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."Current flexibility and the opportunities for future planning and scaling make this product line an ultimate opportunity."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The interface is easy to use. It is not much different from iOS, but you can use it on a larger scale in data centers."
"You can scale the product."
"It's easy to use."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"The setup is straightforward. I'd like to see the firmware and code upgradability to be slightly more intuitive."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"The big winner for NETGEAR is their modular switch: the 96X version. That is something that you don't see in the market anywhere else, except for Cisco who has it at a high level for a high expense. The ability to customize your own switch with their modules is a big plus for what we do in the market right now. Instead of having to piece together standardized switches, trying to make something work, or fitting the design into the mold, the modular switches are aware that you can make a mark in the industry because you purchased one switch and design with different modules added and removed later on for functionality."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"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 stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"As far as remoting into it goes, it is very efficient because I can do it from anywhere, through the remote software. I can get right into it, I can change settings really quickly, if a customer needs to add another device into it or if I need to make changes on the VLANs that we created."
"The ease of use of these switches is very good because of the Cisco CLI. If you are familiar with CLI, then you can configure the switch that way. It also has a relatively straightforward web interface. Using the web interface is good for beginners or people who aren't familiar with Cisco CLI. However, having a common command line interface method is great for some of our more advanced guys who are familiar with it."
"I would like to see a lighter platform."
"The operating system needs to be improved. There should be stability in the operating system, and it should not have as many vulnerabilities."
"I would like to see more automation and for it to be easier to use."
"They need to offer fibre switches in the 9K series."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"The installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."
"We have encountered some software bugs."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"I'd like to see a little bit of slowdown on the firmware updates. They've been doing a lot of them. I don't know if that's just because it's such a new product line, but the firmware updates have been a little annoying because they've been coming once a week. For a switch, that's a little extreme."
"There's a lack of chips and, consequently, a lack of deliveries. They're out of stock at their European warehouse."
"When the power does go out, or if we do a soft shutdown, some of the transceivers or the monitor don't recognize when it turns back on, so I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in and then it works. We're working with NETGEAR's engineers to figure out why that's happening."
"My one issue with it is that not all the features of the switch can currently be managed via the portal. For some of the more advanced features, you still have to configure the switch."
"I would like an email notification in case of errors or failures. If it was possible for the switch to email out an error log or notification note, especially in cases where we have the switches offsite (on the other side of town), then if something was to go wrong, it would be great to know about it before our client goes to use it for a big event, and it doesn't work. While I know that it does do SNMP, which is sort of standard, in the AV world, that is not always an option for us. We are usually running our own little network box and don't always have access to an SNMP server. We may just have simple Internet access or something similar."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"Support needs to be improved."
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, Dell PowerConnect Switches and ExtremeSwitching, 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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