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 product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"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."
"They support open standard features."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"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."
"The setup was very easy, but managing it in operations was very complex."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"It's pretty easy to use and operates at high speed."
"This solution provides all of the routing and searching features that we need."
"Cisco Nexus meets all of our requirements."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The biggest benefit to this solution is a high port density with high bandwidth."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"Arista Networks Platform should focus on improving the compatibility or integration with Cisco solutions."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The product lacks options for integration with other market products that would allow us more flexibility."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"They need to understand that when we call them and have an issue, it's our production and sometimes they want us to do repairs that would cause other issues. That's the biggest problem."
"There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw."
"They could improve on having different technologies between product models."
"I would like to see Duo directly integrated with the Nexus hardware, instead of it being through the proxies, like how Duo works today."
"In the Nexus 3500, you can't do per-port Jumbo frames, so you have to enable it as a global configuration."
"The software is not as mature as it could be and needs some integration improvements with other orchestrators."
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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