Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller vs. SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
Score 8.0 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
SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SolarWinds® Hybrid Cloud Observability aims to provide a comprehensive, integrated, and full-stack solution designed to optimize performance, improve availability, and reduce remediation time by correlating data from across the IT ecosystem, including networks, servers, applications, databases, and more.
$5
per month node
Pricing
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerSolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Essentials
$5
per month per node
Advanced
$9
per month per node
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerSolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerSolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
many configuration on devices
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SolarWinds
- For small teams serving big organizations - it's a really simple tool to install and set up relatively quickly. - the new installer is also great - I don't have to understand what modules need to be installed; it's all streamlined. - The HCO Licensing allows you to run the Additional polling engines at a scale where the previous licensing model didn't. We can deploy APEs in locations now, which would not have been worth the investment in previously as there weren't enough devices in that location/region to spend the $$$$ on an APE License.
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Pros
Cisco
No answers on this topic
SolarWinds
  • Automated dependency mapping is a big hit.
  • High availability is extremely simple to implement.
  • Simple to use and drill into issues.
  • Analysis of growth patterns driving the recommendation engine.
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Cons
Cisco
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SolarWinds
  • Can be complex to setup
  • Is strongest with network resources
  • Assumes a fairly large amount of base knowledge
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Usability
Cisco
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SolarWinds
- decent ease of use - good training materials - good documentation - acceptable level of expected knowledge
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Performance
Cisco
That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
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SolarWinds
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
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SolarWinds
Solarwinds has the best overlap of the two others I've mentioned - the other two tools (Datadog and Dynatrace) are great in their own way but Solarwinds is just good at everything; if I had to pick one tool of the above, it would be Solarwinds for the compatibility and ease of use, the other tools are more focused on being great at certain things while Solarwinds is the jack of all trades.
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Scalability
Cisco
Security has been a great paramount from day one
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SolarWinds
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco
  • time spent to configure devices
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SolarWinds
  • one license requiring 1 PO to be raised
  • sharing costs between departments for monitoring under one platform using APEs
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ScreenShots

SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability Screenshots

Screenshot of ITOM Executive DashboardScreenshot of Observability MapsScreenshot of Performance Analysis DashboardScreenshot of Application Alerting DashboardScreenshot of Network Path Analysis