We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and PRTG Network Monitor 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."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"The product has excellent stability."
"The interface of this solution is easy to use overall."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"It helps the entire organization become digitally enabled."
"From a network point of view, we can see the state of the network, as well as bandwidth usage and downtime."
"The scalability is good. You can improve a remote host or the clustering. This gives it the flexibility to monitor another infrastructure remotely."
"The bandwidth monitoring is a very attractive feature, it can tell you the bandwidth utilization while it is attempting to connect to the host for feedback."
"It is a central solution in terms of how to actually use it. It has a very easy dashboard. Everything is concise. We are able to create custom sensors. For different parts of the business, we have many products across many environments, and it works for everything."
"Speed of deployment is one of the most valuable features."
"The tool is integrated with our email for the alerts."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"Could integrate better with VMware products."
"The automation feature could be improved."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The free version only gives us 100 free sensors to use. It would be nice if there was double that."
"In terms of sensors and probes, it would be really cool if PRTG had a purely Azure-based solution. We had to install a probe on one of our cloud servers and then let that probe out from there. It would be really cool if it just monitored Azure without having to install something on the device."
"I would like a more straightforward ability to create dashboards and maps. The network maps should be a bit more flexibility in the GUI to do what we need to do."
"In a very few cases, customers want more detailed reports, which we cannot meet."
"With custom sensors, there is a lot of work which needs to be done in the background, just for it to be tailor-made for the specific thing that we are actually monitoring. We take a lot of time with the custom sensors. I would like to see the customer sensor be more robust and a bit more varied."
"Maybe in the future there will be room for improvement, but currently, there is nothing pressing that I can think of"
"They could improve the process of updating the license."
"The icons on PRTG's network diagram are hard to find. For example, finding the icons for firewalls and servers is difficult, so we're struggling to create the network topology."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Data Center Network Manager writes "Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PRTG Network Monitor writes "It's an all-in-one solution, and net flow is included in the licensing ". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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