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.
"They support open standard features."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use, provides stability, easy to configure, low latency, and it provides communication to the data center."
"The biggest benefit to this solution is a high port density with high bandwidth."
"The most valuable feature is the HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)."
"The setup is straightforward. I'd like to see the firmware and code upgradability to be slightly more intuitive."
"The integrations are valuable."
"Cisco technical support is a good backup team when you have issues with anything. If you open a case they are very good at following up and making sure that the issue's resolved according to the needs of our network."
"This solution provides all of the routing and searching features that we need."
"They should have a more stable code."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"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 solution needs to improve their product range."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"Its price can be better."
"The flexibility and configuration could be better."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"One of the biggest challenges, which I see is that there's a constant evolution in the product. For example, our configuration is based on what is known as traditional data center implementation. Today there is the ACI deployment and to implement, to migrate from one technology to another, that's challenging both from a configuration perspective and also from a cost perspective."
"The licensing is very complicated. They should work to simplify it."
"There is an ongoing problem with the limitation of the TCAM table, which is that it doesn't have enough memory to allow you to be really granular with your policy."
"It would be great if they could make the interface a little more user-friendly, but not trade power off for simplicity."
"Overall, I wish it was a more intuitive OS."
"I am looking for a GUI that goes alongside them and more SD-WAN built to their core switches."
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 Meraki MS 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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