We performed a comparison between Arista Campus LAN Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."QoS is the most valuable feature because our clients work with VOIP and Critical applications."
"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."
"I like everything about Cisco Catalyst Switches. It's both stable and scalable."
"These switches are stable. They work well and are easy to use."
"With Cisco Catalyst Switches, everything is working perfectly. We have not had issues with this solution."
"The performance of Cisco Catalyst Switches is good."
"They don't ever fail and they have a long service life."
"They are stable. We haven't had any particular problem with them."
"The most valuable features are performance, speed, and durability."
"I've had no problems with the stability of this solution."
"It would be ideal if the solution was less expensive."
"One of the issues that we have been faced with here in Brazil is that we don't have any list times for delivery."
"I would like to see a version available with eight or sixteen ports."
"If we have a major problem, fixing it takes two or three days and six to eight engineers from Cisco. When they escalate a ticket, it goes through too many levels. Every time the issue is passed along to a new person at Cisco support, they ask the same questions repeatedly."
"Out of the competition, Cisco switches are easily the most expensive."
"The prices are high. It's more expensive than other similar options."
"Reporting could be improved as well as integration possibilities with other platforms."
"There are multiple operating systems across Cisco's portfolio, which is problematic."
"Cisco should provide customers with a more advantageous licensing model included with the purchase of the equipment."
"Cisco is the most expensive product."
"The security of the solution could be improved, it is really important to us."
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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 171 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 Dell PowerSwitch N-Series. See our Arista Campus LAN Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst Switches report.
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