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AirMagnet Spectrum XT vs DX Spectrum comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AirMagnet Spectrum XT
Ranking in Network Troubleshooting
16th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
DX Spectrum
Ranking in Network Troubleshooting
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (8th), Network Monitoring Software (18th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (19th), DX NetOps (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Network Troubleshooting category, the mindshare of AirMagnet Spectrum XT is 3.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DX Spectrum is 7.3%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Troubleshooting Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
DX Spectrum7.3%
AirMagnet Spectrum XT3.3%
Other89.4%
Network Troubleshooting
 

Featured Reviews

DT
Senior Information Security Analyst at Peterbilt Motors Co., PACCAR
I like the capabilities for scanning the spectrums in portions instead of filling the whole screen
Wireless scanning, mapping, and troubleshooting. Spectrum XT continues to help with interference issues in the factory environment. Having multiple systems factory/IR/RF/Microwave and LMR is challenging to keep everything working together I've been able to diagnose trouble areas in the factory…
PinchasAlbalya - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Monitoring has become centralized and management now sees real‑time health of key network assets
The time investment required is significant, not because of difficulty but because of the need for free time to invest in it. We need to get the knowledge. We know there are many options, but we took an external vendor to install and make the customization. If we want to make others changes without paying for customization, we need to learn it deeply by ourselves. The tutorials are very complicated. They could work on that area. The tutorial part could be more simplified. I know there are many explanations, and you can get help or documents in one click on the current page in the product, but it is not very clear. If you want to do something new that you did not see from the vendor in the installation, it is not very simple. The documents are good for people that know how to operate the product well, but for new users, it is not simple.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"If you're having multiple issues, I'd recommend this to people, and in the long run, it's worth the cost not having to wait for a vendor to make it out during an outage or intermittent time of issues."
"I think two of the products that we use in the suite are really, really, really solid."
"I can determine precise placement of APs to satisfy customers’ needs for data, voice, or location."
"I like the flexibility CA Spectrum offers to model networks with devices and different locations and technologies."
"CA is very complicated but has a lot of features."
"For us, within that technology area, it is the standard for solutions that we can select, and we haven't seen a better product."
"CA Spectrum is very useful for event handling and offers a robust manager of managers console."
"It is easy to understand and determine when and/or where the network is failing."
"The performance manager is very good."
"It has really helped to create a complete solution so that clients can see their whole IT network in one complete console/solution."
"It is easy to navigate."
 

Cons

"Not being able to accurately predict interference and then engineer or react accordingly does cost us money."
"On the version I use, there are some bugs that are probably resolved in the latest version."
"Connections from the antenna to the main unit are not efficient to connect and disconnect. Also, not thought out for placement of the cable between the unit and antenna to not catch the things disconnecting it during use."
"Right now, with Java OneClick, it's a problem, because people would like to be able to launch it."
"This solution is too complicated to use for us, especially if you have many components."
"For my use case, incident coordination was an area of improvement. The internal software engine for coordinating outages could use improvement because sometimes, we used to get false alerts for unrelated devices. They did a really good job of trying to make sure that you got one major alert and any of the subsequent devices downstream were just additions to that, but occasionally, the engine wouldn't properly catch the right things, and we used to get a flood of alerts."
"In my opinion, it's the documentation that I find is not up to the mark."
"There are a very few occasions when the system "barfs" and it looks like your infrastructure has gone dark, but it bounces back quickly (the system)."
"SpectroSERVER and reporting databases can grow quickly if you don't keep track of trap storms; this can cause SpectroSERVER to crash and performance issues with reporting."
"Yes, IM was very shaky and it seemed like CA were throwing hotfixes at us to fend us off until the next release."
"The report area is very poor and we cannot work properly with additional information and the custom reports."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"DX Spectrum's pricing depends on the license number. It is affordable."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management)."
"Spectrum is expensive."
"The price is very high."
"DX Spectrum's pricing is neither expensive nor cheap."
"Currently, a perpetual license but some services are moving to a subscription"
"The solution's pricing could be better."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise90
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with DX Spectrum?
The time investment required is significant, not because of difficulty but because of the need for free time to invest in it. We need to get the knowledge. We know there are many options, but we to...
What is your primary use case for DX Spectrum?
The university purchased DX Spectrum, called ICE. DX Spectrum NAC is working for us only on Cisco 9200 switches. It is not working on any other switch like C1000 or HG or any 2960X. Even other Cisc...
 

Also Known As

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CA Spectrum
 

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Sample Customers

Major Wireless Network Infrastructure Provider
National Informatics Centre India, Banese, Olympus, AlphaServe Technologies, Sicredi
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