We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and HPE ProCurve based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cisco Catalyst Switches wins out in this comparison. The solution offers great durability, reliability, and scalability. Cisco Catalyst Switches are feature rich due to Cisco’s brand exposure in the marketplace and can be easier to manage and maintain due to the amount of certified professional users available in the marketplace today. Cisco is a technology that many organizations know to be extremely stable and robust and the Catalyst Switches are another great value-added product that organizations know they can trust.
"It works well."
"Catalyst Switches perform very well, and the network is stable."
"I like the management of streaming both audio and video."
"Since Cisco Catalyst Switches don't go online, they are secured."
"We heavily use the SmartPort features. It has really helped us. The U.S. policies are handled by the auto SmartPort feature"
"Catalyst switches are easy to use and simple to work with."
"I recently discovered the DHCP feature. There is a feature with which you can make the core act as a DHCP server, and it will distribute the IPs for every device. I discovered this feature recently, and it is very nice."
"Catalyst switches are our dedicated solution for connecting everything into one big domain."
"HPE ProCurve offers a very good value proposition compared to that of other switches and is very energy-efficient."
"The LAN features give us exactly what we need."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."
"ProCurve is easy to configure and to know how to create each connection and configuration."
"The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"Stability could be better."
"There are multiple operating systems across Cisco's portfolio, which is problematic."
"I use the Cisco Catalyst Switches command-line interface(CLI) a lot out in the field, but there are some web interfaces features that are available that I haven't used very much. I'm more comfortable with the CLI, but the web interfaces are very lacking."
"Its price can be improved. Some devices can be very expensive."
"The biggest issue we are having is with bugs and memory loss, which occurs when developing the IOS."
"My company would prefer that the price was more cost-effective."
"Cisco forces end-users to accept billing for some capabilities or services that they may not want."
"They should be cheaper."
"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."
"The product could be cheaper."
"The interface we have could be better."
"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
"We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
"The solution doesn't have web-based management, which is why we've moved to a different solution."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, ExtremeSwitching and Aruba Instant On Switches, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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