Cisco Prime [EOL] vs Huawei eSight comparison

"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."

"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."

"Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."

"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."

"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."

"We use the solution to control the physical service station that is part of the SCADA network. We connect and control them remotely."

"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."

"eSight allows me to monitor and solve any problem in the backbone and any switch in real-time."

"I like the real-time location monitor or RTLS feature. It is similar to the monitoring feature in Cisco Prime."

"The solution's most valuable dashboard features include monitoring storage, resource availability, and hardware alarms."

"We use Huawei eSight to monitor devices like Wi-Fi controllers, LAN switches, and routers."

"We can scale the solution."

"Huawei eSight provides businesses with monitoring capabilities of network devices across your network."

"The most important features are alarm management and the visualization of the health of our network devices."

"One of the most beneficial features of Huawei eSight is its simplicity and ease of use."

"The product's pricing can be cheaper."

"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."

"The product needs to improve its interface and reporting."

"I would love for Cisco Prime to show bandwidth usage and consumption, but I can't monitor bandwidth usage at a given time."

"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."

"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."

"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."

"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."

"The solution needs to improve it's user interface to make it more modern and stylish. They need to design proper menu positions, features, etc. Right now the layout is complicated."

"It is not a very flexible product."

"This solution could be improved by offering monitoring for all devices and not only Huawei devices."

"Huawei eSight should work on the option to have the email notification working on Office 365 Exchange."

"The variety of license types should be made simpler as, at present, it is complex."

"It will be better if they can make the simple network topology part more presentable. It would also be better if they had API integration and integration with third-party devices."

"eSight has many features and options, but sometimes, we feel that it should be more advanced, like Cisco. It would be good if they can enable some automation part in eSight. Most of our customers want automation in their network. They don't want a dependency on everything. That's why the automation part must be improved in Huawei. It will be beneficial for customers. Cisco has different products, and there are multiple products for monitoring, automation, etc. In the software-defined network, Cisco has ACI, and VMware has NSX. Such options must be there in Huawei to move to a software-defined network. Unlike Cisco, in the case of eSight, there is only one product. I am not aware of any other product. It would be good to enhance it with at least some automation options so that we can use it effectively in the campus network or big data center environment. When I implemented this Huawei solution, I faced some limitations in particular areas like wireless scanning. This is another part that they can improve. Wireless reporting option is not as effective as other monitoring solutions. For a particular use case, if a customer is asking for some reports, sometimes they are not 100% satisfactory. The reporting structure must be improved."

"Something that could be improved is the lack of integration with Cisco switches. In the next release, I would like to see better reporting."

"We update the license every five years."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"The price of Cisco Prime was reasonable because we purchased it as part of a Cisco One package. The package was a bundle of Cisco solutions together, such as Cisco ISE and CMX. The price is reasonable com compared to other solutions."

"If we have a license for Cisco DNA, we can use the same license for Cisco Prime."

"I would rate the pricing of Cisco Prime a seven out of ten."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"The solution is not inexpensive but is worth it for large-scale environments."

"The cost is quite high."

"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."

"Its pricing is better than any other Huawei product. Some products are cheaper in Huawei, and some products are cheaper in Cisco. Cisco has more benefits and options than Huawei if you consider different network environments."

"The price is very expensive."

"The pricing for Huawei eSight is reasonable, especially with the base license and incremental licenses for additional devices. However, the variety of license types can be a bit complex. We used to sell eSight but switched to another solution, so we're not actively trading it anymore."

"Pricing depends on the competition. If your competitor is like Cisco, then Huawei is much more competitive when it comes to pricing."

"I would rate this solution a nine out of ten for pricing. The pricing depends on which features you use and can become expensive."