We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and ExtremeSwitching 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."The most valuable feature is the automation that we can do with it."
"We are a Cisco shop. This solution is better compared to other options."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth."
"We used older versions of Cisco Cloud. The reason why we switched was just adapting with the times."
"A very solid and reliable solution."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"Its low latency is most valuable. Its performance is good, and it is also very stable."
"The price is low compared to the competition."
"Our vendors are great and they offer very good support services."
"Performance is good."
"The solution can scale."
"The most valuable features of ExtremeSwitching are that they are robust and have plenty of features. There is a lot of functionality. They have a lot of other features ExtremeSwitching that you can get involved with but I haven't been using many of them."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable."
"The solution has inspection firewalls that can do a deep packet inspection on a port basis."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"The only thing to improve is to continue to get better."
"I don't really deal with the pricing but I know that it's not cheap."
"Data center access is stable and high speed but it is not compatible with Cisco's server hardware devices. The solution can be technically improved and can have features like automation, better visibility, better functionality, and cheap pricing."
"There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw."
"There may be many bugs which remain unresolved."
"The initial setup is always complex."
"Technical support could be better."
"It could be cheaper in general."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are not prevalent in the industry, so it's harder to go online and research how to deploy their APs or switches. There is a broader user community for Cisco and Juniper because they've been around for a while and everybody has a bit of knowledge they can publish online."
"The solution lacks a cyber asset attack capability."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"The interface could be improved."
"The training and resources for learning are lacking."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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