We performed a comparison between Cisco ACI and Juniper Contrail Networking based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco ACI is scalable and easy to expand."
"ACI's most valuable feature is sizing - you can easily find the sizing of the data, which means the data speed, CPU, and virtualization can be determined."
"The initial setup was pretty straightforward. We just moved from one platform to another."
"Virtualization and integration with VMware is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the unified fabric."
"It has saved me a couple of times, as just a backup feature. It can easily do a snapshot before you do any change, and if something goes wrong, you can just rollback."
"The centralized management of the entire network data center, in this case with ACI, is the most valuable feature. By having access to some powerful APIs you can build your own tool to speak to the ACI controller, then with that, you can deploy things really fast. Having the option to build your own tools and then using the centralized management of the ACI to push the configuration to the network devices is very valuable."
"It has the fastest automation. You can move and deploy services in just a couple of minutes."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"We faced some issues while configuring the microsegment."
"In terms of improvement, I would like to see some sort of way to baseline the system in a network-centric fashion."
"It is still not mature and has room to grow. As with any product out there, it requires time to develop."
"We would like to have faster services and problem monitoring for our customers."
"Cisco ACI would be improved by providing a cloud offering; otherwise, it risks becoming a niche product."
"I would like to see a smoother transition from existing systems."
"It would be good if Cisco ACI had some cross-domain orchestrator that could rule all the pillars in the customer network or interconnect more easily with the compass environment."
"The first setup was difficult because it is a very different discipline than other traditional network deployments. The terminology is very different, so the first time can be difficult."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
Cisco ACI is ranked 2nd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 96 reviews while Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 4th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews. Cisco ACI is rated 8.0, while Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cisco ACI writes "Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". Cisco ACI is most compared with VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Nuage Networks, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and HPE SDN, whereas Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and HPE SDN. See our Cisco ACI vs. Juniper Contrail Networking report.
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