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."
"It gives more security and micro-segmentation. It helps to set network configurations in an easy way."
"The performance is good."
"The we can actually extend Layer 2 networking across datacenters, and also Layer 3 networking, which comes along with it."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It follows a certain structure and you won't miss a step. It's all on the same level, step by step."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"The dashboard is comprehensive and easy to use."
"From a distributed firewall perspective, it's a solid solution."
"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."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"In the future, the solution should be compliant with internet NIC."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"The solution is only sold as part of a bundle and not as an individual product."
"The network-extending capabilities for the physical environment need improvement."
"We would like better integration with the standards on the market. For example, with OSPF, their integration in NSX is very low. It's not a full OSPF integration. It is too thin from a protocol perspective."
"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 support from VMware NSX could improve."
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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