All Sunbird DCIM Reviews
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Anders
Verified reviewer
Law Enforcement, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2019
Why I chose Sunbird DCIM
I like it because of its ease of use, good features, great support and help if needed. Easy to update and are frequently updated.
CONSMost of the problems I had is mostly on my side, i.e I am not familiar with terms, technical lingo and mindset. So when for instance filling in information is a bit tedious but it is getting easier.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive review. We plan to have our European user group meeting in April. We also offer free weekly training every Wednesday. See support portal for more details and recordings of all previous trainings.
Replied December 2019
Mary Carl Martin
Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2019
Lack of Documentation
We use it as our monitoring tool and Sunbird is good compared to other monitoring apps./
PROSEasy to use and synchronized with out UPS and PDUs
CONSLack of documentation on the application itself.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Cheaper and it will best work with our devices.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback. I will reach out to you on the documentation and free training.
Replied July 2020
gokul
Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2023
Dcim Tool
Has really good features for monitoring and asset management and a very good portfolio for report generation
CONSNot much i dont like about the software.They always try to make to the software more customer centric which is what most organizations are looking for
Nicholas
Government Administration, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Best DCIM available.
We just started using it be we are loving it.
PROSTraining, training, support and training. Sunbird has a huge amount of videos, knowledge articles, and excellent support.
CONSImporting a floor plan could be easier. With that being said, it is an extremely complicated process. Sunbird has been patient, understanding, and willing to go the extra mile to get the job done.
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
Poor support, and product end of life, support ending.
Mark
Broadcast Media, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
My Sunbird DCIM Review
I have been working with Sunbird Products for many years. Started with PowerIQ 11 years ago and recently migrated from Aperture to dcTrack. Starting with PowerIQ I have to say I love the Buffered Data Retrieval feature that provides a min, avg and max reading from a timestamp sample you define. This has proven to be very useful data. PowerIQ also has a Sensors Tab that I'm happy to say I submitted the NFR for. This tab allows users to easily manage their Temperature Sensors, providing the ability to utilize Global or Local Thresholds. Recently the addition of Inlets and Circuit Breakers have been added to this Tab. dcTrack has a lot of great features but the best feature by far is the Auto Power Budget Feature. This too I worked with Sunbird to create. It provides Deployment and Facilities Engineers with a Potential Power Load that is based off of Trend Policies defined by the Users. In my opinion it provides the most realistic power consumption from your devices on the Market. If you have not seen this in action you should contact Sunbird for a Demonstration right away. As it pertains to Support, Sunbird is remarkable! They respond to all Tickets in a timely manner and work hard to resolve them.
CONSWith all the great features Sunbird provides, the one thing I have an issue with is all the bugs we find after a new version is released. Although they are quick to resolve them there are far too many. I would like to see them beef up their Quality Assurance Program.
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
The version of Aperture we had installed was nearing EOL. We performed an extensive POC on many DCIM Products and found that dcTrack was the right fit for us.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback! and Tank you for helping us improve our new release test plans.
Replied June 2021
Tylerk
Education Management, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2016
Sunbird DCIM
My overall experience has been good. I like the direction the software is heading by moving more features and functionality to the web client and away from classic view. I really like sort and filter functionality as well as the import / export feature that can be used with Microsoft Excel. A built-in models library is very helpful and has saved us a bunch of time.
PROSImport / export functionality along with the sort and filter. When setting up the power infrastructure, I like that it is a physical representation of the plugs to outlet in that a L22-30P needs to be plugged into an L22-30R and that the software understands that a different plug or receptacle wouldn't physically plug in. There are numerous checks and balances like this that are helpful.
CONSThe separation of features between the web client and classic view. It can also be confusing to understand what features are in PowerIQ opposed to DcTrack. Making them better integrated would be helpful. It would be nice if the models library updates were more proactive vs reactive. For example, when Dell released their Rx30 lineup, it would be nice to have the R330, R430, R530, etc.. automatically added without having to put in a request since Dell is such a big player in this field. I understand it can't be done for every make / model but for the big manufacturers core lineup that would help. Software doesn't natively work with Chrome, the use of extensions doesn't always work properly.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback. We are delighted to now offer a modern and elegant web browser based GUI. We even allow uses to select between light and dark mode.
Replied December 2019
Naga Jayanth
Telecommunications, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
Sunbird DCIM DCTRACK is a great tool for Data Center Managements
In Verizon, we started using dcTrack, a Sunbird tool from 2020 and seeing it really helpful in our migration from the old legacy applications to this new dctrack tool. It has a lot more easy to use functionalities to migrate/ add data & realtime dashboards to view graphs/data. Also they provide new release versions every 4-6 months to add new features and fix bugs reported in the existing version.
CONSAs its a third party tool, we wont have direct access to their code base and DB, to fix any bug found during our implementation, rather have to create a ticket and they'll take a look at it and will release a hotfix for the existing version/ fix it in the next release version.
Nick
Telecommunications, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2023
The Best DCIM iv used thus far!
The over all experience has been very positive. from POC to implementation to on going support i have had a great experience at all levels.
PROSCustomizable Dashboards / Facility health and Asset and part management.
CONSNo dislikes yet, the system has been great.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
It was clear that during the Sunbird POC that the system was far more superior than asset spire. it was fluid and easy to communicate our needs and then to see immediate results while working with the POC team
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
Asset Spire was not able to deliver what we wanted, everything was a "development process with extra cost."
Tony
Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Great Product for Visibility/Control of your Data Center
Great product with great training program and support!
PROSThe ability to see all power usage at a facility and compare to the cooling capacity is an amazing feature.
CONSSome features require multiple clicks to access/use.
duflot
Luxury Goods & Jewelry, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Good product
Appreciate the design of the Sunbird and the fast react
CONSintegration with other app Excel for item
Tony
Government Administration, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2019
Great 1st Echelon Support
dcTrack, along with powerIQ provides in-depth health-concern data for your data centers, at a glance. I dont' have enough characters here to list everything I like about this software. I'll sum it up like this, all of the questions/requirements you may have for your system, that start with, "can I do ______ with this system?", the answer is yes. Some features are harder than others to get setup. Power connectivity, for instance, takes into account your building's entire power chain. From the building UPS, up to your rack PDU's, utilizing any available management information those devices will offer up. Unless you know a lot about industrial power (I do not) then it could be a difficult feature to get working. That being said I was able to get things up and running with a Sunbird support staff who are not just extremely knowledgeable of their applications, but have expertise in every facet of every infrastructure area that the system supports. The applications are also visually stunning that they are easy sells to management and are "no-brianers" to justify for purchase.
CONSMy biggest complaint about the software is a development paradigm of dictating what can be done or not in the system, even if you may feel like you should be able to proceed with an operation. An example of this is that the system, when implemented as deigned will not allow you to make a network connection between a SFP port of a switch and a copper NIC. This, even though these connections are possible using copper GBIC's. There is a workaround for this, of making all of your different port-types to "twisted-pair" which constitutes a minor inconvenience. The important thing is that the Sunbird Support staff have always come up with a work around for the particular incompatibilities in our environment, of which there have not been many.
Vendor Response
Tony - thank you for the positive feedback and great insight. Look forward to seeing you at our next san jose user group.
Replied October 2019
David
Real Estate, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2020
Customer Support Request Turnaround
It has been a great tool for my staff here in our Data Canter and something our internal IT customers have come to rely on when it comes to its great IT device reporting features.
PROSIts robust features, clear details on devices listed and quick support from Sunbird when needed
CONSIf any complaint is that it may be too much with features for what I use it here within our Data Center. But this is not a complaint i would not take any higher than myself here.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Value, great support and customization
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
Rackwise vendor went out of business
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback.
Replied August 2020
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2018
Caretech Solutions Inc.
As a remote datacenter manager, it is invaluable to have a visual readout of our assets, and easily be able to determine and display capacity. As a Shared Services provider, we can easily demonstrate to existing customers where their racks are located, how populated they are, etc. This is also useful in sales initiatives; having a 3-D graph of racks with available capacity (one of the vendor-provided reports) makes the salesman's job easier.
PROSI like the fact that it can be as high-level, or granulated as you like. I initially started with "where are my racks and what's in them" usage, easily generating 3-d visuals, and exporting .csv and .pdf reports. Using the built-in import and export tools, I've been able to add entries for power whips (and associate them with racks), and populate chassis with individual blades. Next steps will be to update network information for devices, again, with the easy import tools.
CONSThe models library sometimes lacks the specific Make, Model, etc. of a device I'm adding, so I'll have to use a similar one, or define a generic one. Sunbird has a mechanism to submit model addition requests.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback.
Replied December 2019
Greg
Publishing, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2020
DCIM Solution for Any business
Managing over a hundred global locations comprised of local offices and data centers have been a huge challenge. With the implementation of dcTrack/PowerIQ we were able to achieve clear visibility into each of these locations and eliminate a lot of technology debt.
PROSPractical Data Center inventory management and power monitoring tool in one. Easy to use with intelligent and clear reporting and helpful dashboards. We've grown and developed our business processes and procedures while implementing the tool - moving away from manual data entry and management via multiple spreadsheets is the thing of the past we'd never go back to.
CONSWith every release there are always new features delivered that were requested by the customers. As with every tool, some level of customization is always required. In some cases it may not be as intuitive as one would wish and reading the admin manual is a must.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Hardware agnostic approach was our deciding factor.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback.
Replied July 2020
Nathan
Retail, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2020
Sunbird DCIM
Sunbird's DCIM software is a powerful kit and very easy to learn to use. Being in a new role that uses this software and in under 5 months I can confidently use it. You can very easily monitor your enterprise's health from a dashboard and action any needs. The support the Sunbird team provides is also excellent with extremely fast response times and vast knowledge - whether it'll be adding a new model or the rare error code, the team is on it.
CONSThe least thing I like about this software is the fact it's broken down into two different parts. DcTrack and PowerIQ. These works very well together however if they were integrated into one then it would make use quicker when performing certain tasks.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback. Our vision is to integrate into one like you suggest.
Replied July 2020
Dirk
Chemicals, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2019
Transparency to the datacenter
We had to know how much power our Datacenter is using and we had different PDU's in use. Sunbird helped us to integrate all of them in one software product. So we have everything in one view.
PROSThe Software is very powerful. Each release brings new features, that are very usefully. With the new dashboards you have only one look to see if something needs attention. In the meanwhile our Datacenter team knows more about the rooms, climate, power consumption than our facility management. The functionality for reporting is very powerful and can automatically sent them to the persons, that need it.
CONSBecause the software is so powerful, there are a lot of things you have to configure. As better it's configured, as better are the results. It take some time to set everything up. We took Sunbird to support us and this have been the right choice for us.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback! We plan to have our next German user group in March. Hope to see you!
Replied October 2019
Christopher
Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2022
Still implementing but good process so far
Visualizations look great. The constant updating of model library helps to keep things accurate when adding new assets. Monitoring can be granular which gives the user better flexibility to use the functionality how they want it to be used. Software is very easy once it is used on a daily basis. Free weekly training is also helpful
CONSSome of the better features appear to be available in newer builds. Newer builds require more testing before they can even be implemented. We get stuck using the outdated version with fear that the new one won't work well with out environment. Seems like the older versions have less and less support as the newer versions are released which is understandable. Charging for rack licenses for simple things like cable ladders to be represented in maps.
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
We did not make the switch, we are using them in tandem. Sunbird seems to have more growth while the features in DCE seem to be stagnant.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your review.
Replied June 2022
Arnaud
Telecommunications, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2018
Easy to use
I'm based in France, and if i need hard support, i need to contact USA support. Because of the time difference, i hava to wait to the afternon to have some answers end the same for them but, finally, all the issues has been solved.
PROSThe best of this software is the dashboard, that you can see all the informations about your business in real time. and you can personalize it !
CONSIf you don't receive any official learning about the software it's long to know all the things about the software.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback. We provide free weekly training every Wednesday. See our support portal https://www.sunbirddcim.com/dcim-technical-support to sign up and to view video records of prior training sessions.
Replied December 2019
Brian
Telecommunications, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2016
Hard to imagine business without Power IQ
Being responsible for 100+ sites, the level of visibility Power IQ provides is extremely valuable. Prior to using this product, we did not have this in a centralized platform. There have been numerous success stories since deploying Power IQ and we are pleased with the continual development this product is receiving. The product is evolving into many of the features we have a roadmap for integrating so it is definately product that justifies the investment.
PROSHaving all the information for all our locations centrally located has helped greatly. The ability to power cycle an entire device that is dual power corded has helped as well.
CONSThe floor plans in the dashboard view take a long time to load. With all the sites and having them on a slideshow, not always is the floorplan populated prior to switching to a different view.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback.
Replied December 2019
Fritz
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2018
Sunbird's software solutions are innovative and intuitive to use. A number of important functions ar
Excellent overview, timely warning, optimal reports - and all with little effort!
PROSAll in all a convincing offer. Product, licensing model, price, service, etc. convince in comparison with other solutions.
CONSIn the case of dcTrack, the licensing model for PCs should be extended in order to be able to map office units (PC, Printer, etc.) with the software beyond the data center (Racks/Cabinets).
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback. We made sure we fully covered the data center, lab. IDF/MDF and colo models first. We that fully covered now, we are expanding into the office areas.
Replied December 2019
Matt
Computer & Network Security, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
dcTrack review
The overall support from Sunbird has been excellent. they've been willing to help whenever any problems arrived and the diligence of their support and development staff I've worked with has been wonderful.
PROSThe learning curve was not steep. We're able to manage over 80 global data centers effectively and plan for power, space and remote monitoring.
CONSThe initial hardware descriptions for some devices were incorrect and made bulk imports difficult. However after learning how to tweak the models Library we were able to correct any mistakes and gain accurate device descriptions.
Ginny
Computer Software, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2019
Very helpful Data Center Tool
Excellent tool to gather our global Data Center data and see it visually
PROSSeeing Power Consumption per cabinet. Knowing where all network, fiber, & power cables are plugged into to help pinpoint problems. Visual 3D view of cabinets Being able to bulk upload information
CONSUsing classic view to make fiber connections work together Not all models have front and back pictures of them
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Ease of use
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive review.. Our June release will eliminate your need to use the classic view for cable management. Please send the models with missing images to tech support for them to update in the model library.
Replied December 2019
Jason
Semiconductors, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Great Product, doesn't overstep it's bounds, good value for money
I think Sunbird DCIM is a great product! I think it will help my company in many ways, from tracking assets to being able to have a fully documented Datacenter so that we can direct people where to go and what to do. The ability to interact with PDUs allows up a lot of control over machines and their power, not to mention being able to watch power consumption, which greatly helps with capacity planning.
PROSSunbird DCIM was easy to get installed and get started. There are many options available to track machines, and the dcTrack and PowerIQ work very well together. The tools can be setup with appropriate roles and authentication so that many members of a team can work with it and update it. Also, when I have had a problem, the support team was able to correct the issue and were very knowledgeable about the product so it did not take long to fix.
CONSThe software can be a bit confusing to get around until you use it for a while. There have been a few bugs, but the support team was able to get things sorted out for me.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Sunbird, gave us a wow factor that no other product did. Also the sales guys were very good about explaining the product and demonstrating all the features you can do with it.
Reasons for switching to Sunbird DCIM
Needed a more feature rich DCIM tool that can monitor power, and take some of the management away from us so we can spend time on more important tasks.
Scott
Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
Moderate user of Sunbird's PowerIQ module
Been a moderate user for 7+ years. Creating Reports, Analytics and Dashboards
PROSEase of integration with Raritan (Legrand) PDUs a,d ability to monitor/alert down to outlets.
CONSsearch function limitations, lack of custom fields
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
integration with existing PDU products
Zach
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
Sunbird DCIM Review
Easy to setup and use. Easy to add devices one at a time or discovery wizard.
CONSThe analytics and reports could be cleaner and more powerful. Better exports of them too.
Reason for choosing Sunbird DCIM
Better functionality for what we needed.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the positive feedback. I will reach out to you to discuss your reporting ideas.
Replied October 2019