We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches 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."It is easy for deployment and configuration."
"Setup is easy."
"The solution is suitable for small businesses and small offices."
"The dashboard for clients is very nice."
"Its customer service is good."
"The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The best thing about Aruba Instant On Switches is their cost."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is communication."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to use."
"They are pretty good. They are stable. Cisco has been around in the industry for a long time, so they are reliable, as well."
"We are a vendor for the healthcare sector, especially hospitals, and normally, we use a full Cisco solution for stability, especially for the stability of the Access Points and the security of switches."
"The solution is already at the cutting edge in terms of innovation."
"Their technical support is good, one of the best in the industry."
"Cisco offers DNS features over other vendors."
"We heavily use the SmartPort features. It has really helped us. The U.S. policies are handled by the auto SmartPort feature"
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"The price has room for improvement."
"Room for improvement would be if they consolidated administration from multiple locations."
"Its scalability needs improvement."
"It could have an MSP portal version."
"The solution does not have any console access. For example, if you do not have internet access on your side and you need to configure anything, you should at least have CLI access to do something or manage the solution to put to some IP. It will only work if we have a TSCT on the network."
"Instant On Switches' layer 3 and visibility could be improved."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"They should make so that they let users know five to ten minutes before productivity is restored in the case of power loss."
"Cisco is weird about their pricing models, so that's one problem. Their operating system is also a little outdated."
"Cisco should provide customers with a more advantageous licensing model included with the purchase of the equipment."
"With most of the Cisco devices and models, we faced a slight decrease in speed during the initial setup and while restarting the system"
"The product could be cheaper."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches could improve by having more integration with third-party products."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches' pricing can be cheaper."
"The price can definitely be lower."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and NETGEAR Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst Switches report.
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