Configlets and Email notifications are useful when there is alot of other systems to take care of

the configlets have a weird way to be programmed

NCM as a produce is very nice, affordable and easy to manage.

Auto configuration options and reporting

Support team and their way of resolving the issue.

In terms of config back-up and configlets it has done fantastic job whereas in terms of compliance and vulnerabilities it is not up to the mark.

Config back-up set up is the most liked feature in the application

Since there is the compliance report in the tool it should give the report for all the devices which are on-boarded to tool. In my case it was unable to give the compliance report for the HP Aruba devices

As a Network Engineer, it saved me a lot of time backing up the configuration and deploying changes.

The automatic backups and change deployments from one central point to all devices.

I don't have any dislikes. The product has all the features we require and it is easy to setup.

We are using NCM to make sure we have config backups of our network devices. In the future, we will explore the compliance and syslog change management piece.

Personally, I like the layout and the many different features. We are just getting started and have only scratched the surface but so far, its been pretty sweet. I would say there is a bit of a learning curve but that comes with most things. With a little trial and error, it is not too bad. That is not to mention support is great (thanks [sensitive content hidden]), they respond ASAP and get you to a resolution.

I think the inventory view could make it a bit more clear on what is managed on what isn't. For example, you might have a device that has the credentials applied and you can attempt to back it up but it might not be "managed". Maybe the icons could be more explanatory initially.