We compared Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Cisco UCS Manager is praised for its ease of use, robust management capabilities, integration with other Cisco products, advanced monitoring features, and efficient resource allocation. On the other hand, Cisco Intersight is lauded for its convergence into a single platform for cloud integration, scalability, and manageability. While UCS Manager offers enhanced customer service and support, Intersight lacks sufficient information in this aspect. Additionally, UCS Manager receives positive feedback on pricing, setup, licensing, and ROI, whereas such details are unavailable for Intersight. User feedback for UCS Manager suggests a need for UI enhancements, improved user experience, better documentation, troubleshooting resources, and performance optimization, while specific areas for improvement are unclear for Intersight.
Features: Cisco UCS Manager stands out for its ease of use, robust management capabilities, efficient resource allocation, and seamless integration with other Cisco products. On the other hand, Cisco Intersight offers convergence into a single platform for cloud integration, integration with other systems, an inside view of data centers and EdgeX nodes, and high manageability.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Cisco UCS Manager was deemed reasonable and straightforward, with fair and transparent licensing. On the other hand, the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cisco Intersight are not provided, making it difficult to compare these aspects to UCS Manager., Cisco UCS Manager has shown a positive ROI with increased productivity, reduced costs, and improved performance. Cisco Intersight's ROI is difficult to determine based on the available data.
Room for Improvement: Cisco UCS Manager has room for improvement in its user interface design, navigation, organization of features, documentation, troubleshooting resources, performance issues, and installation process. In contrast, there are no specific areas for improvement identified for Cisco Intersight.
Deployment and customer support: Based on the user reviews, there is varying feedback on the duration required to establish a new tech solution with Cisco UCS Manager. Some users mention separate timeframes for deployment and setup, while others consider them to be the same period. However, feedback for Cisco Intersight is inconclusive, making it difficult to summarize the reviews., Cisco UCS Manager is known for its efficient and helpful customer service, with prompt assistance and knowledgeable staff. On the other hand, there is insufficient information available about the customer service and support of Cisco Intersight.
The summary above is based on 15 interviews we conducted recently with Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The product has good integration."
"Our organization uses Cisco Intersight since it helps manage our physical infrastructure."
"I like Intersight because of the integration with HashiCorp, Kubernetes, and each cloud because Intersight is the IO module."
"Cisco Intersight has valuable features for workflow automation and inventory administration."
"Intersight can validate our environment."
"What I like most about Cisco Intersight is its manageability."
"We enjoy having an inside view of all the data centers and all the EdgeX nodes within a single portal rather than going into the EdgeX connections one by one."
"Provides an overall view using a single portal."
"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"What I like most about Cisco UCS Manager is the ease of administration. It also allows the central management of maintenance, installation, and configuration activities."
"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."
"Cisco UCS has different layers of security, and you can do multiple installations of your LIAMs on top of the server and Blade. You can install VMware, Windows Server, Hyper-V, etc."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"From a usability and functionality perspective, Cisco UCS Manager is very good."
"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."
"The solution needs some enhancement in order to build the cluster in two nodes."
"The product could be easy to use."
"The product's setup should be easier."
"Cisco Intersight needs some improvement in terms of stability. Hybrid cloud management and proper hyperscaler tie-up are other areas for improvement."
"In the future, the solution needs to plan on an extension to cover a broader range of objects since, at present, there are some Cisco devices within the range of Intersight UCS that it can't manage."
"When new features are added, the service becomes full of bugs."
"An area for improvement in Cisco Intersight is automation. It needs more automation capabilities. Apart from enhanced automation, I want Cisco Intersight to integrate with third-party monitoring tools in its next release."
"The usability must be better."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"Cisco UCS is expensive compared to others. The Cisco UCS Chassis is more expensive than a standalone server, but some companies require standalone servers because of their production load and affordability. You need to pay more if you require more features on the Blade or if you need more ports on the switch."
"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement in the software part of Cisco UCS Manager. It should be more user-friendly, especially when creating policies."
"I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go."
Cisco Intersight is ranked 26th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 10 reviews while Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews. Cisco Intersight is rated 7.8, while Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Intersight writes "Scalable and easy to set up portfolio of services; good for remote device management and other functions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". Cisco Intersight is most compared with HPE OneView, IBM Turbonomic, Cisco UCS Director, VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Operations, whereas Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix, Datadog and Moogsoft. See our Cisco Intersight vs. Cisco UCS Manager report.
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