DX Performance Management vs SolarWinds Network Automation Manager comparison

Broadcom and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #59 with an average rating of 8.5, while SolarWinds is ranked #108. Broadcom holds a 0.3% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

DX Performance Management and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager compete in the IT infrastructure optimization category. Though DX Performance Management offers stronger pricing and support, SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is favored for its advanced automation capabilities.

Features: DX Performance Management offers robust analytics, predictive insights, and performance monitoring for infrastructure optimization. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager provides extensive automation features, quick configuration changes, and enhanced network management.

Room for Improvement: DX Performance Management could expand its analytics capabilities, enhance flexibility in customization, and integrate more with third-party tools. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager may improve its deployment times, simplify its user interface, and reduce resource consumption during operations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Performance Management is noted for streamlined deployment processes with strong customer support, facilitating quicker integration with existing systems. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager requires more time and expertise for deployment, although it provides extensive help resources.

Pricing and ROI: DX Performance Management generally offers lower upfront costs, appealing to budget-conscious organizations with a better ROI due to its cost-effective pricing strategy. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager usually demands a higher initial investment but offers substantial long-term ROI through significant operational efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

59th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

SolarWinds Network Automati...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

108th

Average Rating

5.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Network Automation (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Performance Management is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is 0.1%, up from 0.1% 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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Giulio Valeri

Owner at SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS SRL

Threat detection failures, poor technical support, and expensive

We use the solution to manage all of our customer's systems. We monitor and decide if everything is okay and if not, we do changes when needed. For example, if there is a need to change the antivirus software we can automate the process and install the new one. There are scripts within the 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

"What is most useful is visibility."

"The tool helps us understand network performance."

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

"The feature that is inherent to its core, of being able to graphically represent a trend and status, is nice."

"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."

"Scalability is the reason we bought the product to begin with. It was designed from the ground up for carrier-grade services, and we are in effect a MSP ourselves. So we were really interested in looking at something to be able to handle the multi-tenancy and scale as large as possible. This was the only solution that we really considered at that level."

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

"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."

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"The installation is easy."

"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."

Cons

"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 needs role-based administration."

"When it goes through discovery, or whatever it is doing in the back-end that slows it down, sometimes we get some failures with it. "

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

"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."

"We experience disconnections between the solutions own components."

"Product has issue collecting IP SLA data."

"CA PM Business Hours Filtering: I understand that all monitoring systems have defects. The Business Hours Filtering does not always function properly. Sometimes, when applying business hours to CA PM reports that are 30 or more days in duration, the report generation times out and does not display results. We have other CA PM reports that, when we apply Business Hours Filtering, the report results displayed are the same as without the filter. We are not sure if this is a defect in CA PM or if it is a result of our complex configuration (folder structure) and application of business hours."

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"We did not like SolarWinds because it was not able to communicate between UPSA and our accounting system. They should have better integration."

"The price could be a bit lower."

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."

"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."

"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. "

"The price of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is fair. However, it is more expensive than ConnectWise."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

Government

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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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

SolarWinds NAM

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

Scale environments from 1,000 to tens of thousands of nodes with comprehensive performance, traffic, WAN, and switch port monitoring, automated change and configuration management, and IP address management in an integrated network automation software solution.

SolarWinds

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

Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond

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