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Broadcom and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #75, while SolarWinds is ranked #107. Broadcom holds a 0.4% mindshare in NMS, compared to SolarWinds’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 92% 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 Unified Infrastructure Management and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager compete in the network and infrastructure management domain. Feedback suggests DX Unified Infrastructure Management may have an advantage with better pricing and support, while SolarWinds Network Automation Manager offers extensive features that enhance its value.

Features: DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers monitoring capabilities, scalability, and integration with third-party tools. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager provides network configuration, change management, and automation of repetitive tasks.

Room for Improvement: DX Unified Infrastructure Management could enhance its reporting features, user interface, and simplify its automation processes. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager could improve its pricing model, enhance integration capabilities, and streamline its initial setup as part of its deployment process.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers streamlined deployment with comprehensive support resources. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager, while more complex to deploy, provides excellent guided support to enhance customer satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: DX Unified Infrastructure Management is noted for competitive pricing with a promising ROI by reducing costs and improving efficiency. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager, with a higher initial cost, justifies the expense with substantial long-term ROI due to advanced automation capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

DX Unified Infrastructure M...
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
75th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
120
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (24th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (55th), Cloud Monitoring Software (41st), AIOps (21st)
SolarWinds Network Automati...
Ranking in Network Monitoring Software
107th
Average Rating
5.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Network Automation (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is 0.4%, down from 0.4% 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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Arunpandiyan M - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up, simple to use, and offers great technical support
There are quite a few manual processes. We've had issues with pulling reports. Sometimes we have trouble or get errors. The reporting process should be easier. If you have a hub, you should be able to have an unlimited number of servers. For example, if you have 500 servers, and the limit is ten, you have to pull 50 reports. We'd like to just pull one report for all servers. This also increases the time to pull reports. If we have to pull more reports, it takes that much longer than just pulling one. The product can be expensive. Right now, they are updating and consolidating the dashboard. I'm expecting an update that will resolve a few glitches in the server.
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Giulio Valeri - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"The ability to monitor any platform. We have Windows, Linux, AIX, and mainframe all being monitored with the same UIM infrastructure."
"You can scale it pretty much however way you want to as long as you have the servers to throw at it."
"The feature that we've found to be very helpful is the way the solution categorizes the devices to identify groups, groups of devices and clusters. This allows us to be aware of their position within the topology."
"It gives an alarm when there's something going on, not just when there's an expected spike that happens every night on a server."
"DX UIM is scalable."
"What I like about DX Unified Infrastructure Management is that it's a very good product. The feature I found most valuable in the solution is the MCS feature, which is the automatic deployment of the objects you want to monitor. You can set up a system, for example, if it's a Windows machine and I want to test specific devices on it, I could do that through DX Unified Infrastructure Management. That type of deployment is very good because it means you won't miss any monitoring aspect on any server."
"We are able to go in and actually leverage the thick client for a nice easy drag and drop solution."
"DX Unified Infrastructure Management offers visibility into network activities, integration capacity, and enhances monitoring at the core and application levels."
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"The installation is easy."
"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."
 

Cons

"​We want to see more investment in the UI and the dashboard."
"DX UIM's reporting and customization need to be improved."
"I'm very happy with DX Unified Infrastructure Management, but what could be improved is its user interface because currently, it has many wide spaces. All the information you need is in DX Unified Infrastructure Management, and it's a reliable tool, and though that's more important than the gaps in the user interface being smaller or wider, those gaps still need some improvement. I know the team is working on it. My company had some backend problems with DX Unified Infrastructure Management in the past that have now been solved. The setup for the tool also needs improvement because it's complex. Another room for improvement in DX Unified Infrastructure Management is its technical support because it's sometimes not as knowledgeable or responsive. What I'm suggesting to be added to the tool is an open-standard ELK Elastic-based database where you can put in all data, so that you can use the data in other systems as well."
"The UIM has no features through goods and services yet. ​"
"Stability."
"A useful feature to have would be automatic configuration per standard by new robots that check in for any particular customer."
"The company has not kept pace with developments."
"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."
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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 license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."
"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."
"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."
"CAD $400,000 annually."
"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 price of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is fair. However, it is more expensive than ConnectWise."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Educational Organization
44%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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

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

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex
Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond
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