We performed a comparison between HPE ProCurve and NETGEAR 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."The pricing is quite competitive."
"The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops."
"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."
"The product is robust."
"It is easy to deploy."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"HPE ProCurve offers a very good value proposition compared to that of other switches and is very energy-efficient."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that Insight is cloud-managed. The whole reason behind it is that there is one central place to manage it. You can pre-configure everything and you can get access to it without having to get onto the client's network. That makes it easy to use and deploy."
"The remote troubleshooting is pretty easy. You can turn off a port that might have a network loop created, or where there might be a bad NIC card that is creating issues. Being able to turn off that port remotely is fantastic, instead of having to replace the whole switch. Remote management is really easy."
"The High Bandwidth AV-over-IP functionality of these switches has been fantastic, especially in leaf-and-spine. We've been able to build redundancy and they seem to outperform even the Cisco Catalyst, which is about twice as expensive as the M-series switches are."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"The ease of use of these switches is very good because of the Cisco CLI. If you are familiar with CLI, then you can configure the switch that way. It also has a relatively straightforward web interface. Using the web interface is good for beginners or people who aren't familiar with Cisco CLI. However, having a common command line interface method is great for some of our more advanced guys who are familiar with it."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The most important feature is the failover, the LACP links. That's the dual set it allows. We have redundant core switches and, if one fails or one network adapter fails, the other one can take over without problems."
"With this, you literally just log in to a website, see all your clients, all your NETGEAR switches, and you can manage them all right there: the VLANs, powering on and off individual ports, rebooting the whole device, the firmware updates. Everything can be done remotely..."
"I would like to see integration with HPE OneView."
"An area for improvement in HPE ProCurve is the web interface not being as robust because you still have to go to the COI to make modifications or look at the exact configuration."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
"We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken."
"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."
"These switches can be made more stable and robust."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"It might be best if it offers better scalability."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"It's worked for the most part, but we've had to power cycle a few devices. We've had to ask customers to manually power cycle them with the power cord, after some of the firmware updates. Their updating needs a little improvement."
"The security features must be improved."
"One thing I would like to see improved is the response time for technical support."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
"Lacks switches with additional ports that provide room for new protocols of communications."
"The tool needs to improve its network management. The tool can be also more simplified."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Dell PowerConnect Switches. See our HPE ProCurve vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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