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 user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"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."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"A very solid and reliable solution."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"The scalability of the solution is well beyond anything I would ever need."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable features are extensions and recorded scalability."
"Cisco Nexus meets all of our requirements."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."
"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 stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The community is good but is not good enough. It still needs to grow more."
"Its price can be better."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"They should have a more stable code."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"They need to enhance their code and their EOS. They need to improve some security features, and there are quite a number of bugs in their system. So, they need to work on that piece. In the next release, we need to have a modular feature. Instead of providing an integrated solution, they should go for something modular. They need to come up with modular highly scalable models. Even at the chassis layer, I want to see some improvement."
"There is some room for improvement when it comes to the frequency on the network."
"I would love to see Active/Active FEX connectivity, which is enhanced vPC, where we could also do a vPC from a server in that type of configuration."
"I would like to see a lighter platform."
"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."
"The licensing is the area that we are working that's a challenge."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There's been a little bit of bugginess in the code, but that happens."
"I would like to see better monitoring actions supported in the next release of this solution."
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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