Must to Have tool for Routing/Bandwidth Monitoring
January 24, 2024
Must to Have tool for Routing/Bandwidth Monitoring
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with ThousandEyes
I have 4 years of using ThousandEyes, and I usually use it to monitor the bandwidth between locations to specific destinations using our outbound connections (Proxy/Firewall), and is really handy for troubleshooting purposes, also you can create alerts to monitor evert X minutes if you have the connection values desired. It's a great tool to have in any IT Network Security related Team.
- Latency Monitor from several locations in the world
- Keepalive verification to endpoints
- Alerts
- Reports
- Too expensive
- License limitation
- Settings can be complex
No one is better than the other. I can get different data and sometimes similar data, it's important to compare values and verify the data between the tools. Additionally, there are other functionalities that ThousandEyes has that the others don't, but it is also the other way around. I will always recommend to have available not 1 or 2, all possible available for your job.
Do you think Cisco ThousandEyes delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco ThousandEyes's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco ThousandEyes live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Cisco ThousandEyes go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Cisco ThousandEyes again?
Yes
Cisco Hybrid Work
- Webex Meetings
- Working from anywhere (e.g., coffee shop, airport)
- Working from an office or other company space
- Working from home
I'm not involve in any project related to an cisco product implementation, sorry.
I'm not involve in any project related to an cisco product implementation, sorry.
- Webex
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- RingCentral
Depending on the Vendor, we use all, mostly Webex and Zoom.
Using ThousandEyes
50 - All network related teams work with ThousandEyes, some of them on a daily basis, and some others occasionally. It will depend of the resource you want to monitor / test in your environment.
- Monitoring
- Latency Test
- Routing Test
- Alerts
- Reports
- New ways of monitor
- New features to test / troubleshoot
- New template reports
Evaluating ThousandEyes and Competitors
ThousandEyes Support
Using ThousandEyes
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Convenient Feel confident using | Requires technical support Lots to learn |
- Monitor settings
- Create an alert
- Reporting
- Routing monitor settings
- Not frequent settings that I'm not fully aware how to use