We performed a comparison between Cisco Data Center Network Manager and WhatsUp Gold 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."
"Automation of the ILS."
"The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
"Monitoring system provides a clear indication of what's going on in the network."
"After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
"I like that is easy to work on and straightforward."
"Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
"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."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
"The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one link. You can go into a particular part of the topology map, scroll in, and see exactly which module it is."
"It is easy to access and discover devices, as well as monitor them automatically. The topology discover is also a useful feature."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"The interface in the last few years it has been a lot greater, they are much more user-friendly. I like the interface."
"The most important features of WhatsUp Gold are the server health and uptime it provides. Additionally, WhatsUp Gold is a Windows-based solution which is a benefit."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The visibility of applications is not great."
"In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
"We need better performance and reliability."
"Data Center Network Manager is a little complex because it includes a lot of hardware to be installed."
"Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
"The delivery Cisco Data Center Network Manager could improve if it was easier. Additionally, some feature improvement is needed."
"The configuration is too complicated and you have to create templates and use a lot of menus."
"It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
"Regional product team support is not very good."
"The product is old and not updated."
"Pricing is too high relative to how many devices we use. The price list is not linear to number of devices."
"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."
"I might like to see a better interface in the future."
"Users want SMS available via Whatsapp Gold. They don't want to go through third party SMS servers. The solution should work to make this possible."
"WhatsUp Gold should work on real-time monitoring and configuration management. If they succeed in doing this, the solution will cover all the network troubleshooting aspects and will be a benefit."
"I would like to see better integration with switches so that you can see what is connected to each port, what the traffic is, and have a network map automatically generated."
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Cisco Data Center Network Manager is ranked 27th in Network Monitoring Software with 20 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 35th in Network Monitoring Software with 22 reviews. Cisco Data Center Network Manager is rated 8.0, while WhatsUp Gold 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 WhatsUp Gold writes "If CPU, memory, or disk space is over-utilized, it alerts us immediately via text or email if there is an issue". Cisco Data Center Network Manager is most compared with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Zabbix and Cisco DNA Center, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our Cisco Data Center Network Manager vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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