DX Performance Management vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) comparison

Broadcom and IBM are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Broadcom is ranked #56 with an average rating of 8.5, while IBM is ranked #42 with an average rating of 7.5. Broadcom holds a 0.2% mindshare in NMS, compared to IBM’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

IBM SevOne Network Performance Management and DX Performance Management are competitors in network performance management. IBM SevOne NPM appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive infrastructure visibility and scalability, despite some users mentioning pricing concerns.

Features: IBM SevOne Network Performance Management provides agentless monitoring, quick reporting with real-time data, and the ability to monitor millions of objects. It offers reliable alert settings and integrates efficiently with performance and flow data to provide real-time insights. DX Performance Management emphasizes integration with diverse data collection sources and features a single-pane-of-glass dashboard. It supports flexibility and performance across various environments, handling numerous data types and offering customizable reporting tools.

Room for Improvement: IBM SevOne NPM needs improvement with its upgrade processes, particularly for better data migration and more advanced policy options. Enhancements in AI and machine learning insight capabilities are also suggested. DX Performance Management could benefit from improved reporting capabilities, more granular alert features, and better cloud monitoring integration. Users also note the need for enhanced scalability and more efficient handling of multi-tenancy issues.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM SevOne NPM supports hybrid, on-premises, and private cloud deployments. It garners positive feedback for flexibility but recently received mixed reviews regarding support quality. DX Performance Management is known for efficient on-premises deployment and receives praise for knowledgeable technical support, although some users emphasize the need for strategic planning concerning pricing.

Pricing and ROI: IBM SevOne NPM is appreciated for its flexible pay-as-you-go pricing, despite high initial costs. Users note a significant ROI due to operational efficiency gains and faster resolution times. DX Performance Management offers licensing based on network devices with a competitive pricing structure, particularly beneficial for large deployments. It provides valued ROI from enhanced network monitoring despite initial cost considerations.

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Categories and Ranking

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

56th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure Capacity Planning (2nd), DX NetOps (2nd)

IBM SevOne Network Performa...

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

42nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (19th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (46th), Log Management (48th), Cloud Monitoring Software (29th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of DX Performance Management is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) is 1.0%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sandip Kheni

Lead Developer at STL - Sterlite Technologies Limited

The vertical database loads faster than any other product available

We experience disconnections between the solutions own components. In the last five years, there have been many intermittent connection issues with the four components and we still don't know the reasons. The solution has issues when loading groups that have been created in the application interfaces. It would be nice to have a mobile application. In the current industry and technical word, the mobile phone is the only thing that is always in your hands. Other Broadcom products have mobile applications but the solution doesn't offer one. It would be great to view device parameters and view or download graphs from a mobile device.

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Hareesh Agaram

Tranformation Programmes and Global Config Hub Lead at BT - British Telecom

Strong LAN and WAN side

We rely on technical support a lot. We use them for upgrades as we can not upgrade ourselves. I have many clusters deployed so it is difficult having to rely on them for these upgrades. It can take six to nine months for me to complete the upgrades across all the clusters. It is not just one component that requires the upgrade, there is also DI, NMS, and Wi-Fi as well. I would prefer that SevOne release service upgrade modules that would allow our team to conduct the upgrade rather than relying on them. The relationship we have with SevOne is good. They have maintained a good relationship with us.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Customer service is top-notch."

"The out-of-the-box dashboards are valuable, in terms of being able to visualize performance data in ways that we haven't in the past."

"The integration to the other products that we use: NFA, we use ADA, we use Spectrum; and CAPM integrates all those into a single pane of glass."

"Downloads and records are the most valuable features."

"There is another component of the tool called Network Flow Analysis. It gives us the ability to troubleshoot issues which do not appear right away."

"It can be easily integrated with other systems and is powerful enough to collect data from a large number of devices."

"The integration with NetFlow, the NFA solution, so that we can have our flow forensics paired with the SNMP polling performance metrics on the same page."

"Great dashboards and good integration with other solutions."

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"The feature that I have found most valuable is the scale-up and scale-down. The scale-up is an operation where the CPU boosts-up and then the memory will boost-up. That works awesomely."

"Flexible architecture: You can extend the system and its capacity by attaching another cluster pair."

"It's given us the ability to create various real-time network performance reports and distribute them to any colleague who can access these reports immediately."

"Scalability. I have never had to worry about how to handle really big environments."

"I like SevOne's network flow reporting."

"We've had great feedback from our customers about SevOne support. They're willing to set up a remote session upon request. You have to go through three tiers of support with most vendors, and they ask a lot of screening questions before they will do a remote session. You need to spend a lot of time before an engineer will host a remote session to look at your problematic system."

"The comprehensiveness of this solution's collection of network performance and flow data is one of the basics in the field for what it does. It meets all of our needs. So for all those areas, for the most straightforward collection capabilities, right up to NetFlow and even telemetry, it meets all those demands. Not only just basic or fundamental SNMP collection capability, but the product also supports what we need for the future with telemetry streaming. So it's very comprehensive."

"The most valuable feature as of late has been the API integration with ServiceNow."

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Cons

"For CA PM, there should be a way of easily migrating the reports coming from eHealth going to CA Performance Center, since CA PC is replacing eHealth."

"Even though we can see when something is not available, it would also be it would be nice if some sort of alerting took place to that you could know immediately if something went down."

"The solution could improve the database model. It is also not very good because they have a lot of interconnections with other data sources, such as NFA and VNA."

"Global synchronization errors. Sometimes it just doesn't finish in time due to the load."

"I have mixed feeling about the scalability. I feel like there are things which are being put into UIM right now that are not being included in Performance Center that we need to see in Performance Center. We are kind of being driven to buy UIM, and I can't justify it."

"DX Performance Management should increase high availability. If one of my two data centers goes offline and the other is operational, I need a seamless transition from the primary to the secondary data center. It's crucial to maintain consistent monitoring of the devices during this transition. Therefore, I require continuous, 24/7 monitoring of my system using this tool."

"This may be available by now but for server space, when it comes to the disk file system, I'd like to see that graphically represented, or the trend, rather than what I'm seeing now."

"It could be a little easier to integrate new metrics."

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"User-friendly, multi-tenancy."

"The reports are easy to configure but they are a bit outdated in terms of appearance and visualization."

"I would like to see live maps as an added feature. Also, build modules on AI and EML to provide better data insights that would proactively tell us what we should be looking after."

"The method of searching for SIP and the way to create the groups."

"The GUI: both the dashboard/user view and the admin tool."

"The user management features need to be improved. It would be nice if we had more granular control, or layers of control, out of the box."

"I'm not really sure if this was the software's fault or a server issue, but a couple of years back the disks were failing on our SevOne physical server every month and the server would go down. The secondary server took over from the primary until the disk issue was resolved. That was annoying."

"High-frequency polling is data-intensive because you're pulling more. If SevOne could figure out a way to manage the impact of high-frequency polling on the system, that would be very popular."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We purchase a license to use the solution every three years and we have multiple contracts. They have been increasing the price annually. We have a baseline for three years and then we need to pay the difference from the baseline, and we are in the process of negotiating a new price for all the licenses we need. The price overall is affordable."

"Do your homework and know how many devices you will be managing out of the gate. Be sure to project what your growth will be each year."

"The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices."

"They should provide more scalable licensing for the product."

"I like the licensing model because it's device-based."

"We were looking at other vendors in the marketplace for NetFlow, and CA just beat everybody else in price, cost, and the size to implement. "

"Have a bank of licenses, because it is about the number of objects (RAM, ports, CPU, etc.)."

"The tool is not expensive. We were able to negotiate with SevOne on pricing."

"There are different options available for licensing, with the per-device option being more expensive but more flexible."

"Although I don't have exact details in terms of cost, my experience has been that SevOne is willing to make a deal with the customer."

"A blocking point is the high upfront cost because it is challenging to get it accepted and the purchase approved."

"The pricing has been fair."

"There are cheaper solutions available."

"It is inexpensive compared to other monitoring tools."

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Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX Performance Management?

The tool helps us understand network performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Performance Management?

The tool's pricing is based on the number of network devices.

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What needs improvement with DX Performance Management?

Spectrum's topology view sometimes does not rebuild automatically when a device is shut down and reconnected. It requires manual discovery and rebuilding of the topology, which I hope can be improved.

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What needs improvement with SevOne Network Data Platform?

There is room for improvement in the integration with different vendors and the reporting capabilities. It would be beneficial to have out-of-the-box integration with third-party vendors and improv...

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What is your primary use case for SevOne Network Data Platform?

The primary use case of IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) ( /products/ibm-sevone-network-performance-management-npm-reviews ) is network monitoring. It helps to maintain the infrastru...

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What advice do you have for others considering SevOne Network Data Platform?

To compete with custom-built tools, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) should accommodate the desired features and be timely in the delivery of feature updates. I would rate the overal...

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Also Known As

CA Performance Management

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Overview

CA Performance Management is a comprehensive and highly scalable network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It was built to meet the unique demands of big data and modern networks architectures, including highly dynamic and complex hybrid cloud and software-defined networks (SDN).

The platform is design to reduce complexity inherent in modern networks built across numerous technology stacks through advanced network performance monitoring and relationship mapping for improved operational assurance.

Combined with CA Virtual Network Assurance, the platform extends operator visibility through advanced discovery and network performance monitoring of highly sensitive cloud and multi-layered SDN networks and service chains.

Broadcom

The IBM® SevOne Network Performance Management (IBM SevOne NPM) solution helps you spot, address, and prevent network performance issues early with machine learning-powered analytics from a single source. Boost network performance and improve your user application experience by proactively monitoring your multivendor end-to-end network across enterprise, communication, and managed service provider networks.

Transform raw network performance data into intelligent and actionable insights. The IBM SevOne NPM solution goes beyond detection, combining industry-leading expertise and advanced technology to help your IT team plan and optimize your network and act on what matters: improving network performance to provide an exceptional customer experience.

For further information, please visit www.ibm.com/cloud/sevo...

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Sample Customers

Jack Henry & Assoc, Target, CenturyLink, Bell Canada, BrightHouse Networks, Telus, Unisys, Verizon, Southern California Edison, GEICO, Fidelity Investments, Wells Fargo, American Family Insurance Group, Deutsche Telekom AG

ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)

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