We performed a comparison between Dell PowerConnect Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have these switches installed in an environment with hardware from many other vendors, and so far, so good."
"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches are very easy to configure with the GUI. Dell supports the solution even though it has been discontinued."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a stable and reliable product covered with good warranties and prices that ensure deep discounts for partners."
"The solution’s technical support is good."
"The technology is good and the interface is simple. We haven't had any bugs, disconnections or delays."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is simplicity."
"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."
"For what I used this switch for, it did well."
"The remote troubleshooting is pretty easy. You can turn off a port that might have a network loop created, or where there might be a bad NIC card that is creating issues. Being able to turn off that port remotely is fantastic, instead of having to replace the whole switch. Remote management is really easy."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"There is a lot of helpful documentation that helps with the configuration process."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"I expect it to be a zero-touch or a plug-and-play device. To some extent, it is, but we need to know the architecture, and we need to know what exactly we are doing. It is not so easy to implement. It depends on what exactly we are doing and it is still not a plug-and-play or zero-touch device. In the upcoming version, they can make it zero-touch, where we can just power it on and start using it. They can have some templates for different scenarios, such as when you are using it for the data center or adding it to your existing infrastructure."
"What's lacking in Dell PowerConnect Switches is SD-WAN integration, and this is what needs to be improved in it. All enterprises now move towards SD-WAN infrastructure, and because Dell PowerConnect Switches don't currently support SD-WAN, the product would be replaced, considered a secondary switch, or linked up to a different switch. Integration or support for SD-WAN is what I'd like to see in the next version of Dell PowerConnect Switches."
"When it comes to the configuration, there should be documentation and interactive help available to assist people who have experience with products from other vendors."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"Accessibility and management could be improved."
"Scalability, especially with the power connect series is something that you have to take into account before starting the project because any changes to an ongoing project can be difficult."
"A user can take care of the product's installation part, but it may not seem to be an easy process."
"It would be great to have modules that integrate with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, Arista SDN, Huawei Agile, and IBM."
"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."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
"One thing I would like to see improved is the response time for technical support."
"Though the tool's useability is good, it has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The security features must be improved."
Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Dell PowerConnect Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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