We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS 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."OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"Enables direct access to clusters."
"This is a dependable switch which will help you sleep at night."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"The solution has a very good web interface. It makes it easy to manage everything."
"It makes the management of SSIDs fairly easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to segment my infrastructure between phones, security systems, and other tasks."
"This is an OK solution for small to medium-sized businesses with no IT staff."
"The performance is pretty good."
"The switch supports various automation testing tools, and it's quite helpful for network troubleshooting as well."
"The most valuable feature is cloud management."
"The initial setup is straightforward. You only need two people for deployment and maintenance."
"I like the portal, it's really interesting."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"The network connection should be improved."
"The switch capacity needs to be improved."
"The pain point for our customers is the pricing and it should be reduced to make it more competitive."
"We aren't missing any features."
"In terms of troubleshooting, if we get more tools there is an issue."
"The price for this product could be cheaper. For a low-budget school or institution, scaling up and implementing more switches could take longer because of budget constraints."
"It is not compliant with the requirements of specific industries that want to set it up within a particular region or country."
"We had some dashboard licensing issues, maybe because their method of collecting data from the user needs to be more streamlined."
"The solution needs to improve its ability to back up the auto-configuration."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 21st in Ethernet Switches with 8 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Nokia Ethernet Service Switch, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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