We performed a comparison between MikroTik Routers and Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Load balancing is one of the valuable features of the solution...In short, MikroTik provides a very user-friendly GUI option."
"It's great for small businesses or home offices."
"What I like best about MikroTik Routers and Switches is its easy handling. The product also has a significantly good interface."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"I think they have very strong routers because they have multiple processors. I like its easy configuration with applications. For example, configuration with Linux, Iptables, and routing protocols."
"The deployment process of MikroTik routers and switches is very convenient since it is not command-driven and comes with a graphical user interface, making it much easier to operate."
"The flexible IP firewall and IP network address translation make it very easy to give access to internal services."
"They are very good at providing the bandwidth for multi-tenants and multi-dwelling units. We're managing WiFi hotspots for hundreds of locations, and the speed and performance are quite there. They also have very cheap 10G products that come with really good and flexible software. They are way cheaper than the top brands, and they're able to deliver the same performance and capabilities."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"The solution is stable."
"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 features provide a single pane of glass where I can see my all my clients' equipment. If they're reporting a problem, I can go to the Insight Pro interface online and I can bring up that client and I can see all their devices and the status of all their devices."
"Valuable features include network monitoring and ease of programming for VLANs, etc. I especially like NETGEAR because it's easy to teach system administrators how to use them, how to look at them, how to make changes to them without having the complexity of CLIs, but still having a CLI should we need it."
"The solution is a complicated device."
"It could be more scalable. Product awareness could also be better. There's a lack of awareness when it comes to MikroTik. People only know about Cisco and others, and they won't rely on MikroTik. This is primarily because of hardware limitations. While this product is good economically, it's unsuitable for high-end projects. In the next release, I want this product to be more compatible."
"If the client wants bigger capacity, there may be some issues. That is, there may be issues with scalability."
"Troubleshooting can be complex."
"We'd like for them to improve the UI and improve on speed."
"f they can improve the OpenVPN, to make that a bit more straightforward, that would be ideal."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches needs to improve stability."
"Perhaps in the future, we will have even more different types of switches and be able to fulfill more collections."
"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."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"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."
"The ‘how-to’ guides could do with some improvements. We got in trouble following the stacking and Dante set-up guides. If these would have been accurate, we would not have lost three days."
"Though the tool's useability is good, it has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The tool needs to improve its network management. The tool can be also more simplified."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
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MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 62 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and Cisco Ethernet Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Aruba Switches. See our MikroTik Routers and Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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