DX Spectrum vs OptiView XG [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

DX Spectrum

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

118

Ranking in other categories

Network Management Applications (7th), Network Monitoring Software (17th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (16th), Network Troubleshooting (7th), DX NetOps (1st)

OptiView XG [EOL]

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

PinchasAlbalya

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.

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Mark_Walker

President at Bitwise Micro

A valuable, impressive, and portable product that saves time and has great scalability and stability

It just saves time. We have run into situations where contractors come in, and they plug in a WiFi device that is handing out DHCP addresses, which affects the rest of the network. To be able to quickly identify from where the problem is originating, you need a network tool that can identify the device that is doing this. It just brings into clear focus the exact issue when there is a problem or outage. When there is a crisis and you've several people wanting to know an estimate of when things are going to be back up and running again, you need to have answers. I have been at places that didn't have a tool like that. I know one place that had an outage for almost a week, and it was craziness. It turned out to be just a bad cable. That's all it was. They were having trouble with their email server, which was an on-premise email server, but emails were taking six hours to appear. The whole problem was because of a bad network cable. When I plugged in the Fluke analyzer, it analyzed and told me immediately that there were transmission errors on this one port from one switch. It told me this within 10 minutes. It is an incredible product.

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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

"The network mapping functionality."

"With CA Spectrum, we are now able to monitor more proactively network assets, reduce the total downtime of these and prevent money from being lost for device stoppages."

"It's a good tool; it's simple to do the configuration and has good discovery and integration."

"DX Spectrum has been great for us; it's the strongest available, the main problem is the pricing, but it's in accordance with the features."

"Its scalability is very good, as it can be used in huge environments."

"It has a highly scalable architecture that is designed to ensure accommodation of the growing network setup for our client."

"CA is very complicated but has a lot of features."

"It does correlation so instead of producing 20 alarms if a site goes down, it only creates one."

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"The pre-site survey and the AirMagnet site survey help my company in pre-sales and post-sales."

"We use it for all of our predictive Wi-Fi designs, and we get standards reports so we're able to do more of the designs more quickly and more consistently."

"It allows us to be able to troubleshoot, predominantly in the field, with the tools that we would normally have in the lab."

"Gives us the ability to see our network."

"It has streamlined and simplified troubleshooting complex networking problems that would be nearly impossible to uncover with other products."

"We are using this product to improve our view of what is happening with the packets."

"We switched to OptiView to be a little bit more flexible."

"It has helped with troubleshooting and has simplified the way the organization functions."

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Cons

"Definitely the way this product needs to go is more web-based. They need to put more emphasis in the web technology."

"It's really tough to say because it really does have a lot to do with how much time you put into it."

"It's difficult to analyze and configure. It's not a very smart tool."

"The price of DX Spectrum is not competitive when compared to other solutions, such as SolarWinds. The high price has caused us to lose many deals."

"Yes, IM was very shaky and it seemed like CA were throwing hotfixes at us to fend us off until the next release."

"This solution is too complicated to use for us, especially if you have many components."

"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."

"There is still room for improvement for mobile clients like tablets and smartphones."

More DX Spectrum cons

"Maybe the licensing could come down; the price could come down a little bit, that would be kind of nice. I think it's a little bit expensive, but as far as functionality goes, I'm not too sure about any room for improvement; I'm not the one that uses it every day."

"It can’t scale to even one user because it crashes when you're using the AirMagnet survey tool, or even running reports."

"It takes some time to get used to it. There is always room for improvement in the ease of usability and learning curve type of stuff."

"The licensing cost needs to improve since it is very expensive, especially the licensing and maintenance costs."

"I haven't been able to really get the mobile app to function right, but that's minor."

"I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there."

"I think that the discovery of a network can be improved if the OptiView would recognize more kinds of devices independent of the manufacturer."

"Initial setup was complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly."

"The price is very high."

"DX Spectrum's pricing depends on the license number. It is affordable."

"Spectrum is expensive."

"Currently, a perpetual license but some services are moving to a subscription"

"DX Spectrum's pricing is neither expensive nor cheap."

"The cost of some of these products are a little cost prohibitive, which is unfortunate. We have to find lower cost solutions for some of the things that we have to pull in. For the most part, CA has capabilities in pretty much everything that you would need. You just have to figure out where are you going to spend the most money for what you have to actually get done. You can do all these things but, which ones do you have to do? And that's hard to choose sometimes because you want to do them all."

"It is expensive compared to other tools in the market."

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"Its price was a bit excessive. The device that I had died. It is under warranty, and they want $20,000 for another one. I just don't want to spend that kind of money, so I'm trying to find an alternate solution. They have annual maintenance on it, which probably was 10% a year, so it all starts to add up."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Outsourcing Company

14%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

19%

Construction Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	90

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Spectrum?

The price is very, very high.

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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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Also Known As

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Overview

DX Spectrum is a comprehensive network monitoring tool designed for scalability and accuracy. With features like fault management, topological mapping, and customizability, it addresses network issues effectively while ensuring reliable infrastructure oversight.

Known for its robust capabilities, DX Spectrum excels in fault management and network monitoring, offering features such as Global Collections and Event Correlation for precise issue detection. This scalability allows it to monitor large infrastructures efficiently using SNMP traps. Automated device discovery and seamless integrations with tools like SOI and Zabbix enhance its functionality, providing users with a streamlined experience. The interface allows for deep visibility and is supported by REST API for improved integration and automation.

What are the key features of DX Spectrum?

Fault Management: Identifies and manages network faults efficiently.
Topological Mapping: Offers a graphical representation of network topology.
Customizability: Provides extensive options to tailor the tool to specific needs.
Global Collections: Enhances issue detection across networks.
Event Correlation: Reduces false alerts by correlating network events.
Scalability: Manages large networks with SNMP traps.
Automated Discovery: Automatically identifies and integrates devices into monitoring.
REST API: Facilitates seamless integration and automation.

Why should users consider DX Spectrum in reviews?

Operational Efficiency: Increases efficiency through automation and integration.
Deep Visibility: Provides comprehensive network visibility and control.
Reliability: Ensures stable and reliable network operations.
Integration Capabilities: Works seamlessly with multiple external tools.
Customizability: Allows customization to meet specific monitoring needs.
Proactive Management: Supports proactive issue resolution with accurate notifications.

DX Spectrum finds extensive applications across industries for network infrastructure monitoring. It is vital in sectors where maintaining service uptime and quickly resolving network faults is critical. Organizations leverage its configuration management, alarm/event management, and integration capabilities to maintain smooth network operations, especially in environments with large and complex network infrastructures.

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OptiView XG is the first network analysis tablet designed specifically for the network engineer. It combines critical functions necessary to automate root-cause analysis of both wired and wireless network performance issues – whether network or application related to reduce time for problem identification. OptiView XG supports repeatable, effective troubleshooting – whether pre- or post-deployment.

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Sample Customers

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

XG is used in all industries. Example customers include: Republic National Distributing Company, Titelive, CitiGroup, Los Angeles Unified School District, Saudi German Hospital, DeKalb County Schools, Valdosta State University, The Everett Clinic, Bio-Reference, Miami-Dade Library, Mitel, Borsa Istanbul, Cimarex, Air National Guard Lowndes County, High Point City, Carrollton City Schools, Kern County, Pruitt Communications and Bosch Group.

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