My View - Cisco Catalyst Center
Updated July 24, 2025

My View - Cisco Catalyst Center

Loganathan Kandasamy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Analytics Assurance
  • Automation

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Center

We heavily use Cisco Catalyst Center 9300 platform switches in our organization. It is a great and stable product and very rugged. Mines is a enterprise network and we use 9300 for our switching solutions managed in Cisco Catalyst Center

Pros

  • Assurance
  • Observability
  • Troubleshooting
  • Configuration Management
  • Backup

Cons

  • Pricing
  • Simplicity
  • User Friendly (Meraki Dashboard Like)
  • Little Expensive
  • Too Technical
  • Non availability of Simplicity
  • Webex Calling
  • Cisco Meraki MR
  • Cisco Catalyst Switches
Not applicable
I use Cisco Webex calling that offers advantage for both Wok from home and office workers
As my enterprise is completely on Cisco 9000 series catalyst series switches I preferred Cisco DNA for Unified Network Management so that it Offers end-to-end visibility and control across campus, branch, and WAN networks with a single pane of glass. Also this provides me with more granular control which is a key thing for my size enterprise.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst Center delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Center's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst Center live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Center go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Center again?

No

It is well suited for complete deployment of Cisco Catalyst Switches

Cisco Hybrid Work

  • Working from an office or other company space
  • Working from home
I have full-fledged solution implemented for Hybrid work solution.
My key insights were about User Segmentation, Security (Implementation of Zero Touch access), Network Visibility, Collaboration tools required .
Currently we are doing continuous improvements on our deployment
I use predominately Cisco cloud calling solution for my colloboration needs
  • Microsoft Teams

Using Cisco Catalyst Center

25 - Network Operations and Management
10 - Cisco Certified Professionals with predominant knowledge on Cisco Catalyst operation systems and more knowledge on observability and assurance .
  • Network Provisioning and Configuration
  • SD Access
  • Network Assurance and Troubleshooting
  • Compliance Management
  • SLA monitoring for VC End Points
  • Network Health Report for CXO's for Governance
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Dynamic Network Access based on user
My infra is heavily on Cisco 9300 Platform switches and I feel it is a better bet to use Cisco DNA

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