We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and HPE ProCurve based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cisco Catalyst Switches wins out in this comparison. The solution offers great durability, reliability, and scalability. Cisco Catalyst Switches are feature rich due to Cisco’s brand exposure in the marketplace and can be easier to manage and maintain due to the amount of certified professional users available in the marketplace today. Cisco is a technology that many organizations know to be extremely stable and robust and the Catalyst Switches are another great value-added product that organizations know they can trust.
"The most valuable features are performance, speed, and durability."
"Scalable, stable, and reliable product that's easy to install. Technical support is dependable and can be contacted in a variety of ways, e.g. through their ticketing system, hotline number, and community forum."
"This is a feature-rich product and the newer models have improved features that allow for many new possibilities."
"Cisco Switches are more stable in terms of hardware and firmware, rather than Juniper Switches."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to use."
"I have found this solution to be extremely stable."
"The solution is reliable."
"It works well."
"We don't mind the cost in general."
"The pricing is quite competitive."
"It has an excellent menu system where you can use both the CLI and a menu system and the GUI version. They have three options for manipulating, updating, and changing the switch, which we like."
"The most valuable features of HPE ProCurve are the reports, lifetime warranty, and CLI."
"The GUI makes it easy to configure, manage, and work with."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
"Inter-VLAN is a great feature."
"The product must improve its security."
"Services should be improved."
"The price could be improved."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches could improve by having more integration with third-party products."
"The price could be better. For Cisco, there is no need for improvement except for the price. It's expensive."
"Stability could be better."
"Cisco is a bit complex."
"I think one switch should go beyond the 10 gig connectivity to 40 gigs."
"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."
"The product could be cheaper."
"Our customers are focused on features and generally, they would like to have a more feature-rich solution."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits."
"The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"The interface we have could be better."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, ExtremeSwitching and Aruba Instant On Switches, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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