We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and SolarWinds NPM 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."
"We use the product to manage access points."
"Data Center Network Manager is absolutely stable."
"The product has excellent stability."
"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"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 product makes the management of our environment simpler."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the monitoring capabilities."
"The ability to customize the views and dashboards is nice. SolarWinds also allows us to access the data via the API. That's probably the feature I liked the most."
"This solution offers a very good view of our network and allows us to effectively monitor performance."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The stability is fantastic."
"The benefit of this solution is the reporting. We're able to report on and see our network in a graphical form. We are able to detect when a device is added to a network."
"Technical support is very helpful with our upgrades."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution needs to improve reports."
"It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
"The delivery Cisco Data Center Network Manager could improve if it was easier. Additionally, some feature improvement is needed."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"API lacks robustness."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the short retention period. Currently, it's just for seven days of data, which is very low, making it hard for my organization to keep that data. SolarWinds recommended a seven-day retention period, but my organization needs a fourteen-day data retention period. Hence, I'd like an increase in the retention period or the database limit in SolarWinds NPM because you can't go back to the data for any investigation if seven days have passed. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the database, which needs to be a bit more mature. I want a modified database in the next release of SolarWinds NPM. I'd also like more options added to groups because, currently, it's very limited."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds could have a polling engine on the site that would collect the reporting and then manage everything itself."
"Technical support and releases are not particularly reliable."
"I would like to see some enhancement on the reporting side, such as making it a little bit easier to create reports or having a larger assortment of canned reports."
"The reporting is good, but I want it to be a little easier when creating custom reports. The reports are all on the website now, but it takes some know how to get some to display the way you would like."
"The console could be more user-friendly. It would be better if SolarWinds updated the user interface."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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