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Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued) vs. Colasoft Capsa

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco IoT Operations Dashboard was a cloud-based dashboard to deploy, monitor and troubleshoot networking devices and connected equipment. The product line is currently being sunsetted.N/A

    Colasoft Capsa

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AColasoft Capsa is a network performance monitoring and protocol analyzing tool. Capsa provides core monitoring features, as well as automated diagnostics and packet decoding. Colasoft offers a limited free version of the software.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Colasoft Capsa
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Colasoft Capsa
    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
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Colasoft Capsa
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Colasoft Capsa
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Colasoft Capsa
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    The monitor mode is good and easy to use, as well as obtaining the results, they are specific and of great help to maintain the business. As for the collection in real time, it was good since it automated the time that it took before. The only thing I know I'm talking about the price was a little high.
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    Colasoft
    Capsa is highly recommended to be used in small dense areas of a network where it makes sense to be able to run analytics off of a mirror port to gain insight into traffic trends. It is a costly product to install in branch locations, and requires a decent spec hardware to run appropriately
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Cisco uses a secure templatized configuration.
    • It improves the uptime of your routers and all equipment connected to it.
    • Has real time network device visibility.
    • It's possible to schedule firmware upgrades wirelessly.
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    Colasoft
    • Robust Application. Able to handle traffic that most businesses will throw at it.
    • Easy to use. Easy to setup captures and filter down to specific traffic types.
    • Relatively cheap for what it's able to accomplish.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Pricing is a bit high but it is worth it.
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    Colasoft
    • Needs options to scale to 10Gb/s networks. The cutoff for performance looks to be around 3Gb/sl
    • Needs API access to trigger capturesl
    • Needs Agents for remote capturesl
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    Cisco
    We did tests and as for the previous products there were some bugs so it was discarded and because of them we decided for Cisco that the price is high but it compensates with the network and its operations support that worked well in addition the technical support is fast.
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    Colasoft
    Colasoft performs more like the traditional wireshark as opposed to other solutions that tend to focus on graphs instead of giving you the raw data. I personally prefer the raw data, and then the ability to build graphs upon this (which Capsa can do). This allows for quicker analysis and makes it easier to relate to.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Managing several systems with uninterrupted connectivity.
    • Our Customers obtain usage insights of the products they use in real time.
    • An overall secure remote connections.
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    Colasoft
    • While the product doesn't detect malware, it has helped track down malware infected machines by using data from other applications to run filters to look for known traffic destinations for that malware. For me this is a huge ROI since malware can be the great unknown.
    • Relatively cheap compared to the feature set.
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    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the IoT Operations Dashboard