We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Juniper QFX Series Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the management of streaming both audio and video."
"It enables fast data transfer rates, while offering stable and consistent network performance."
"The most valuable features include the redundancy one and the spanning tree."
"The performance of Cisco Catalyst Switches is good."
"They have a robust monitoring system."
"This is a feature-rich product and the newer models have improved features that allow for many new possibilities."
"Scalable product."
"Easy to manage, with a long lifespan."
"It's a stable solution."
"The QFX series is a good choice for large data centers, particularly for Spine-Leaf architectures."
"It's really easy to replicate rules. It's the one that I've used; it was CLI-based. You can implement a large set of rules with CLI. You can just copy a script and add additional changes to the source and destination on the part. And so it's easy to do large zone-based rules."
"Juniper QFX Series Switches provide a good platform for all of our hardware and are easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the VxLAN and the EVPN."
"EVPN-VXLAN feature offers the most benefits."
"When you compare it with HPE and Aruba, it should be fancier."
"It would be good if they added some machine learning which would allow us to abandon the rigid rules for processing traffic priorities and, at the same time, save money, because equipment with similar logic (like DPI) is much more expensive."
"Cisco should support all of the features that are included with the suite."
"Personal automatization is a feature that should be addressed."
"We would like the solution to be more stable."
"The product must provide a better central tool for management."
"It would be helpful to have the ability to load new IOS software without performing a reboot or to be able to perform the reboot without disrupting end-users."
"The solution’s licensing could be improved."
"There have been some issues sometimes. When you upgrade the device, it doesn't come up. It gets stuck."
"I faced issues with the deployment and upgrade. In the QFX5110 series, features like ISSU and DSSQ should be improved. Upgrades should be smoother."
"The price could be cheaper."
"Integrating QFX switches was the first point of challenge."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It is too high."
Cisco Catalyst Switches doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Ethernet Switches with 171 reviews while Juniper QFX Series Switches doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Ethernet Switches with 6 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Juniper QFX Series Switches is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper QFX Series Switches writes "Offers high port density, including 1/25G/40G/100G and 400 options upto 2 RU and lower power consumption and leverages Broadcom chipsets for enhanced performance". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and HPE ProCurve, whereas Juniper QFX Series Switches is most compared with Cisco Nexus, PTX Series Routers and Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Juniper QFX Series Switches report.
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