DX Spectrum vs. LiveAction LiveNX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DX Spectrum
Score 7.2 out of 10
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DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum) is network fault management software, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.N/A
LiveAction LiveNX
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
LiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
Pricing
DX SpectrumLiveAction LiveNX
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DX SpectrumLiveAction LiveNX
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
DX SpectrumLiveAction LiveNX
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
DX Spectrum
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Ratings
LiveAction LiveNX
6.9
2 Ratings
18% below category average
Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Network monitoring00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Alerts00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Network mapping00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
DX SpectrumLiveAction LiveNX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DX SpectrumLiveAction LiveNX
Likelihood to Recommend
Broadcom
As I said before, not only for Spectrum, but for any monitoring tool, you need to know what is critical in your environment and think about how exactly you should monitor and treat it. If you have done that, everything will work just fine.
  • Well Suited - Networking Monitoring
  • Less Appropriate - When you need to customize some monitoring and to update the version
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LiveAction
From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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Pros
Broadcom
  • Polling and traps can be configured to take heartbeats at specified intervals and notify on an event in real-time, respectively.
  • Topology of devices gives a high-level overview of network architecture.
  • Discovery of devices is simple and secure with the use of community strings.
  • Details can be added per device or alarm type for actions to be taken to make troubleshooting easier.
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LiveAction
  • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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Cons
Broadcom
  • NOC
  • Data Center/Telecom
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LiveAction
  • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
  • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
  • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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Support Rating
Broadcom
No answers on this topic
LiveAction
Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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Alternatives Considered
Broadcom
Other tools I have used are more server/application-centric. CA Spectrum seems to work effectively and efficiently for network devices. Notification delays can be set to grant grace periods in case of network blips or false positives, which occur ALL the time. Other monitoring tools send event notifications immediately and would clear instantly, which while on-call can wake a technician for no reason.
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LiveAction
There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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Return on Investment
Broadcom
  • Proactive monitoring for networking
  • To many times to plan an update
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LiveAction
  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
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