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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

DX Unified Infrastructure Management and Nmap compete in the network and infrastructure management category. UIM seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive functionality and broader capabilities beyond network monitoring.

Features: DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers extensive probe availability for various technologies, seamless scalability, and support for multi-tenancy. Nmap is known for its efficient network scanning, identifying open ports and vulnerabilities, with its script scanning standing out.

Room for Improvement: DX Unified Infrastructure Management needs to enhance its customer support, probe maintenance, and user interface which is often seen as sluggish. Nmap could improve by offering a graphical interface for ease of use, better speed in scanning operations, and more beginner-friendly documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Unified Infrastructure Management supports hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, offering versatility. Its customer service, affected by acquisition changes, varies in quality. Nmap is primarily an on-premises tool with a strong user community for support but lacks a structured customer support system.

Pricing and ROI: DX Unified Infrastructure Management involves a high cost due to its enterprise-level features, with ROI depending on large-scale deployments. Nmap, being open-source, is free for most uses, offering significant cost-effectiveness and ROI without direct expenses.

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DX Unified Infrastructure Management vs. Nmap

September 2025

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

73rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (22nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (50th), Cloud Monitoring Software (38th), AIOps (25th)

Nmap

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

10th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

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 Unified Infrastructure Management is 0.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nmap is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nmap	0.6%
DX Unified Infrastructure Management	0.5%
Other	98.9%

Network Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

Mark Tukh

Principal Presale Consultant at Ness Technologies

Great scalability, versatility, infrastructure coverage and ease of implementation

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. The number of people needed for deployment depends on the customer, but we usually need at least one person and two to three at other times. The initial implementation takes about two months. The full implementation can be infinite because you may want to implement more. The product does not require a lot of maintenance. To increase the implementation, we push additional services in the first and second years to make it more robust and fully implemented. We usually sell to big enterprises. It can also be affordable for smaller enterprises, but we don't work with them a lot. We have from 2,000 to 10,000 workers. So the product itself can have five, ten or even 20 users.

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AntoSebastin

Cyber Security Consultant - APAC at Logon Software

Scans the network and identifies vulnerabilities on each machine

Nmap is mostly helpful during compliance checks. We run the scanner to see how many devices are on our network and find vulnerabilities in those that aren't compliant. We also use it monthly to scan our network and identify devices that aren't connected properly. This helps us detect any issues related to the operating systems of these devices. The tool's most valuable feature is its vulnerability scanning. It allows us to scan a specific range of IP addresses and discover devices within that range. This makes it easy to identify devices and view their details. Port scanning is crucial for network management tasks. It helps us identify vulnerabilities by finding open ports that may be unused or misconfigured. This tool makes it easy to detect such issues. The OS detection feature is great. Unlike other tools, Nmap provides accurate information about asset vulnerabilities, helping us easily detect and address them. Using Nmap provides value to the company, especially during compliance audits. It helps generate reports on assets, updates on workstations, and insights into network activities and potential attacks. Additionally, Nmap detects vulnerabilities and provides port details, allowing us to close unused ports on the client machines.

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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

"It delivers our customers many metrics, so they may make decisions"

"You can scale it pretty much however way you want to as long as you have the servers to throw at it."

"Monitoring infrastructure and business applications are the most valuable features."

"Monitors the infrastructure asset and also monitors as an IT service."

"I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution."

"Another division handed us the opportunity to monitor their solutions as written, and UIM was very useful for that."

"We are able to go in and actually leverage the thick client for a nice easy drag and drop solution."

"Easy admin functionality. You can quickly do all the admin functionality without reducing cycles."

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"The initial setup was simple."

"It enables us to delve deeper and identify the services and open ports on the system and visualize this information on a dashboard automatically."

"Nmap's performance is great, and I've never noticed any issues in this respect. It really doesn't put a heavy load on the machine when using it."

"Nmap has a powerful command line tool and a set of diagnostic features."

"The solution detects the operating systems, which makes testing the software much easier before making the payload."

"It is a very user-friendly product."

"Nmap is easy to use. It's a command-line interface, and the output is quite good."

"The scanning procedure includes UDP ports which sets it apart from competitors."

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Cons

"Reporting capability can be improved especially when it comes to availability."

"In the UMP, certain devices will show up multiple times and they don't correlate correctly. That's one of the issues."

"It would be good to implement views showing the aggregated status graphically."

"We had to do some work to make what was more of a business class solution work at an enterprise level."

"A useful feature to have would be automatic configuration per standard by new robots that check in for any particular customer."

"I think it can be improved by a greater provision of specialized technical support, as there are very few trained personnel there."

"There is also room for improvement in the reporting. It is not really good enough, according to our customers. So what we now usually do is use Power BI to get them the kinds of reports they want."

"How we can get more native information from CA's solutions."

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"They should deliver Playtech's username and password."

"The solution should increase the number of features under a free license."

"The tool's license limits the number of scans it can perform. Improving the license model could benefit customers by allowing more scans for compliance and other purposes."

"The challenge often lies in finding suitable courses and professional resources."

"There are concerns with the stability of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"The solution is not that easy for a beginner to learn."

"Nmap major operates through the CLI; there's no GUI component, and that's where the challenge is."

"Since I started using Nmap, it has been completely based on the command prompt and I think it would help other users if they implemented a decent GUI as well."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."

"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."

"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."

"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."

"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."

"CAD $400,000 annually."

"Nmap is an open-source product. You don't need a license to install it."

"It's an open-source solution. Commerically, only the support service is available."

"I am using the free version of Nmap."

"It's an open-source product, and I haven't seen any premiums. Options are available for those who purchase, but for my use case, everything I need is available in the community and forums."

"The solution is free of cost, but there are specific services that we have to buy."

"Nmap is open source software, which suits us well because we are a manufacturing company and not an IT company, for example. If we were an IT company, we would probably need to pay for extra support or instead go for another software solution. But as it is, we don't have any need for high-end troubleshooting tools."

"I am using the standard free version of Nmap."

"The solution is open source so it is free."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Performing Arts

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Retailer

10%

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	29
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	80

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for DX Infrastructure Manager?

We are an integrating company that offers DX Unified Infrastructure Management to customers. We help them set it up, do the integration, and provide support. Our end customers include financial ins...

What advice do you have for others considering DX Infrastructure Manager?

I would recommend DX Unified Infrastructure Management to others as it is a good and reliable solution. I would rate it nine out of ten due to its robust functionality and capability to support inf...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Infrastructure Manager?

The pricing of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is high and often a concern for customers. The cost is higher compared to other Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), which is feedback we hav...

What do you like most about Nmap?

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nmap?

I am using the free version of Nmap.

What is your primary use case for Nmap?

Nmap is used for network scanning to map the network, identify devices, and assess their status. It helps determine open ports and services running on a particular endpoint or server within an ente...

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Also Known As

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager

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Overview

DX Unified Infrastructure Management is the only solution that provides an open architecture, full-stack observability and zero-touch configuration for monitoring traditional data center, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Designed to ensure an optimal end-user experience, this solution provides a modern HTML5 operations console that makes it easy and fast for today’s IT teams to implement, use, and scale – leading to faster time to value.

Broadcom

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), a utility for comparing scan results (Ndiff), and a packet generation and response analysis tool (Nping).

Sample Customers

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex

Lockheed Martin, Eastern Bank Boston, Perspecta, Harris Corporation, Discovery Communication