We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We find the CloudVision switching feature of this solution really useful."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine to ten out of ten."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The solution is easy to use and has good integration."
"The performance is very good."
"The feature I like the most is the ability to reword changes before committing to the change. We can always reword changes in 10 minutes if they don't work."
"The most valuable feature is that the CLI is the same on all of the Juniper devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls."
"Juniper EX Series is part of the Junos operating system and has a candidate configuration feature, which means changes are not immediately applied. It has a consistent command structure across all platforms and can handle both layer-three routing and layer-two switching. Additionally, the Junos OS offers virtualization options and support for multi-chassis and fabric switching. Overall, the Juniper EX Series is a versatile and powerful solution."
"The GUI interface distinguishes it from other vendors and makes it easy to operate."
"Something that you will often hear about Arista products is that the price is a bit too high and, like with Cisco, we sometimes have problems with our customers because of its pricing."
"They should have a more stable code."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"An area for improvement in Arista Networks Platform is its integration, e.g. it needs to have more integration with its new products. Incorporating more security and cloud is also another area for improvement in the platform."
"Arista Networks Platform should focus on improving the compatibility or integration with Cisco solutions."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The initial setup for Juniper switches is complex. Juniper has a new program that solves that problem a little bit, but it is expensive, so I don't use it. It is Juniper Mesh, Juniper Wire, or something like that where you plug in a switch, and it goes out to their cloud, finds a config, and brings it down. So, you can do everything cloud-based, but there is a fee for that. It is expensive, so I've never used it. If we were starting, we would try to do something like that. It is more for a large enterprise for managing hundreds of switches versus what we're doing. They should make its price more cost-effective or include it for new or smaller companies."
"We need to start seeing some kind of AI to assist with some of what we really want to accomplish from a policy standpoint to achieve better efficiency."
"The stability could be better. We find, for example, Cisco, to be more stable."
"EX switches take too long to boot when we restart them for maintenance. We need to minimize downtime. Another issue is the command line interface. Juniper's commands are different from other switches, so it's hard to remember them."
"The operating system could be better."
"They could provide better security tools."
"Jupiter Switches' configuration is a little difficult to understand."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better integration with software-defined networking."
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Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is ranked 8th in Ethernet Switches with 65 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches writes "Provides campus switches and access switches that are simple to deploy, but the code isn't stable enough for a leaf and spine design". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches report.
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