We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking 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)."It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"Contrail automates the excellent communication between virtual appliances."
"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."
"The migration methods are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"The solution is robust as it covers everything we want to do and is stable, so we're happy enough with it. We have had no problems so far. Everything is great."
"I am impressed with the tool's protection."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"The alert features are the most valuable."
"The stability is great. That's one of the things that we can quantify and leverage through NSX, because it's less complex. We have the availability to manage multiple things at the same time. You can identify problems before they manifest."
"The performance is good."
"We like that everything is integrated."
"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."
"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."
"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 Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"The training costs a minimum of $3,000, which is expensive and should be reduced."
"We had some complexities implementing into the other parts of a network."
"We have done three installations and we have not had any critical issues. The time it took for the installation was approximately two days. However, they should provide better documentation."
"It was stable for one year, there was no impact. In the last two months, we had two big incidents."
"Occasionally the licensing is not very clear. They should make it easier to understand."
"VMware NSX provides a lot of automation capabilities, but there is still room for improvement."
"I would rate this product an eight because it's a good product but it needs more work. They should fix some of the bugs."
"The support from VMware NSX could improve."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.4, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, Cisco ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and HPE SDN, 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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