We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and MikroTik Routers and Switches 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."The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"The features of the equipment fit all the needs of the customers."
"The MikroTik Hotspot is great."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The solution offers very good multi-routing."
"It is a stable solution. I have been using the solution for a while, and I don't face any outages or trouble while using the solution."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"The most valuable feature is that you can do anything on all platforms."
"The cost and versatility are the solution's most valuable features. You can do anything with them if you know how to. The solution has a whole portfolio of routing features available."
"They should have a more stable code."
"Its price can be better."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"An area for improvement in Arista Networks Platform is its integration, e.g. it needs to have more integration with its new products. Incorporating more security and cloud is also another area for improvement in the platform."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"I would like to see some content filtering with MikroTik Routers and Switches."
"Sometimes, when I need to reboot or change software, MikroTik crashes."
"The ports could be improved, as certain areas may need to be terminated with a greater number of Ethernet ports. We initially faced challenges that hindered our network usage, especially with third-party applications that were not certified or supported. It took some time to streamline and resolve these issues."
"MikroTik does not have a wireless solution. If they created a high-performance wireless solution we would deploy it in our infrastructure."
"The solution is a complicated device."
"Better security is always better. If they can continue to improve in this area, that would be ideal."
"I would like to have the option of having multiple logins."
"The Soft-GRE support needs to be improved."
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Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 62 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and VMware NSX, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and Cisco Cloud Services Router. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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