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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller vs. Observium

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
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
Observium
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerObservium
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerObservium
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 Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerObservium
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(1 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerObservium
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
Best to manage your vxlan VPN fabric in terms of configuration in terms of configurations available
Verified User
Anonymous
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Observium
  • If you are on a budget, this is one heck of a tool for the price (including the ~$200/year for the Pro subscription).
  • If you are OK with maintaining and updating open source tools, this is a great tool.
  • If you are afraid of the Linux command line or live in a Windows-centric world, this might not be the tool for you.
  • If you can't stand things occasionally not working, this is probably not a good fit.
Derek Dolan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Derek Dolan
Senior System Administrator
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Pros
Cisco
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Observium
  • Automatic device discovery.
  • Scalability
  • Real-time monitoring.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
Cisco
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Observium
  • Documentation
  • Community support
  • Easy to set up but hard to customise fully
Verified User
Anonymous
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Performance
Cisco
That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
Verified User
Anonymous
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Observium
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Observium
It's open source. Your mileage may vary. Sometimes the provided documentation is beyond frustrating, other times it's right on the mark.
Derek Dolan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Derek Dolan
Senior System Administrator
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
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Observium
I haven't used other products that are similar to Observium. Observium is an open tool, with a robust feature set. There are elements of comparable monitoring across other tools, but nothing I've seen that is a complete parallel in terms of feature set and visualizations. If I were asked, I wouldn't have another tool to recommend over Observium.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Scalability
Cisco
Security has been a great paramount from day one
Verified User
Anonymous
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Observium
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Observium
  • It is good for DC admin.
  • Only positive impact.
  • Highly recommended.
Verified User
Anonymous
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