We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This solution has given us the ability to use Cisco ISE for security."
"Current flexibility and the opportunities for future planning and scaling make this product line an ultimate opportunity."
"Cisco Nexus has good overall reliability and configuration options. It is fairly straightforward to access the switching platforms."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very expensive. Currently, we pay an yearly licensing cost. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."
"The initial setup is easy."
"This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth."
"Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months."
"The High Bandwidth AV-over-IP functionality of these switches has been fantastic, especially in leaf-and-spine. We've been able to build redundancy and they seem to outperform even the Cisco Catalyst, which is about twice as expensive as the M-series switches are."
"Out-of-the-box, it works for our main use case. When passing multicast video across the network, our technicians don't have make any changes. Then, if we do need to make configuration changes for a custom scenario, the web interface is user intuitive so it's easy to use and change."
"Netgear switches are highly reliable. We haven't done anything particularly sophisticated with them."
"Comes preconfigured and designed specifically for AV."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I have not faced any issues with the product whatsoever."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"There is a lot of helpful documentation that helps with the configuration process."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There's been a little bit of bugginess in the code, but that happens."
"Our only complaint is about the licensing because it can always be a little more cost-effective."
"There may be many bugs which remain unresolved."
"They should make it easier to update the code on it."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features."
"The product lacks options for integration with other market products that would allow us more flexibility."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing. The solution is expensive. Compared to other vendors, it's costly for similar products."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
"The security features must be improved."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The tool's price could be better."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"One thing I would like to see improved is the response time for technical support."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"The product could be more robust."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerConnect Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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