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.
"Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is very stable. It has good hardware and very stable code. It provides good value for its price. They are a very lean type of organization, so they are very responsive, and they're able to focus more on their platform versus having multiple products out there."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"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."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"We have found that logical tenant segregation to be the most useful feature."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"Solid product, communications and support from a well-known dependable company."
"Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"We are a Cisco shop. This solution is better compared to other options."
"This solution improves network speed and provides high availability for our users."
"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."
"In terms of stability, this solution is rock solid."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"The community is good but is not good enough. It still needs to grow more."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"Arista Networks Platform should focus on improving the compatibility or integration with Cisco solutions."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"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 installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"There may be many bugs which remain unresolved."
"I would like to see a lighter platform."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"The only thing to improve is to continue to get better."
"The implementation process could be easier, which is something that should be improved."
"There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research."
"Stability is not really up to the mark."
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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