We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum 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."
"The monitoring just comes to us: "Oh, there's something wrong with that machine." It tells us. There are some 50,000 machines or so, all doing different things. And if they go down we hear about it."
"Scalability is a highly rated feature of this solution. It is better than some of the other tools that I've used in terms of scalability. We scaled it to tens of thousands of devices."
"Stability has been good. We really have not had any issues."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"It's a good tool. It's simple to do the configuration."
"It covers a lot of different types of hardware. It can do a lot and saves us time."
"It is easy to navigate."
"It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one."
"From a network point of view, we can see the state of the network, as well as bandwidth usage and downtime."
"I would boldly say that this is the most scalable network monitoring tool that I know of"
"It is nice to have one place where all the information is right there in front of us."
"Ability to create a dashboard inside software monitoring."
"The solution provides us response times to issues."
"The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
"The most valuable features of PRTG Network Monitor are user-friendly, and the graphical interface is good for all the network devices that are mapped in this organization. It's very easy to find reports for any devices that we are looking for."
"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."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
"We have had some issues with the spec server and the high availability replication of data. It fails over well, but it does not come back very well. We get duplicated events."
"Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues."
"Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great."
"If they could interact with the MIBs of vendors better, and have a lot more pre-loaded ones, that would be amazing for us right now."
"Other monitoring tools that I have used are easier to use."
"PRTG Network Monitor needs to show bandwidth utilization in proper graphs. It isn't easy to learn."
"Users need to buy the more expensive licenses if they expect to be able to scale."
"There seems to be a big jump from the basic scan to the really thorough scan. There is a big jump in the quantity of sensors it uses for certain things. One minute you might get ten and then the next you get 200. There seems to be a big jump between the two at times."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
"The dashboarding definitely needs improvement."
"Sometimes, it is difficult to drill down further to get information, e.g., if we saw spike in traffic, then we would want to drill down and find out what is causing that spike in traffic."
"Having a Unix implementation or Unix installation could be an improvement. Right now, it's based just on Windows, and that's a problem for some customers."
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DX Spectrum is ranked 13th in Network Monitoring Software with 115 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 5th in Network Monitoring Software with 96 reviews. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". 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 ". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and DX Performance Management, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Centreon, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM and ManageEngine OpManager. See our DX Spectrum vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
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