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BlueCat Gateway vs. Cisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BlueCat Gateway

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ABlueCat Gateway is an enterprise automation platform that turns business logic into automated DDI workflows, and integrates with adjacent systems & technologies.N/A

    Cisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ACisco Prime LAN Management Solution is discontinued. Current users are encouraged to explore Cisco Catalyst Center as a modern solution.N/A
    Pricing
    BlueCat GatewayCisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
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    BlueCat GatewayCisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BlueCat GatewayCisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    BlueCat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BlueCat GatewayCisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BlueCat GatewayCisco Prime LAN Management (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BlueCat
    It is well suited for quick manual updates, not too many as the interface could stand an overhaul. Not an easy interface to use when doing research - reverse lookups. Results aren't always accurate. The search capability could be a bit more robust, expanding the search capability into the comments area would help.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Although Cisco Prime [LAN Management Solution] is a nice tool and no other 4rd party tools can match its native monitoring and managing capabilities still i have given less rating and that's because it is only for Cisco vendor Devices. Hence if you have only Cisco infrastructure then go for it or else look for another 4rd party tool in conjunction with Cisco prime.
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    Pros
    BlueCat
    • Deployment capability made easy
    • Navigation in the web application
    • Organization of objects
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    Discontinued Products
    • Wireless file detection and planning mode has helped us expand into new areas of our buildings.
    • Alerting is detailed when we have issues with hardwired and wireless devices, and Rogue Access Points are easily identifiable.
    • Cisco equipment information is much more detailed than other management products' SNMP queries and is an excellent tool for troubleshooting end-device connectivity issues.
    • Our KPI reporting for senior management and centralized management of our WIPS 'Wireless Intrusion Prevention' setup have both benefited significantly from the detailed reporting capabilities.
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    Cons
    BlueCat
    • Page rendering speed / access of data
    • Number of clicks it takes to get to the page you need can be cumbersome
    • Feels a bit outdated at times / standard html website interface
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    • Maps. One thing that I miss is the fact that you can't see both wired and wireless equipment in the same topology map. For visualization and troubleshooting purposes, that would help a lot, and I honestly don' t think it's that much harder to implement.
    • I'd love to see an option to show 'live dashboards,' maps, or other visual tools to publish in a NOC room, or even just to broadcast in a big monitor to allow multiple workmates to check that information. Again, I don't think that would be too hard to implement. I remember a similar feature was available in the first versions of the product, way back in the 90's (yes, I'm that old :-) )
    • Sometimes, depending on what screen you are, the solution can be a little slow. I'm not saying the whole system is slow, but sometimes that slowness can bother a little.
    • Talking about areas for improvement, one area I think can be improved is the upgrade process. Even for not so large deployments, it can take a lot of time. Having this time decreased would be the right thing to do.
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    Support Rating
    BlueCat
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    Discontinued Products
    We are very happy using Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution for the following reason: 1- Ease of use with the GUI. 2- Very well organized dashboard which can view many statistics on your devices. 3- Customized dashboard for different views ( for technical team and executives ) 4- Schedule configuration templates to use whenever we need on whatever device we want.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BlueCat
    BlueCat is the only DNS manager platform that I've had experience with. We had one prior to this, but it was before I had the need to interact with it doing one of the tasks I do now. I remember the switchover to BlueCat - not everyone was impressed with it, but so far my experience with it has been positive.
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    Discontinued Products
    There are various 3rd party tools available in the market which not only supports monitoring of cisco devices but also supports non-cisco devices, even with these capabilities in these 3rd party tools Cisco Prime has maintained a uniqueness in its products being the native tool from Cisco. The uniqueness is about product supportability for given devices and some of the edge features such as configuration management, detailed heatmaps etc
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    Return on Investment
    BlueCat
    • It has had a great impact on reducing deployment times
    • Made my job easier by providing an understandable interface
    • Makes day to day tasks easier
    Incentivized
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    • It has helped us with our quarterly wireless security testing by pinpointing the location of non-approved access points vs. hunting for them via signal strength.
    • Saves time by helping to identify network health issues before they become a definitive problem causing downtime.
    • With errors detected early, we have noticed our wi-fi network is much more stable thus freeing up our engineer's time elsewhere.
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