We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Juniper, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems."
"It has reduced the number of people on the network team along with the system engineer involved in the security process. So, it is valuable."
"The initial setup is easy and takes between one and five days."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall."
"The solution is very stable and reliable."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"The microsegmentation allows me to sleep at night. My job is reducing risk, plugging security holes, and working with the automated layer security. Even if somebody spins up a new server, it has to have a tag in NSX."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"Despite being somewhat behind in the cybersecurity field, VMware should develop a cloud and a red team to continuously monitor for new malware and ransomware."
"It takes time to do the initial setup. It is a bit slow, which is surprising."
"The network-extending capabilities for the physical environment need improvement."
"The vendor should integrate a basic load balancer in future versions"
"One drawback is this solution requires a lot of other products in the VMware ecosystem to have a full end-to-end operation orchestration monitoring. You have to buy a lot of add-ons to fully utilize the functionality."
"The setup is complex and should be made easier."
"We would to have a reverse proxy. This would add great value to the solution."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Cisco SD-WAN, APCON and Cumulus Networks, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload.
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