We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Cisco Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"The solution has a very good web interface. It makes it easy to manage everything."
"The product is stable. It does have only one power supply. They don't have a redundant power supply."
"Enables direct access to clusters."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"The quality of service is one of the main reasons we use Cisco in our organization. It's quite high and very reliable. The switches also end up working for a long time, so there's less need to replace them as often as others. We have some switches in our company that has been running since 2006, for example. They are quite old, but they still work."
"The solution can scale."
"We have found it to be scalable. We have approximately three million subscribers."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"Good and stable operational experience with nearly no loss of hardware and very few software bugs."
"Cisco Ethernet Switches are stable."
"The solution is basically issue-free."
"Tech support has always been good."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"The network connection should be improved."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"An improvement would be to change their market intention. Almost all the Cisco switches are now coming with a license called DNA. D for Delta, N for number and A for apple. That feature is required, he must purchase it and it is a mandatory thing that has been introduced. This is not matching with the Asian market."
"When you contact support, they don't give you the expert at first, they give you the beginner. Only after going around in a circle do they give you experts. Why don't they just give the expert from the beginning?"
"The dashboard needs some minor improvements."
"Could use additional programmability for the switches."
"If Cisco Ethernet Switches can work both on-prem and in the cloud, it would be an advantage."
"In terms of what could be improved, there is the bulk issue that is sometimes experienced with Cisco products we've used."
"I haven't heard from my engineers that they said it's excellent."
"The technical support could improve, they are about average quality."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 21st in Ethernet Switches with 9 reviews while Cisco Ethernet Switches is ranked 1st in Ethernet Switches with 128 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Cisco Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Ethernet Switches writes "It's a solidly stable product from a leader in the field". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Nokia Ethernet Service Switch and Huawei Ethernet Switches, whereas Cisco Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Ethernet Switches report.
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My last experience with Netgear wasn't good but it was a long time ago. It may be better now.
As for me, it would be Cisco because it is easier to find network engineer with knowledge of Cisco products and many supervision or orchestration tools will support them well.
Regarding my experience, they are reliable assets but the cost might be sometime a good reason to go for something else.
Depending upon the size and design of the network, it will determine to some extent which brand will be the most cost-effective and reliable solution.
I used Netgear equipment in a simple Layer 2/ Layer 3 setup using their Netgear Smart Switches with stacking and 10GB uplinks for around 380 users and around 400 devices, and ran for around 4+ years without a single issue related to network switches, we then move to our site operation where we used H3C switches. H3C has excellent switches. I also used Brocade ethernet switches which have been running for the past 9 years requiring some occasional reboots.
I recommend all switches get rebooted every two years.
I have used Cisco switches also. They are good but there are better more feature-rich TCO costs over 5 Years Cisco losses out. Honestly, most of the feature sets in switches are not used within business operations.
Also, the best is to follow KISS when it comes to networking.
For an Enterprise?
I would definitely go with Cisco.
Cisco has a wide range of products to accommodate all present and future needs of an enterprise organization.
Cisco support is very professional in case something goes wrong.
Cisco products are very stable, have lots of features to satisfy every need of an enterprise and in my experience, they don't easily fail.