We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Center Networking solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"From a data center implementation, with respect to competition from your data, there isn't really a product recovery for the different tests other than Cisco Nexus. For example, if you take Multi-tenancy for the data center, it's something which, I think, only Cisco has. There are some implementation from HP, but I think it's limited there."
"The most valuable feature is the HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is speed compared to what you would get from a Catalyst Series switch."
"It has improved our organization because we have aggregated ports, we're able to put multiple agencies on the multiple different interfaces that we have going there. We're able to separate them out with the use of VLANs and whatnot."
"The flexibility, how accurately the VPCs operate as well as the redundancy built into it with the VPCs are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"We have a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus."
"This solution is easy to manage and the resiliency of the hardware is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is its robustness."
"It's a stable product."
"The most valuable Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platform is its ability to do routing in any way that I need. It's more than capable of handling the load I'm currently sending."
"There is some room for improvement when it comes to the frequency on the network."
"Multi contexts would be nice to have to separate different tenants logically and securely."
"They need to offer fibre switches in the 9K series."
"The only issue that I have with this product is finding help on different commands when I'm trying to make a change."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features."
"In the next release of the solution, I would like to see varying integration between VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) instances so we can integrate BGB into different VRFs in a more organized way. We have some issues with tunnels and VRFs."
"There are limitations on some of the lower level 9K solutions where you can't do the same things that you would normally be able to do, like for instance the number of static maps that you can configure on it."
"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."
"Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms should improve by being more agile with new technology that sits on top of the router."
"Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms could improve by having a graphical interface. A lot of the younger generation tend to be used to graphical interfaces, command line tends to scare them."
"It needs to be more multifunctional for enterprises."
"Although the support for this solution is good, there is still room for improvement."
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Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews while Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is ranked 7th in Data Center Networking with 4 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms writes "Highly stable environment, performs well, and reasonably priced". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is most compared with Juniper QFX Series Switches and PTX Series Routers. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms report.
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