We performed a comparison between ExtremeSwitching 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."The switches are fast."
"The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"The solution has inspection firewalls that can do a deep packet inspection on a port basis."
"Performance is good."
"The performance of ExtremeSwitching is good."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable."
"The unique ring topology is actually a handy innovation."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"One of the biggest benefits of the remote management is that it's easy to use and you can use it from a mobile device or tablet with the app they've developed... If one of my engineers is out in the field at a client and an alert comes in from another client, that engineer can take that alert and look at it in real-time."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"The solution is stable."
"Their online portal is one of the most useful features. The portal is very user-friendly, so even someone with not a lot of tech experience can go in and see what's going on with the switch."
"For what I used this switch for, it did well."
"Since it has a web interface, it is easy to set up. You don't have to take three years of training somewhere for a lot of money."
"ExtremeSwitching is scalable to a certain extent for SME-segmented IP."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
"The interface could be improved."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are not prevalent in the industry, so it's harder to go online and research how to deploy their APs or switches. There is a broader user community for Cisco and Juniper because they've been around for a while and everybody has a bit of knowledge they can publish online."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"The training and resources for learning are lacking."
"The pricing of the universal switches is an area of concern that needs to be improved."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"The ‘how-to’ guides could do with some improvements. We got in trouble following the stacking and Dante set-up guides. If these would have been accurate, we would not have lost three days."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"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."
ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco Nexus, 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 ExtremeSwitching vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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