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.
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"It provides telemetry and visibility for many metrics that are not supported by most of the other vendors. Out of the box, no third party solutions are needed."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is very stable."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"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."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth."
"It speeds up the network data transfer time."
"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."
"The flexibility, how accurately the VPCs operate as well as the redundancy built into it with the VPCs are the most valuable features."
"You can scale the product."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"It's easy to use."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"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 solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"Its price can be better."
"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 solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"It would be great if they could make the interface a little more user-friendly, but not trade power off for simplicity."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
"I would like to see more on-device programmability, as it seems to be lacking in this platform."
"I would like to see a central management solution in order to have all of the equipment in one place."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"Currently, the switches don't behave like the 4500 switches in terms of acting as one physical chassis. So the multi-chassis PortChannel feature is not applicable in this case. Nevertheless, virtual port-channel feature covers this."
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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