We performed a comparison between Cisco ACI and Nuage Networks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Big Switch Networks, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."The stability is perfect. We have had no problems with Cisco ACI."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco ACI is that it is eay to manage. We can automate and it can be scripted. Virtual ACI is very good."
"This product improved the way our company functions by enabling us to establish our goal of moving to a zero-trust model. That's how Cisco ACI helps us the most."
"With Cisco ACI, I can deploy things with a script, then run it in five minutes."
"It's improved the static configuration of our data center switching environment. But it's added some challenges to our ability to operationalize it and make it easier for people to manage."
"The most valuable features are the ease of setup for redundancy, as well as centralized control."
"Now, our customers have tiers of management that have meetings with about the simplest tasks because it has to be approved from upper management and senior management and by the time it gets to the engineer that's going to deploy it, it takes way too long. With the solution, they can delegate a person who would be in charge of running the ACI as a whole, and it will be much faster because it doesn't have to go through the whole chain of command for the simple task of deploying one little machine on one port in the data center."
"One area where it has an advantage... is that you're able to reuse a specific integration. If you add another server, you can use a specific integration and assign it to another port."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is network management. The customer is able to manage their network from home or we can also manage the whole customer network."
"It has good reporting and analytics, that most people can understand without too much difficulty."
"It is stable and reliable."
"Since it is a new technology, Cisco moved all the menus. This made it tricky to use."
"Cisco SDN will only work with its own devices, so that's a downside."
"In terms of improvement, I would like to see some sort of way to baseline the system in a network-centric fashion."
"Where there is room for improvement from ACI is for Layer 2 and Layer 7 packages. Normally, when you're updating your ACI fabric or you're introducing new Layer 4 to Layer 7 devices, there are some constraints, there are some limitations... When you are doing device packages you will not have the functionality of ASM. It's like WAF, web application firewalls. So you need to configure it manually."
"We faced some issues while configuring the microsegment."
"We have had two calls with technical support. They are not the best. We opened a case to diagnose issues and it's taken weeks to get someone on the case and to move forward."
"We would like to have faster services and problem monitoring for our customers."
"The way the objects are oriented on it are not as straightforward as they should be."
"Security is an area that could use some work."
"The setup can be complex."
Cisco ACI is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 96 reviews while Nuage Networks is ranked 9th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews. Cisco ACI is rated 8.0, while Nuage Networks is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco ACI writes "Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nuage Networks writes "Easy to use features, good support, and has the ability to maintain a session when you lose an uplink". Cisco ACI is most compared with VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Juniper Contrail Networking and HPE SDN, whereas Nuage Networks is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware NSX, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN.
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