitoring for efficient resource allocation, and a user-friendly interface. NETSCOUT vSTREAM provides advanced threat detection, comprehensive visibility across hybrid cloud environments, and extensive integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: DX Performance Management could enhance security features, expand integration options, and provide deeper hybrid cloud visibility. NETSCOUT vSTREAM can improve ease of deployment, simplify its complex interface, and offer more competitive pricing packages.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Performance Management facilitates a streamlined deployment process with responsive support, allowing quick integration into existing systems. NETSCOUT vSTREAM offers robust support but requires more time for deployment, reflecting its advanced feature set.

Pricing and ROI: DX Performance Management presents competitive pricing, leading to a quick ROI due to lower setup costs. NETSCOUT vSTREAM requires a higher initial investment, yet its extensive features justify the cost over time, providing significant returns.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

55th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

NETSCOUT vSTREAM

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

84th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Performance Management is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETSCOUT vSTREAM is 0.3%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
DX Performance Management	0.3%
NETSCOUT vSTREAM	0.3%
Other	99.4%

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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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Keval Lodaya

Network Engineer at Inniti Network Solution

A user-friendly solution that is easy to install and improves visibility

I would like to see improvements made to the user guide. From my personal experience, it is helpful to see a list of steps describing what to do next in different situations. An example is what to do and what to back up in the case of certain types of failure. There are also cases where a customer can't understand specific features. Enhancements to the user guide would be helpful for this. More features for network fragmentation would be helpful.

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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 capability where not only the traditional SNMP information is captured but also the netflow data; who is consuming the data on the WAN, and voice-related information, is helpful. The voice quality makes it very easy for first- and second-line operators to see where the issue is, and who is impacted."

"When we deployed it, right out of the box we were able to stand up Performance Management within two weeks, in our production environment, with full discovery and relevant information, actual information, that we could use in our command center, our 24/7 operations center."

"Spectrum is very good at monitoring all network faults and configurations."

"Since the implementation of the tool, it has cut down on probably 60% of our outages and letting us know what is going on."

"Great dashboards and good integration with other solutions."

"When devices are having performance issues, it proactively build dashboards which allow us to go and do health checks, and resolve problems before they become an issue."

"You can have thousands of devices inside and hundreds of thousands of interphases without a problem."

"There is a good amount of vendor certification which comes with the product. That's all factory-loaded, no need to load any custom-made files. Most of the metrics are calibrated and captured from the devices based on the defaults available from vendor certification."

More DX Performance Management pros

"One of the valuable features is the packet decoding."

"vSTREAM gives us better visibility and reporting about our network infrastructure, allowing for cost-optimization."

Cons

"Since we are out of registered IP space, we are moving to ipv6 and we expect our vendors to move with us, and they have not delivered yet."

"This solution is not very scalable."

"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."

"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."

"It would be helpful if CA provided online training for its customers."

"Policies could be improved."

"The solution could improve the database model. It is also not very good because they have a lot of interconnections with other data sources, such as NFA and VNA."

"It seems like we escalate more than I would like to. If anything, they should look at how the tier support goes in place."

More DX Performance Management cons

"I would like for it to have a smaller footprint of the virtual appliance and better performance."

"Room for improvement exists in filtering in the packet decode."

"I would like to see improvements made to the user guide."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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. "

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

"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."

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

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

"Licensing is quite expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Educational Organization

11%

University

Financial Services Firm

16%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	25

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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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Also Known As

CA Performance Management

vSTREAM

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

The vSTREAM virtual appliance complements existing Adaptive Session Intelligence (ASI)-based instrumentation to provide the same level of visibility within virtualized and cloud infrastructures that is already possible in physical environments. The vSTREAM virtual appliance is ideal for monitoring service-critical traffic running within virtualized or cloud infrastructures, either locally on a host or as an aggregation point for multiple hosts. With complete visibility across physical, virtual and cloud networks, the vSTREAM virtual appliance presents real-time views of end-to-end call trace data and network-wide KPIs, to protect the reliability and availability of networks and application services.

NETSCOUT

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

Metropolitan Police Agency, Banpara, PropertyRoom.com

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