Cisco Catalyst Center vs Plixer Scrutinizer

Cisco Catalyst Center

Figure	Cisco Catalyst Center	Plixer Scrutinizer
Price from	—	$1,083/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	Yes
Open source	—	—
Web	Yes	Yes
Windows	Yes	—
macOS	Yes	—
Linux	Yes	—
API	Yes	Yes
Self-hosted	Yes	Yes
Plans published	2	2
Spec score · Network Traffic Analysis Software	7.7 (#13)	7.8 (#12)
Deployment	Cisco describes hardware and virtual appliance deployments, including current guides for VMware ESXi and Ubuntu KVM.	Scrutinizer virtual appliances are offered for VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM, and as an Amazon Machine Image on AWS.
Founded	1984	1999
Headquarters	San Jose, California, United States	Kennebunk, Maine, United States
Integrations	Cisco documents integrations with ISE, ThousandEyes, Webex, Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow, Infoblox, and BlueCat, plus generic APIs for other ITSM and IPAM systems.	Plixer lists technology partners including AWS, Cisco, Splunk, VMware, Microsoft Defender, Tenable, and Zscaler, and says Scrutinizer supports NetFlow, IPFIX, and sFlow exports.
Purpose	Cisco Catalyst Center is a centralized network controller and management dashboard for enterprise network operations.	Scrutinizer analyzes NetFlow data to provide network traffic visibility and operational insight.
Support	Cisco says Catalyst and Cisco DNA software subscriptions include embedded software support and downloads; opening a support case requires a Cisco Service Contract.	Standard support is listed as Monday through Friday, 8 AM–5 PM EST/EDT, while Premium Support is listed as 24×7×365.

Cisco Catalyst Center has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Plixer Scrutinizer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.