We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SCOM 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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The product has excellent stability."
"The product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"Automation of the ILS."
"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"I like running the scripts. With the help of a Python script, we deployed within the configuration and built up the code."
"Availability monitoring is the feature I have found most valuable, as well as the capacity and ability to send notifications."
"This solution saves us a lot of work because it reduces the effort that is required in order to start monitoring."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"They have great integration with the active directory."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of Windows and Linux servers."
"The solution has improved our overrides and the ability to start services if they're stopped."
"The stability has been great."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"Automation for the RMA process can be added."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"It's a relatively expensive product for some clients."
"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper."
"API lacks robustness."
"All of the areas of reporting are very bad and need to be improved."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"The end-user components, including the dashboards, the administration console, and the web console, need to be improved."
"It could use some system enhancements, such as better dashboards."
"Then there is also an issue with capacity and limited space. That is something that needs to be improved."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"The solution should be more user-friendly and offer a better user interface."
"SCOM's feature that notifies us when a server is down is not present in recent updates, which has weakened the product."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SCOM is rated 7.8. 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 SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SCOM report.
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