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Cisco UCS Manager vs Dynatrace

Cisco UCS Manager
58 Ratings
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Dynatrace
531 Ratings

Cisco UCS Manager

58 Ratings
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Score 9 out of 100

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Dynatrace

531 Ratings
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Score 8.5 out of 100

Based on 531 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Cisco UCS Manager is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
  • Dynatrace is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Recommend

8.6

Cisco UCS Manager

86%
12 Ratings
9.6

Dynatrace

96%
344 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6

Dynatrace

86%
12 Ratings

Usability

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4

Dynatrace

84%
9 Ratings

Availability

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2

Dynatrace

82%
2 Ratings

Performance

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
7.3

Dynatrace

73%
2 Ratings

Support Rating

9.0

Cisco UCS Manager

90%
4 Ratings
8.2

Dynatrace

82%
408 Ratings

In-Person Training

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2

Dynatrace

82%
1 Rating

Online Training

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2

Dynatrace

82%
1 Rating

Implementation Rating

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
7.9

Dynatrace

79%
24 Ratings

Product Scalability

Cisco UCS Manager

N/A
0 Ratings
7.3

Dynatrace

73%
1 Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco UCS Manager

It [Cisco UCS Manager] is extremely well suited to large virtual infrastructure environments with resource dense blades. This solution is also great if you want to consolidate a large number of servers (if they are servers that need to stay physical, but can fit in the profile of a blade) - this would reduce data center space utilization as well as power and cooling. Cisco UCS Manager is also great if you're looking for centralized management of a larger number of servers. This would not be a great solution if you have a very small shop - it's not cheap and probably wouldn't give you a ROI if you only have a couple dozen servers total. I'd say it would be overkill for small shops, but if you have the money and don't care, you'll still like it.

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Dynatrace

Dynatrace is well suited to a number of tasks. It is important to determine who the end users are and gather good information to tailor their experience accordingly.For instance, business/marketing should not have access to some of the more technical data, and business metrics can be a distraction for IT operations personnel.

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Pros

Cisco UCS Manager

  • It is very all inclusive for management of every part our our Cisco blade center.
  • It allows us to directly connect to a hardware-based server in the blade center as though we were physically at the console.
  • It allows us to monitor the entire system for faults.
  • It lets us manage connectivity.
  • It is set to alert us via email if a fault occurs.

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Dynatrace

  • We loved Dynatrace's ability to show the data flow - from the front end points through the back end points straight to the database and various API's. It was advanced in its data visualization. This is useful for debugging - showing when/where the errors are. It can even enable non-technical individuals in the corporation to help debug
  • Dynatrace has some great highly customizable integration options as well as monitoring. You can configure your layout & integration options to create custom monitoring alerts for your applications performance. Further you can increase the extensibility of using a REST API on your architecture.
  • Some advanced dev-ops systems are utilizing Kubernetes/docker aswell as Node.JS - Dynatrace was able to log and help understand all of our dev-ops needs. It gave us native alerts based off of deviations from the baseline that we set during initial configuration. These metrics are priceless.

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Cons

Cisco UCS Manager

  • Automation: There is a simple power-shell CMD lets, but it leaves more to be desired.
  • Navigation: Navigating the interface can be confusing.
  • Integration: Integration with ESXi hosts while doing FW upgrades would be hugely beneficial without the need for additional tools.

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Dynatrace

  • Dynatrace does not monitor easily on AIX OS.
  • Dynatrace does not monitor easily on a C-based application.
  • The way DPGR is addressed by Dynatrace is not very complete, and not clear. One thing is to mask the IP and request attributes but is not enough, the replay session feature is great but raises serious questions about user tracking.

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Pricing Details

Cisco UCS Manager

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Dynatrace

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Likelihood to Renew

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.6
Based on 12 answers
We have already renewed our purchase with the company. They make it easy for us to get a temporary license for our contingency site that is only used for testing twice a year. We are expanding our license with for this tool. We find it very useful and will renew it again.

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Usability

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.4
Based on 9 answers
I really liked how easy it was to deploy the SaaS vesion of Dynatrace in our environment. We have a lot of tools that have plenty of capability but they don't get a whole lot of use because they would require someone who is an expert to use them. With the SaaS version of Dynatrace, all the admin functions are taken care of by the Dynatrace team (updates, patches, new features, bugs, etc.) and our small shop can focus on getting valuable metrics, alerts and issue resolution from the product.

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Reliability and Availability

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
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Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.2
Based on 2 answers
Our environment, it never goes down therefore is always available.

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Rebecca Douglass | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Performance

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 7.3
Based on 2 answers
We have not seen where it does slow down an application.

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Rebecca Douglass | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Support Rating

Cisco UCS Manager

Cisco UCS Manager 9.0
Based on 4 answers
Cisco UCSM Support has been very quick to reply and address our concerns, issues, and questions. We have found that Cisco's documentation is clear and concise and fairly easy to find. With Cisco support's help, we are able to quickly and safely meet the demands of our end-users, consistently.

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Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.2
Based on 408 answers
Given that Dynatrace has become an informal industry standard, the plethora of information available on forums is massive. Most problems or roadblocks you come across are most likely (almost certainly, in fact) already solved and solutions available on these forums. The tech support at Dynatrace is also quite good, with prompt and knowledgeable people at their end.

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In-Person Training

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.2
Based on 1 answer
We did both online and in house training - they used our system so it made more sense.

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Online Training

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 8.2
Based on 1 answer
The training was done on our time and with our system.

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Rebecca Douglass | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Implementation Rating

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 7.9
Based on 24 answers
Using Dynatrace support services to assist (and lead) the implementation was extremely important.

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco UCS Manager

I think UCS Manager would be able very comparable to other vendors offerings when it comes to server configuration. I think Cisco did a good job in giving you full access to many options that you might not see with Dell or HPE. Every manufacturer would need a similar tool to control their server environment, but I think what Cisco has built into their Manager is a little better than others I've used. You can just see and change so many settings. I would say that is also a bit of a negative by a little bit because sometimes it is hard to dig in and find what you need to change and often might need to reach out to TAC or take a training course to understand all of the interface.

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Dynatrace

Synthetic Monitoring automatically does what other products do only through the use of other tools or through the development of user applications that still have a high cost of maintenance. The other products are not immediately usable and require many customizations. Through the use of configuration automatisms, you can be immediately operational and, in our case, we detected several imperfections in the applications.

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Scalability

Cisco UCS Manager

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Dynatrace

Dynatrace 7.3
Based on 1 answer
Dynatrace can be used to monitor may software tools

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Rebecca Douglass | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

Cisco UCS Manager

  • The positive is I was able to consolidate my small server infrastructure from 3 racks to one rack giving me space back and much power savings
  • The negative would be it could feel a little daunting to manage as there are many tabs and pieces to the interface.

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Dynatrace

  • Thanks to Dynatrace we have been able to effectively challenge and collaborate with service providers and outsourced IT teams.
  • Thanks to Dynatrace we have reduced MTTR on troubleshooting by a magnitude of four.
  • The performance analyses our team has done with Dynatrace earned us trust among management, business teams, and IT teams.

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