We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and Cisco Nexus based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, the two products received similar ratings across all categories. However, users of Arista Networks Platform reported seeing an ROI while users of Cisco Nexus did not.
"We find the CloudVision switching feature of this solution really useful."
"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."
"The solution is scalable."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"They support open standard features."
"The configuration capabilities were 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."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"I like the fact that they are a well-supported product."
"Cisco Nexus meets all of our requirements."
"We used older versions of Cisco Cloud. The reason why we switched was just adapting with the times."
"We got increased bandwidth, faster performance, and newer software which has improved our organization."
"This is a very stable solution."
"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the rack-based design allowed us to eliminate chassis-based designs. The chassis design is more complicated to manage and maintain in field operations."
"This product has improved the way our organization functions through the ability to do things in a maintenance window while allowing other teams to continue to work."
"This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The community is good but is not good enough. It still needs to grow more."
"My company does face issues in terms of interoperability when it comes to the product, making it an area that needs to be fixed."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"Standardization across iOS and Nexus operating systems would be an improvement."
"The price could be better."
"In the Nexus 3500, you can't do per-port Jumbo frames, so you have to enable it as a global configuration."
"One of our switches died last week and we were able to RMA it. Within four hours it arrived on time and worked."
"I would like to see better collaboration with other, low-end devices."
"The initial setup wasn't simple or user-friendly."
"This solution costs a lot."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 2nd in Data Center Networking with 21 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Mellanox Switches, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, VMware NSX and Juniper QFabric. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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