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."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"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 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."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"They support open standard features."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and reliability."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"This is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its speed."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"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."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"Its price can be better."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"My company does face issues in terms of interoperability when it comes to the product, making it an area that needs to be fixed."
"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 CVP management platform needs to 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."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required. Cisco Nexus should lower its current prices."
"With some of the products we had before, we had a little more downtime than we would like."
"The price could be better."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"I feel that this solution should be more flexible and scalable."
"The implementation process could be easier, which is something that should be improved."
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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