We performed a comparison between Arista Campus LAN Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and others in LAN Switching."The CloudVision Portal allows us to centrally manage all of our Arista products."
"The feature sets are pretty cool. They've got almost everything that the competition offers."
"QoS is the most valuable feature because our clients work with VOIP and Critical applications."
"The configuration and command set are user-friendly."
"Their technical support is very good. They know what to do and if they don't know what to do, they give me the person who does know."
"They are pretty good. They are stable. Cisco has been around in the industry for a long time, so they are reliable, as well."
"It is very reliable."
"The product offers very good routing and ranking capabilities."
"Customer support answers on time and resolve any issues I have."
"Stability. We have many Catalyst switches now, and they work without any downtime."
"It is easy to install."
"One of the issues that we have been faced with here in Brazil is that we don't have any list times for delivery."
"It would be ideal if the solution was less expensive."
"I would like to see a version available with eight or sixteen ports."
"The price could be better. For Cisco, there is no need for improvement except for the price. It's expensive."
"The delivery dates need to be more expedient."
"The customer service and support need a bit more improvement and a faster response. So, there is an area of improvement."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches could improve by having more integration with third-party products."
"Stability could be better."
"Compared to other switches, the Cisco products are expensive."
"Reporting could be improved as well as integration possibilities with other platforms."
"In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco switches."
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Arista Campus LAN Switches is ranked 13th in LAN Switching while Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 170 reviews. Arista Campus LAN Switches is rated 8.8, while Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arista Campus LAN Switches writes "Stable, has a lot of uplink interfaces, and several can be centralized managed through a single portal". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". Arista Campus LAN Switches is most compared with Cisco FabricPath, whereas Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and VMware NSX.
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