Cisco Catalyst Center vs Google Cloud Capacity Planner
Cisco Catalyst Center
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| Figure | Cisco Catalyst Center | Google Cloud Capacity Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · IT Capacity Management Software | 7.8 (#7) | 7.6 (#12) |
| API | The platform exposes northbound REST APIs for discovery, inventory, topology, provisioning, assurance, and other network operations. | The Capacity Planner REST API provides programmatic access to product features at project, folder, and organization scopes. |
| Purpose | Cisco Catalyst Center is a centralized network controller and management dashboard for enterprise network operations. | Capacity Planner shows current and forecasted use of Google Cloud resources to help plan future capacity and quota needs. |
Plans
Cisco Catalyst Center
- Cisco DNA AdvantagePriced on request
- Cisco DNA EssentialsPriced on request
In their own words
Cisco Catalyst Center
Cisco Catalyst Center has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Google Cloud Capacity Planner
Google Cloud Capacity Planner shows current and forecasted use of Google Cloud resources to help teams plan capacity and quota needs. It covers Compute Engine instances, Persistent Disk and Hyperdisk volumes, GPUs, TPUs, and Cloud Storage bucket egress bandwidth. Forecasts combine linear and superlinear models, with yearly seasonality for scopes holding at least two years of usage history. Compute usage is available at P50, P75, and P99 percentiles; Cloud Storage bucket usage is shown at P100 only. Historical usage spans up to two years, forecasts up to six months, and historical forecast snapshots up to one year. Usage is sampled every five minutes and displayed within 24 hours; Overview insights refresh at least every 48 hours. Data can be exported as CSV or through the REST API to Cloud Storage or BigQuery. The API supports project, folder, and organization scopes. The service costs nothing, but billable Google Cloud resources used with it are charged separately. It is in Preview under Pre-GA terms, may have limited support, and some organizations may need to request access.