We performed a comparison between Dell PowerConnect Switches 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."This solution comes with a lifetime warranty."
"When the price is competitive the customers tend to choose the cheaper brand and then look at the features. So having a competitive price is a plus."
"It's easy to set up. We can put it in production in a couple of minutes."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a stable and reliable product covered with good warranties and prices that ensure deep discounts for partners."
"The setup is straightforward. It takes minimum time for deployment."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"Its throughout and compatibility are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to multitask."
"The company provides a lifetime warranty."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"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 ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"Netgear switches are highly reliable. We haven't done anything particularly sophisticated with them."
"The solution is very powerful and versatile."
"As far as remoting into it goes, it is very efficient because I can do it from anywhere, through the remote software. I can get right into it, I can change settings really quickly, if a customer needs to add another device into it or if I need to make changes on the VLANs that we created."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"I can't think of what we would want in the next release."
"The pricing could always be a bit lower."
"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."
"Accessibility and management could be improved."
"A big issue with this product is that when our customer migrated the data center, one cluster blocked the whole network and because we had a new approach, some commands were not compatible with the new version."
"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
"The configuration should be improved."
"Being able to pass AVB traffic over these switches, that would be a huge add. There are not many switches out that support that. The GS728TP NETGEAR switches used to or still do support AVB, but it would be ideal if the 4300 Series could support it as well."
"When the power does go out, or if we do a soft shutdown, some of the transceivers or the monitor don't recognize when it turns back on, so I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in and then it works. We're working with NETGEAR's engineers to figure out why that's happening."
"Their old firmware was a problem for us and we're still working on it. It didn't apply correctly so it took about half of our switches offline, which meant we couldn't use some of the functionality like the firmware updates. Unfortunately with that firmware, which they've sorted out, if you don't go through all the firmware and make sure it's past that point and back online, that's an issue with them. It's something to cautious about"
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"The product's scalability has certain shortcomings that can be improved."
"They need to continue moving forward with their consulting in the AV realm to find out what is needed. They are some differences in the M4300 line and the larger M4500 line right now. They could produce a 1 Gigabit variety that could be a bit cheaper that might fit into that, since the majority of the projects that we see are still in that 1 Gigabit bandwidth threshold. Along with that, a great option would be if it would provide the same modular ability on a lower level."
"The product could be more robust."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 31 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve, Dell PowerSwitch N-Series and Arista Networks Platform, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Dell PowerConnect Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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