We performed a comparison between Netgear Switches and Ubiquiti Unifi Switches based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Netgear Switches received better ratings from users. With an easy deployment, a great collection of features, an affordable price point, and excellent technical support, it is clear why users prefer Netgear over Ubiquiti switches.
"Remote management is the most important thing for us. And monitoring, of course, allows us to see when something is wrong with a client. We get notified that an access point is down, for instance, or that there are too many clients on one access point, so that we can log into the portal and manage the solution with the client instantly, from either a laptop or a cell phone, with the Insight app."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"We have a wide range of switches for various applications, including a collection specifically designed for ProAV, as well as Multi-gig Switches, which are also quite well-known or unique."
"The most important feature is the failover, the LACP links. That's the dual set it allows. We have redundant core switches and, if one fails or one network adapter fails, the other one can take over without problems."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"The switches' PoE capabilities have made device deployment very easy."
"This product is very reasonably priced."
"The performance is good. They also have good prices."
"The solution is very reliable and stable."
"Ubiquiti is one step above the consumer level. They cost a little bit more, but they just seem to be drop-dead reliable, and they're keeping up with the latest standards."
"The two most valuable features are the remote access user and the side-to-side connection."
"It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product's initial setup phase is very straightforward."
"If they could come up with ways to look at metrics on it while the video is capping through the system, that would be nice. There could be some interesting uses for that, but it's a long way off."
"There's a lack of chips and, consequently, a lack of deliveries. They're out of stock at their European warehouse."
"Their old firmware was a problem for us and we're still working on it. It didn't apply correctly so it took about half of our switches offline, which meant we couldn't use some of the functionality like the firmware updates. Unfortunately with that firmware, which they've sorted out, if you don't go through all the firmware and make sure it's past that point and back online, that's an issue with them. It's something to cautious about"
"Centralized monitoring is there, but competitors like Cisco Prime are at a higher level of centralized monitoring."
"The security features must be improved."
"An area for improvement would be creating a wizard that can do a lot of common stuff. Instead of having some manual configuration for common features, they may want to have a single wizard that could be put in place which would let you walk through creating multiple VLANs and different routes between VLANs in a wizard. Then, you wouldn't have to dig in so deep."
"One area that has room for improvement, and I know NETGEAR is working on it, is adding more features to the products lines in terms of what we can manage through the Insight portal... not all Layer 2 or Layer 3 settings are there yet."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Functionalities can change quite quickly without notice."
"The documentation for command lines needs to be improved."
"We've had issues with the power supply. I've had to change the power supply twice. I'm not sure what the issue is. We're still trying to work out why we're having problems with the switches and the cutting of the power supply. The solution should look into this to see if there is something wrong with the product."
"In terms of improvement, sometimes we have bugs."
"It's difficult to manage the WiFi on the edge switches in the same console."
"New products don't integrate well with their management platform. Sometimes you have to go directly to the box or the switch to do the management."
"There is room for improvement in terms fo customer service and support."
"I had some initial problems with the configuration that necessitated contacting technical support."
NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 46 reviews. NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti UniFi Switches writes "Offers a good controller, seamless design and easy to deploy ". NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Aruba Switches, whereas Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, Meraki MS Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our NETGEAR Switches vs. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches report.
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