We performed a comparison between Cisco ACI and Juniper Contrail Networking based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features include microsegmentation, L3 Out features, and the common tenant and tenancy model."
"The most valuable feature is the throughput that it offers."
"We will improve our organization using the automation."
"The initial setup was trivially simple and easy. It builds itself because it is automation. You don't have to do too much."
"The most useful feature in the ACI is a feature called Service Graph."
"This product improved the way our company functions by enabling us to establish our goal of moving to a zero-trust model. That's how Cisco ACI helps us the most."
"This solution allows you to do everything quicker and more efficiently."
"The security component is its most valuable feature."
"Contrail automates the excellent communication between virtual appliances."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Since it is a new technology, Cisco moved all the menus. This made it tricky to use."
"I can recommend that Cisco improve its execution."
"Customer support for ACI needs improvement. Many customers prefer HPE because their internal support is different and easier to integrate with existing networks. This lack of awareness of ACI's capabilities makes customers stick to traditional networking."
"I think that technical support tickets should be escalated sooner."
"I would like to be able to test the upgrades in a simulation before implementing them in production because not everyone has a lab."
"The product needs to be more visible on the Internet and have the ability to be integrated into more software developments."
"The ability for us to figure out the traffic flows, to enable some of the more segmentation parts of it, is really tough with what is built into ACI."
"It is still not mature and has room to grow. As with any product out there, it requires time to develop."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Concerns were raised about the complexity of involving networking components like MX routers, which often required expertise beyond the scope of software engineers. As a result, users encountered challenges in achieving comprehensive understanding and troubleshooting of networking issues within the Contrail environment."
Cisco ACI is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 97 reviews while Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews. Cisco ACI is rated 8.0, while Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Cisco ACI writes "Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". Cisco ACI is most compared with VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Nuage Networks and HPE SDN, whereas Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and HPE SDN. See our Cisco ACI vs. Juniper Contrail Networking report.
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