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 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."
"They support open standard features."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"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."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"This solution has allowed us to better prepare our network for 10-gigabit."
"We now have one box that does multiple services."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"I like the fact that they are a well-supported product."
"Solid product, communications and support from a well-known dependable company."
"It's pretty easy to use and operates at high speed."
"The consolidation of all of the layer two ports into one rack is very valuable."
"This solution improves network speed and provides high availability for our users."
"Its price can be better."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"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 is a bit pricey."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"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’s pricing could be better."
"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
"The initial setup is always complex."
"I would like to see more on-device programmability, as it seems to be lacking in this platform."
"They should make it easier to update the code on it."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"Enhancing the software-defined level of this solution would empower it."
"I would like to see some development into the SAE world where you can virtualize. That would be the only thing I would like to see because I need to start virtualizing my infrastructure gear at some of the other data centers that I have."
"I don't really deal with the pricing but I know that it's not cheap."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 2nd in Data Center Networking with 21 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 99 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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