We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and Meraki Dashboard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"We were able to standardize the internal processes across all internal departments, resulting in almost an elimination of non-standard process flows through our organization."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"It helps our NetOps group actually handle alarms in a way that lets them see the bigger picture of those alarms, and how they might affect our services. It helps us communicate information about the network state better to services that might be impacted by a specific network condition."
"The monitoring just comes to us: "Oh, there's something wrong with that machine." It tells us. There are some 50,000 machines or so, all doing different things. And if they go down we hear about it."
"The presentation layer is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The integration point."
"The Spectrum tool improved our network assurance levels for our business units."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"Some of the features I have found valuable are the ease of access, simple configuration, and monitoring."
"It's really user-friendly."
"It's a scalable solution."
"What I found most valuable in the Meraki Dashboard is straight monitoring of the different devices, as well as the ability to easily set up VPNs, for example, both Meraki client VPNs and non-Meraki VPNs for different organizations that work with my company. I also like that the tool is a really good firewall."
"Easy to configure with great troubleshooting feature."
"We greatly utilize the network because we can plug it into the DNS, VPN, or equipment. It's very good. Meraki Dashboard enhances wireless network management. We appreciate its flexibility, as it allows for easy suite configuration. We can handle everything on there when there's a policy or any other requirement."
"The solution scales well."
"It is a reliable product. It provides a lot of information that is easy to read."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The interface is not nice and needs to be improved."
"There's a little bit of complexity to the initial install because you're dealing with operating systems. You have to make sure all the prerequisites are done, anti-virus exceptions, etc. Then there's the bringing it up and then there's discovery of the network and setting that up. It takes time."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"The CA Technologies sales team destroyed their relationship with our business units."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"The product should provide performance management features."
"From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World."
"The product is missing a VPN and it is a major issue when it comes to deployment."
"What we would like from the IT perspective is a lot more granular control, more visibility into the packets, into the routing, and things of that nature."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"Third-party switches do not necessarily integrate easily with the system and this could be improved to allow for better adaptation."
"It would be helpful to have the ability to create a floor plan based on an existing PDF or JPEG, which is automatically converted into a usable network map."
"The downside to the simplicity is that you can't get as granular as you could with the Cisco APs."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix. See our DX Spectrum vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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