We performed a comparison between Cisco Ethernet Switches and Nokia Ethernet Service Switch 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."Technical support is excellent. They are very helpful."
"Its performance and reliability are valuable."
"The tool is easy to use, offering numerous options in terms of server connection."
"The solution is basically issue-free."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Ethernet Switches is its hardware."
"It's all-encompassing and can help you in all these different areas. If people realize that they want something that's going to work, that's pretty foolproof, then Cisco's always worth the investment."
"We can easily integrate the product with any OEM solutions."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the core reliability and the switching group. All the features are very generic switching features with high reliability. That is the main key point I can highlight."
"The highest value lies in aggregating the data to improve both traffic management and device utilization, emphasizing the importance of engagement and liability."
"The most valuable feature is the product's availability."
"On several occasions we encountered major issues with the solution and have found the Nokia technical support to be quite supportive."
"The most valuable features are user functionality and interoperability."
"The performance and reliability are the solution's most valuable features."
"We are less in the Cloud because the Cloud technologies didn't work so well. That happened in all of the companies where I've been engaged."
"When you contact support, they don't give you the expert at first, they give you the beginner. Only after going around in a circle do they give you experts. Why don't they just give the expert from the beginning?"
"The licensing needs to be improved."
"We need more management tools for the solution."
"Cisco's pricing can be a concern, particularly with support fees."
"I think the price should be cheaper to be able to afford more."
"We've had hardware problems like SSDs, ports, networking, things like that."
"It could be cheaper, especially the DNA license. One DNA license is around $3,000 for a three-year contract."
"I would like to see more collaboration with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) vendors, such as Itron."
"The segment routing could be improved, and they could also transfer a lot of legacy to the cloud domain."
"The solution needs more monitoring tools."
"I would suggest improvements regarding enhancing support response times and implementing user interface modifications for quicker and more user-friendly interactions."
"I would prefer that all the licenses be open for our use."
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Cisco Ethernet Switches is ranked 1st in Ethernet Switches with 128 reviews while Nokia Ethernet Service Switch is ranked 22nd in Ethernet Switches with 5 reviews. Cisco Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Nokia Ethernet Service Switch is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Ethernet Switches writes "It's a solidly stable product from a leader in the field". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nokia Ethernet Service Switch writes "A stable solution which is competitively priced and offers good support". Cisco Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches, whereas Nokia Ethernet Service Switch is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Huawei Ethernet Switches, Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Ethernet Switches vs. Nokia Ethernet Service Switch report.
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