We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and Cisco Nexus based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, the two products received similar ratings across all categories. However, users of Arista Networks Platform reported seeing an ROI while users of Cisco Nexus did not.
"It is very stable. It has good hardware and very stable code. It provides good value for its price. They are a very lean type of organization, so they are very responsive, and they're able to focus more on their platform versus having multiple products out there."
"Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"They support open standard features."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"This solution provides all of the routing and searching features that we need."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is the performance, flexibility, configuration, and cost. It's not a traditional pricing model from Cisco. They've offered our company a considerable reduction in price. That makes Cisco Nexus now very competitive with other vendors."
"The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it is high-density, ten-gig."
"Solid product, communications and support from a well-known dependable company."
"We leverage Cisco DCNM a lot, which allows us to automate."
"It's easy to use."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"My company does face issues in terms of interoperability when it comes to the product, making it an area that needs to be fixed."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"Something that you will often hear about Arista products is that the price is a bit too high and, like with Cisco, we sometimes have problems with our customers because of its pricing."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"The code quality for this solution has gotten worse and needs improvement."
"Stability is not really up to the mark."
"I would like to see better collaboration with other, low-end devices."
"The scalability can be improved."
"The licensing is very complicated. They should work to simplify it."
"Cisco Nexus is just a platform. You just set it up, give it an IP, and then start configuring it. But there are a million features to configure."
"I would love to see Active/Active FEX connectivity, which is enhanced vPC, where we could also do a vPC from a server in that type of configuration."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 2nd in Data Center Networking with 21 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, VMware NSX and ExtremeSwitching. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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