--- title: Cisco DNA Center Reviews meta\_title: 'Cisco DNA Center Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 53 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Cisco DNA Center works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 53 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Network Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/network-security --- # Cisco DNA Center Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Cisco DNA Center but has limited features. Are you part of the Cisco DNA Center team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Cisco DNA Center is the network management system, foundational controller, and analytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. Cisco DNA Center addresses the demands of digitization, cloud, IoT, and mobility by eliminating IT complexity and facilitating alignment with business intent, unifying policy, automation, and assurance with integrated security. How Cisco DNA Center works Your programmable network infrastructure sends data from routers, switches, and wireless devices to the Cisco DNA Center appliance. The appliance activates features and capabilities on your network devices using Cisco DNA software. Everything is managed from the Cisco DNA Center dashboard. * * * Seller [Cisco](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cisco) Discussions [Cisco DNA Center Community](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-cisco-dna-center/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Jenny R. Gomez, MBA, CCAP I (Global Lead, Third Party Advocacy at Cisco) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-cisco-dna-center/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Progress WhatsUp Gold](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Progress WhatsUp Gold") Progress WhatsUp Gold 4.4/5(391) ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-whatsup-gold/reviews) [ ![Auvik](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Auvik") Auvik 4.5/5(380) ](https://www.g2.com/products/auvik-networks/reviews) [ ![HPE Aruba Networking Management](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "HPE Aruba Networking Management") HPE Aruba Networking Management 4.6/5(26) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hpe-aruba-networking-management/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-cisco-dna-center/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 53 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Cisco DNA Center Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Zscaler Generative AI Security ](https://www.g2.com/products/zscaler-generative-ai-security/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/7/2021 "Cisco DNA Center: Powerful Network Controller" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? Our team made a large purchase of Cisco Cat9K hardware and received three DNA appliances with the purchase. We wanted a network automation platform, or perhaps, I should say, "configuration management." The best thing about the DNA Center are: - Very well integrated with Cat 9K products. - They function 100%, with no issues with operation. - No errors in Syslog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Although DNA center is a great product but has the following drawbacks: - Some devices just go unreachable, sometimes - It is tough to understand the functionality - Firmware upgrade is off-limits until a synchronization bring them back - Difficult to continue beta test after software releases in a production environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Cisco DNA Center: My advice to all considering DNA Center: - Kindly consider the impact on the efficiency of the Engineering team - Cost-efficient and better tools available in market - Competitors have better products to offer within the same or less budget Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco has embraced the agile concepts of shipping the software now and fixing it later. DNA Center has multiple benefits like: - Dramatic architecture of the existing network; and - Using of DNA center for automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Martín S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Martín S.") MS Martín S. Latam Area Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/20/2020 "Strong all-in-one network management solution" 4/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? It does a great job solving automating your network in a fast and easy way. It has a great cost/benefit ratio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Implementation wasn't very easy, but once we got it running it we were set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Cisco DNA Center: You may feel a little overwhelmed when setting it up for the first time, but once you finish implementing it, it'll be a massive step forward in automation, no matter you're new to this field or a pro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? It saves us a lot of time by all the automation it brings to your network. It has a wide array of tools to simplify your daily tasks, like templates and polished workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Kent H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kent H.") KH Kent H. Head of Technical Services IT Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/24/2019 "Leaving legacy behind!" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? Assurance. Hands down! The visibility you gain into your network across both wired and wireless is just unparalleled. The time saved on provisioning and maintaining devices is also unmatched in the industry. Say byebye to custom python solutions for "automating" your network, and say hi to real intent-based networking! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? It's so different from what people are used to so people who are used to legacy networking can easily feel that they are on loose terrain. The difference is a GOOD thing, but it can be hard to re-educate people into thinking about networking in a new way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? The capacity to manage even larger networks with fewer people. Reduce time to solve issues and incidents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") AH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/7/2018 "Starting DNA" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? Assurance - ensuring that the configuration standards and policies are properly applied across the network fabric. And it also checks for overlapping policies that conflict. For troubleshooting, you can create a custom health check when a customer/application has an issue and instantly see if the path has misconfigured rules/policies or a link with high errors, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Change - nobody likes change. The CLI has become so crowded and complicated that you need to use the GUI. This is easier than when you first think about it, but it is still a drastic change to how we normally performed our jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? We are still in utilizing Assurance with some minor "config change" pushes when we find configurations that aren't too our standards. We will soon be implementing a full DNA setup at a new site and will begin utilizing the programmibility and automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic CB Cristian B. Team leader Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/5/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Interesting" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? Provide deployment and automation options not provided in its predecessors like PI, for example. The ability to integrate with the Cisco portfolio is a plus, but the most attractive thing seems to be the licensing scheme used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? It tends to be an improved copy of what already exists, it failed to clearly differentiate why one should choose a DNA instead of a PI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Mainly centralize the operation of the network at a general level. Provide intuitive tools to operators with less technical expertise at the wireless level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives CampaignAI Translated SS Shai S. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/31/2018 "Director of Network Services" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? Consolidate view of the network and new abilities to see network issues which were not previously visible with prior tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Cisco still needs to add support for some legacy devices on the work such as voice gateways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Cisco DNA Center: Look at the outcomes dont just compare to other products, this is a new way of thinking about the network with new abilities to create automation as well. This is not prime 4.0 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? It has allowed us to consolidate/eliminate tools and improved efficiency of network administration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") CT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/18/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Automation is the new normal" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? DNA Center will allow your network management to evolve and automate your network reducing costs and introducing more flexibility. Recently announced interoperability with third party networking vendors could really make a difference. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? The initial setup could be very complex. There's a lack of integration with third party product. I think Cisco should partner also with some OpenSource automation solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Cisco DNA Center: Is a paradigm change. Ensure your organization is mature enough for the automation. If not make awarness campaign highlighting the benefits for the company and also for the operations teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? I've improved the automation of repetitive tasks of the operations teams. Pay attention to properly educate your operations in benefits and skills on programming for automating repetitive tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite SC Simon C. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/27/2018 "Might not be for you (yet)" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? The automated tasks, and zero day deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Not all devices are supported in DNA-Center. We had a DNA-Center loan for about 90 days and experience that 95% of our devices are not supported. DNA-Center actually gave us more work, and no benefits with our current device setup. All new devices are bought with support for DNA-Center Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Nothing, as we have returned the Demo DNA-Center loan to Cisco Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Alexsandro R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alexsandro R.") AR Alexsandro R. Senior Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/18/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Network Engineer working with network projects last 14 years." 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? DNA Center offer the opportunity to have full automation services into an easily way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? A world made by cloud and software solutions, be tied to a hardware can slow down the adoption of such platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Cisco DNA Center: DNA is coming to replace solutions as Cisco Prime. API is the new CLI. Take a trial to DNA and you're going to see the full capabilities DNA has to offer. Soon to be fully integrated with Viptela, its the kind of must have product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? The lack of a view and control solution was solved with DNA Center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") CT Verified User in Telecommunications Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/7/2018 "Very good, the operation of this platform is very easy" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco DNA Center? The platform because is very important for other integrations. The security is very good and easy to manage all configurations. The cost of this is very cheap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco DNA Center? Maybe we need more documentation about this. Demos and other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco DNA Center solving and how is that benefiting you? Visibility and control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ## Questions about Cisco DNA Center? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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