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 solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution is very stable."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"They support open standard features."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"The redundancy and the vPC are the most valuable features. We can integrate two switches together for file transfers; that is, we can operate two switches as one. This is because the network can be shared via a vPC trunk, particularly for devices that are not critical for redundancy."
"The scalability of the solution is well beyond anything I would ever need."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is speed compared to what you would get from a Catalyst Series switch."
"Tech support is good."
"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 most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"The most valuable feature is the Bluetooth console."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The intent-based networking management, together with the provider of these solutions that are already free, would be beneficial."
"An area for improvement in Arista Networks Platform is its integration, e.g. it needs to have more integration with its new products. Incorporating more security and cloud is also another area for improvement in the platform."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"Its price can be better."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"They should have a more stable code."
"The solution has room for improvement in terms of the learning curve."
"With some of the products we had before, we had a little more downtime than we would like."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing. The solution is expensive. Compared to other vendors, it's costly for similar products."
"The only issue that I have with this product is finding help on different commands when I'm trying to make a change."
"The code quality for this solution has gotten worse and needs improvement."
"The pricing must be improved."
"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."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
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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