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DX Spectrum vs Scout APM comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

DX Spectrum
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (8th), Network Monitoring Software (16th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (18th), Network Troubleshooting (7th), DX NetOps (1st)
Scout APM
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (84th)
 

Mindshare comparison

DX Spectrum and Scout APM aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. DX Spectrum is designed for DX NetOps and holds a mindshare of 24.6%, down 35.0% compared to last year.
Scout APM, on the other hand, focuses on Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.
DX NetOps Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
DX Spectrum24.6%
AppNeta by Broadcom30.9%
DX Performance Management24.8%
Other19.700000000000003%
DX NetOps
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Scout APM0.4%
Dynatrace4.8%
Splunk AppDynamics4.6%
Other90.2%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Antonio_Barros - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Manager LatAm at Splunk
Great visibility and reliability with fair pricing
The solution is stable. It's pretty easy to set up, especially if you have the knowledge base and/or you have a partner assist you. The product can scale. The processes are great. It helps with services and microservices. The product is great for man different industries, including energy, government, finance, and more.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall it is a good tool."
"The automation we have in place saves us some head count and data is now more accurate."
"The Spectrum tool improved our network assurance levels for our business units."
"CA Spectrum helps our organization improve network service levels, and with Spectrum’s integrated automated fault management and fault isolation features, it helped us reduce MTTR by 50% and costs as well."
"Everything being centrally located in one infrastructure management tool allows anyone anywhere, between the IT help desk, to Windows teams, Unix teams, or the network team to see exactly what devices are causing the issue, as well as the severity of those issues."
"I switched from Spectrum to Nimsoft because it's a better product for me."
"The support we have been receiving has been really good."
"The network monitoring features are the product’s most valuable, due to the lack of these capabilities in any other monitoring tool."
"The product can scale."
"Everything that is around the digital performance environment, I can see."
 

Cons

"NCM needs to be more user-friendly and refined."
"It needs better integration with other CA products."
"What I additionally would like to see is utilization information."
"If they could interact with the MIBs of vendors better, and have a lot more pre-loaded ones, that would be amazing for us right now."
"The product should provide performance management features."
"Most companies spend money on the license, but they don’t have a good administrator, to make use of all the good features, so they end up with a really expensive tool that does only the basic things, which any tool in the market could do probably better."
"It has a limitation in that it needed an old version of Java."
"The platform is complicated to use."
"I can't recall coming across any missing features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"It is very pricey. With the current trend of enterprises moving towards cheaper and more modern looking solutions like ManageEngine, SevOne, ServicePilot, and Paesller."
"It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly."
"The product, support, and maintenance are all expensive, which is another reason that we are switching to another solution."
"Currently, a perpetual license but some services are moving to a subscription"
"The price is good enough to expect an ideal solution. It's expensive."
"DX Spectrum's pricing depends on the license number. It is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Retailer
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise90
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Questions from the Community

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...
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National Informatics Centre India, Banese, Olympus, AlphaServe Technologies, Sicredi
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