Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller vs. Munin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager, or DCNM) is a monitoring and management platform. It is optimized for large organizations and enterprises, particularly with data centers.N/A
Munin
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerMunin
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Chose Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller is much more efficient and programmable; EPN is like template-ready software without automation. Instead, NDFC is very useful during configuration and deployment.
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Munin
Chose Munin
Ease of admin and relatively easy to configure. People have been using it for decades, so the market is well aware of its functionality, and you will get answers to most of the questions or problems. Community support is also there to seek advice. In a nutshell, people are well …
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerMunin
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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Performance
8.5
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Product Scalability
7.3
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User Testimonials
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerMunin
Likelihood to Recommend
Best to manage your vxlan VPN fabric in terms of configuration in terms of configurations available
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Single window to look for hardware statistics and application monitoring. Easy to configure, and a lot of stuff is available online related to its configuration. However, the team at Munin should work on the mobile applications as well and also look for bundling professional services at a cost. That will be helpful for startups to hook to Munin instead of running across websites for the integration.
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Pros
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  • Hardware stats.
  • Application stats.
  • Ease of admin.
  • Simple interface.
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Cons
  • Visibility Network.
  • Monitoring interfaces.
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  • Mobile application.
  • Pre builtin modules for unix, cisco, hp devices.
  • Alert Notifications over SMS and call.
  • Web hook integrations with Slack, pagerduty etc.
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Likelihood to Renew
Renewing NDFC is a smart strategic move. It transforms manual network management into an automated, policy-driven infrastructure. By leveraging real-time telemetry and centralized control for data center LANs and SANs, your organization gains the scalability, visibility, simplicity, and security needed for complex management operations in modern, high-performance data centers ecc
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Performance
That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller is much more efficient and programmable; EPN is like template-ready software without automation. Instead, NDFC is very useful during configuration and deployment.
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Ease of admin and relatively easy to configure. People have been using it for decades, so the market is well aware of its functionality, and you will get answers to most of the questions or problems. Community support is also there to seek advice. In a nutshell, people are well aware, and it's stable.
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Scalability
Security has been a great paramount from day one
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Return on Investment
  • Time on configuration.
  • Setup
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