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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

    Azure IoT Central

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure IoT Central allows users to connect IoT devices to the cloud and offers centralized management to configure and updated connected devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Azure IoT Central
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Azure IoT Central
    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)Azure IoT Central
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)
    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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    Microsoft
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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
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    User Ratings
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Azure IoT Central
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (discontinued)Azure IoT Central
    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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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Azure IoT Central has native integrations with Visual Studio (like pretty much all Microsoft products) making it pretty simple to publish apps to Azure App Service, where you can host all sorts of different applications. It does a really good job of storing large amounts of data (for instance, collected from IoT devices with various sensors) and it gets stored to multiple DBs. Azure IoT Central could improve by adding more customizations, as this would make troubleshooting the products easier and make future costs smaller and easier to predict.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Documentation
    • Support
    • Good and approachable GUI
    • Many types of subscription configurations
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Pricing is a bit high but it is worth it.
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    Microsoft
    • central application
    • smartphone app
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    Before deciding to go with Microsoft Azure IoT Central, we considered Google, Datadog, and AWS alternatives. The reason we went with Azure was that the client was heavily invested in Microsoft technologies and Azure plays really well with other Microsoft products. The competitive products might be a little bit easier to set up, with more flexible pricing, but, the integrations with other Microsoft services were the deciding factor for our use case.
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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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    Microsoft
    • positive: connected huge number of machines as IoT devices and passed them through entire IoT pipeline until storage in a fairly short time
    • negative: we spent some time figuring out some "less-used" services because they aren't documented well
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    Screenshot of the IoT Operations Dashboard