Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance vs. LiveAction

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance
Score 7.1 out of 10
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Cisco® Provider Connectivity Assurance (formerly Accedian Skylight) delivers subsecond performance monitoring with precision for business-critical networks, services, and applications. It is used to take preventive actions with AI-native predictive analytics and insights.N/A
LiveAction
Score 8.2 out of 10
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LiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Features
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Network Performance Monitoring
Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance
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Ratings
LiveAction
6.9
2 Ratings
17% below category average
Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Network monitoring00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Alerts00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Network mapping00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Provider Connectivity AssuranceLiveAction
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
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BlueCat
From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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Pros
Cisco
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BlueCat
  • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
  • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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Cons
Cisco
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BlueCat
  • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
  • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
  • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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Support Rating
Cisco
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BlueCat
Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
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BlueCat
There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
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BlueCat
  • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
  • Great reporting features for executives.
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