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Attribute Ratings
- Cisco DNA Center is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
Cisco DNA Center
86%
56 Ratings

8.0
Icinga
80%
6 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Cisco DNA Center
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
Icinga
90%
1 Rating
Usability
8.3
Cisco DNA Center
83%
7 Ratings

Icinga
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.8
Cisco DNA Center
88%
41 Ratings

Icinga
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco DNA Center
When you have relaxed calendar for migrating to [Cisco] DNA Center, it perfectly do the automation job. As setting it up very time consuming, it requires flexibility on operations. In a tight calendar, [Cisco] DNA Center migration is a stressful process.While it is the perfect tool as a network automation product with various vendor support, you may also need to consider is it fully compatible with your current devices on your network. As we were setting up a new infrastructure, we purchased all equipment compatible with Cisco's solution.

Verified User
Analyst in Research & Development
Research Company, 10,001+ employeesIcinga
Icinga is a world-class monitoring system. It can be used for most general monitoring situations. It is not a silver bullet, however, and there are instances where domain-specific monitoring systems are necessary. However, the output from those monitoring systems can be funneled into Icinga as a central monitoring and alerting system.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employeesPros
Cisco DNA Center
- Ease of automation and configuration templates make the future you very glad you did it!
- The PnP for switches that allow to boot up and contact the network with a pre-configuration is so amazing. Makes life easy!
- Integrates well with our ISE platform, they have really made it well worth the cost to have everything with the name CISCO on your equipment. All of their devices work so well with this software.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 1001-5000 employeesIcinga
- Wealth of community-developed plugins.
- Stable codebase.
- Icinga 2 supports distributed monitoring.
- Very performant, can support tens of thousands of checks per server.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
AgariComputer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Cons
Cisco DNA Center
- En el data Center, integrando los equipos que se encuentra en el corazon de la red y previniendo que esten actualizados // For Data Centers, integrating equipment that is the core of a network, and preventing them from being updated
- En las diferentes areas del campus para poder monitorizar el funcionamiento de los dispositivos // Improving remote monitoring of devices
- En la identificacion de problemas de seguridad de los dispositivos de red // Improving identification of network security issues

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 201-500 employeesIcinga
- High learning curve, setting up Icinga from scratch can be a bit of a challenge starting out.
- If the io2db process fails you UI stops updating, which can be very frustrating.
- There is no simple mechanism for adding new hosts and services through the web UI, it's all very config-file based.
System Administrator
SPX FLOW, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco DNA Center
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Icinga
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco DNA Center
No score
No answers yet
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Icinga
Icinga 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Icinga is a solid solution which does everything it promises. It is backwards compatible with most Nagios instances, making the transition very easy. Once you get the hang of installing new plugins and editing configuration files expanding its monitoring capabilities are easy.
System Administrator
SPX FLOW, Inc.Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Usability
Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center 8.3
Based on 7 answers
Yes, it did make tasks simplified in many ways. We can check all the network requirements and even check statistics in a single place, which makes the overall process fast and efficient. Also, it helps in minimizing configuration errors; the processes which used to take days can be done in hours.
Business Development Associate
BYJU'SE-Learning, 5001-10,000 employees
Icinga
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco DNA Center
Cisco DNA Center 8.8
Based on 41 answers
Overall support for Cisco DNA Software is fairly good. Whenever we have a question that needs an answer and we are unable to figure out, we reach out to the support team. They are able to figure out our needs and provide the proper support. They are always available via email or phone call.

Verified User
Manager in Sales
Hospitality Company, 1001-5000 employeesIcinga
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco DNA Center
Meraki does what should be expected at it's price point, but it is geared to SMB. When it comes to enterprise networks, DNA Center is the clear path forward. It allows for more devices than just the ones it configures, it provides more customization and on boarding options, and the control stays within the organization. The DNA Center telemetry provides a more robust reporting than the Meraki dashboard, and again, the data stays on site. I see both being important in their own ways, but Meraki falls short in larger enterprises, and that is where DNA Center shines the most.

Verified User
Team Lead in Professional Services
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employeesIcinga
Icinga is better than Nagios because of its nicer user interface. New Relic can monitor CPU/memory and disk usage, but it's more of a performance and application troubleshooting tool rather than monitoring

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Internet Company, 201-500 employeesReturn on Investment
Cisco DNA Center
- Efficient time spent elsewhere. I can spend my time troubleshooting other portions of the network instead of housekeeping current gear.
- Assistance with inventory; it keeps an inventory of all the devices you add to it, so it can serve as an inventory of equipment if that's what you'd like from it.
- Visibility; we can see more of the status of our gear, if it's unreachable, or if things are misbehaving the dashboard shows that there are irregularities.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employeesIcinga
- Proactive responses to issues before they happen
- Reporting of all systems and being able to check against SLAs
- Manageability of incidents
infastructure consultant
Vetasi LimitedInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees