We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and ExtremeSwitching 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 solution is reliable."
"The product is also flexible."
"We have dealt with Cisco's technical support in the past. They were especially helpful and very polite. They are always there if we need them and their insights are always excellent. I would say that we have been satisfied with the level of support we've gotten so far."
"It's got one feature, and that's handling extreme temperatures."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco equipment is reliability."
"The scalability is excellent."
"The warranty and continued firmware support are most valuable."
"The new series has lots of great features, it's really lovely. From a management perspective, or a policy creation perspective, which we are seeing in the Catalyst 9000 series it is great."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"Our vendors are great and they offer very good support services."
"The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"ExtremeSwitching is a good, stable platform."
"The most valuable features of ExtremeSwitching are that they are robust and have plenty of features. There is a lot of functionality. They have a lot of other features ExtremeSwitching that you can get involved with but I haven't been using many of them."
"The stability has been largely pretty good."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"Its price can be improved. It is currently expensive."
"The cost of this product is very high and not all companies can afford it."
"Reporting could be improved as well as integration possibilities with other platforms."
"I would like to see better efficiency. They are powering all the PoE ports 100% of the time instead of powering only when there is a draw on them. It has too many options. Therefore, there is a reasonably high barrier to entry in terms of learning about this stuff. A lot of times, you need to be a CCNA, which is like your ticket into the industry, but it is not the easiest thing to get."
"Cisco is a bit complex."
"Cisco has to lower the price of its products to make them more cost-effective."
"Cisco should focus more on this type of product instead of on data center switches. They stopped improving the software of these switches and they are focusing on the data center. They should focus on this type of product, more than any other thing."
"Catalyst Switches could be more secure."
"It could be cheaper in general."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"We noticed over the years that the price of the Extreme Switches has been rising and this will become a concern in the future."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are not prevalent in the industry, so it's harder to go online and research how to deploy their APs or switches. There is a broader user community for Cisco and Juniper because they've been around for a while and everybody has a bit of knowledge they can publish online."
"The training and resources for learning are lacking."
"The pricing of the universal switches is an area of concern that needs to be improved."
"Extreme Networks does not have any entry-level products. This is a problem for them because Aruba has an Instant On series, which is new and cost-effective. Cisco also has the 1000 series, and other brands offer entry-level products."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. 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 ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and Aruba Instant On Switches, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Nexus and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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