We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and Broadcom StrataDNX 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."They support open standard features."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"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."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"The most valuable aspect of Arista Networks products is their ease of configuration, especially when compared to Cisco products. When we implement advanced features for data centers such as BGP EVPN and VXLAN, Arista's configuration process is similar to that of Cisco's process, but at the same time it is simply much easier, clearer, and more understandable."
"It is very stable. It has good hardware and very stable code. It provides good value for its price. They are a very lean type of organization, so they are very responsive, and they're able to focus more on their platform versus having multiple products out there."
"We find the CloudVision switching feature of this solution really useful."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"The good thing about the StrataDNX is that the Broadcom family is very interchangeable, so they work well with different optical transceivers."
"Easy to integrate with any of the other hardware platforms."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"Something that you will often hear about Arista products is that the price is a bit too high and, like with Cisco, we sometimes have problems with our customers because of its pricing."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"The intent-based networking management, together with the provider of these solutions that are already free, would be beneficial."
"The community is good but is not good enough. It still needs to grow more."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"Its price can be better."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The number of surfaces that can be handled by the chipset could be increased."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while Broadcom StrataDNX is ranked 18th in Ethernet Switches with 2 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while Broadcom StrataDNX is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Broadcom StrataDNX writes "Highly stable product and auto-updates the software". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas Broadcom StrataDNX is most compared with Broadcom StrataXGS and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Broadcom StrataDNX report.
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