We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and VMware NSX 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."Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."
"We find the CloudVision switching feature of this solution really useful."
"I like the spine as a leaf model and low latency. The hardware is robust and meets expected latency in all environments, mainly if you belong to the media or trading industry. For multicast-based solutions, Arista is number one."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"I have found VMware NSX to be easy to use."
"It operates on a logical level, providing a comprehensive and centralized way to manage your network resources."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the DFW (distributed firewall)"
"It is easy to implement it."
"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 straightforward."
"The product has valuable features for security and network extension."
"The we can actually extend Layer 2 networking across datacenters, and also Layer 3 networking, which comes along with it."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"They should have a more stable code."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"Arista Networks Platform should focus on improving the compatibility or integration with Cisco solutions."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"VMware NSX should be able to scale for different customers, even the big ones. Its scalability needs improvement. Stability for it should also be improved."
"VMware NSX can improve the migration tools from the older environments to the new environment. For example, the NSX-V has become a legacy solution, it's out of support, but customers are able to keep using it. For migration purposes, it's better for them to provide a proper tool. It will be easy to migrate from an old environment to a new one."
"The solution could improve by having a more streamlined setup."
"The first time setting it up was difficult."
"Lacks integration with other solutions."
"It might be nice to have more AI in the future."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and PTX Series Routers, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. VMware NSX report.
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