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 #57 with an average rating of 8.5, while IBM is ranked #44 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.

DX Performance Management

Read 32 DX Performance Management reviews

432 Views
132 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

IBM SevOne Network Performa...

Read 54 IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) reviews

1,814 Views
678 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

DX Performance Management

IBM SevOne Network Performa...

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

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.

To learn more, read our detailed DX Performance Management vs. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) Report (Updated: June 2025).

Buyer's Guide

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

June 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 855,156 peers since 2012

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

DX Performance Management

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

57th

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

44th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (19th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (44th), Log Management (48th), Cloud Monitoring Software (30th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 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.

Network Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

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.

Read full review

Grzegorz Nowak

Solution Architect at Wingu

Improves infrastructure planning by helping us analyze network traffic

We use SevOne to collect and report on network flows SevOne improves infrastructure planning by helping us analyze network traffic. We can look at bandwidth for specific endpoints on the customer's network and analyze traffic to identify issues. For example, maybe some connectors are unavailable.…

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Downloads and records are the most valuable features."

"You can create intelligent alerts so you have enough time to replace the router or interface before it's full. The same is applicable for CBQoS channels."

"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."

"I can get it to run a report showing, for instance, what root drives are in the critical range in terms of being full, like 90 percent full, and disseminate that information to the other areas of the organization."

"Scalability is the reason we bought the product to begin with. It was designed from the ground up for carrier-grade services, and we are in effect a MSP ourselves. So we were really interested in looking at something to be able to handle the multi-tenancy and scale as large as possible. This was the only solution that we really considered at that level."

"The feature that is inherent to its core, of being able to graphically represent a trend and status, is nice."

"We have been able to get a little bit better at seeing more things in real time and more just in time, so we're less reactionary."

"One feature I like about CA Performance Management is the certification of the devices."

More DX Performance Management pros

"We have benefited mainly from the use of the dashboard interface. It makes the network visually interesting for other people who are not in the network. A lot of people are not network techies who understand streams in the network. Based on location, we have streams coming in and out. They can see visually when there is some problem. They don't need to understand all the network technology behind it to be able to understand if everything is working well or if there is a problem."

"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."

"With this tool it is interesting to show the info to the client and explain where the traffic is."

"The SMP and the xStats, which is for flat file integration, are both useful for integrating the various metrics that the device provides to monitor the performance of those systems."

"The out of the box reports and workflows are pretty good and they meet our requirements well."

"One of the most valuable features is the graphs, which you can build instantly. I have used some open-source platforms in the past, but they are not as good. With SevOne, the sampling in the graph can be every few seconds, not just every few minutes, and that's really helpful. It's really fast."

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

"Data Insight reporting tool is the most valuable feature. They came up with it a couple of years ago. The most pleasing factor is the dark theme. You don't have a white background. It has templates that you can create for all kinds of reports that you can hit on the fly. It's much better printing of the reports. If you want to send PDFs to people, the reports are actually decent. Whereas for years, the old architecture of the PDFs was rubbish and even our customers said, "We have to manipulate your PDFs because they all have bad margin breaks. SevOne fixed that a couple of years ago with the new Data Insight. It's fantastic."

More IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) pros

Cons

"This tool gathers so much data, which makes it hard to convert over. To upgrade it, you really need the solution backed up. That is the issue that we are facing right now."

"This solution is not very scalable."

"I would like to have more tasks, graphs, and possibilities for linking to the graphs and reports added to the solution."

"Some of the individual report views, the way some of the columns sort, there's room for improvement in giving us more flexibility in being able to sort reports based, for example, on what columns the metrics fall under."

"I'm not a fan of many extra features since they usually burden the software and reduce its reliability."

"CA PM can be complex to build and configure. Creating the folders / groups / sites required establishing many rule sets."

"Spectrum's topology view sometimes does not rebuild automatically when a device is shut down and reconnected."

"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."

More DX Performance Management cons

"When I started using it, I tried adding one of the BroadWorks application servers into SevOne... it created thousands and thousands of objects from that one application server and we immediately ran out of license... It would help, when new objects are discovered, if there were a way to categorize those objects and to pick the part of the object you need..."

"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."

"There is room for improvement in the integration with different vendors and the reporting capabilities."

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

"With the administrative management of the appliance, if some object appears from SevOne because something changed in the network or whatever, then as an administrator you will not be aware. If you are using this object in a report, this object will disappear from the report and you will not be aware of it. So, if you have 1,000 reports, you cannot always check these reports everyday to see if objects are missing or information has disappeared. We don't have any information on alerts, saying that something is happening there and maybe we need to take action. If an object was replaced by another one, or if a link was replaced by another one, then the graph needs to be changed because it doesn't exist in the graph anymore. However, we don't have this information."

"We previously have had discussions on some reporting enhancements. So, we raised a feature request, which was delivered from SevOne."

"SevOne could improve its flexibility because it isn't fully customizable and its out-of-the-box configuration doesn't cover all use cases."

"There is no service mode setup in this monitoring tool if you want to snooze alerts for any specific amount of time, to account for any activity change or major incident."

More IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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. "

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

"For the value that you get from SevOne, it's worth the price. There are a lot of cheaper alternatives on the market, and even free options. But they require more staff, more resources, and engineers with more advanced knowledge of monitoring. That's what makes SevOne worth the price."

"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."

"Choose a SevOne partner who can provide SevOne as a service and can deliver professional services and maintenance."

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

"Prices per license are not huge, but they exist."

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

"The pricing has not evolved with the market, which is one of the reasons we are moving to a new product."

More IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Network Monitoring Software solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

855,156 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Legal Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX Performance Management?

The tool helps us understand network performance.

See all answers

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

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

See all answers

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.

See all answers

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...

See all answers

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...

See all answers

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...

See all answers

Comparisons

SolarWinds AppOptics vs DX Performance Management

Compared 35% of the time

DX Spectrum vs DX Performance Management

Compared 26% of the time

More DX Performance Management Competitors

Instana Infrastructure Monitoring vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Compared 10% of the time

NETSCOUT nGeniusONE vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Compared 8% of the time

SolarWinds Network Device Monitor vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Compared 8% of the time

Zabbix vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Compared 8% of the time

InfoVista VistaInsight vs IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Compared 3% of the time

More IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

DX Performance Management

May 2025

Download DX Performance Management product report

Buyer's Guide

IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

May 2025

IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) report

Download IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) product report

Also Known As

CA Performance Management

SevOne

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...

IBM

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)

Buyer's Guide

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

June 2025

Free Report: DX Performance Management vs. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)

Find out what your peers are saying about DX Performance Management vs. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) and other solutions. Updated: June 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

855,156 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our DX Performance Management vs. IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) report.

See our list of best Network Monitoring Software vendors.

We monitor all Network Monitoring Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.