We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Manager and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."
"Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."
"The flexibility and the ease in which the features can be expanded are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"Cisco Infrastructure is one of the top vendors and no one can beat them in terms of switching and routing."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"Ease of management is certainly the most valuable feature in this product."
"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."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."
"The documentation is very good."
"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 valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."
"The solution effectively monitors network devices and servers."
"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."
"Auto scanning is most valuable. It looks for rogue devices on your network."
"I use it on premises to monitor my network database. We monitor the link up/down and use the SNMP traps as well."
"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."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."
"The pricing can be better."
"The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced."
"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 licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."
"Adding on services increases the cost and on the version we have there is no option for ATM monitoring."
"The pricing for this solution has gone up quite recently, which has led some of our customers to buy an alternative product."
"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."
"The technical support does not bother to respond."
Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews while WhatsUp Gold is ranked 30th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 22 reviews. Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0, while WhatsUp Gold is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". 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 UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog, whereas WhatsUp Gold is most compared with Grafana, SolarWinds NPM, Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor and Nagios XI. See our Cisco UCS Manager vs. WhatsUp Gold report.
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