We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches and Cisco Catalyst 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 most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure."
"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good."
"I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue."
"With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly."
"One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."
"We decreased budgets on the support corporate network and increased user satisfaction."
"Scalable, stable, and reliable product that's easy to install. Technical support is dependable and can be contacted in a variety of ways, e.g. through their ticketing system, hotline number, and community forum."
"Catalyst switches are easy to use and simple to work with."
"It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The technical support is at an expert level."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to use."
"We find the product very easy to configure."
"We find the product very easy to use."
"There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches."
"n general, the way the product is put together is not well done."
"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight."
"There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."
"I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems."
"To make it a ten they should simplify the licensing, add the cloud-managed feature, and it should be more cost-effective."
"They need to simplify the Web GUI and make it easier to use, and more intuitive for the users."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches do not have an open architecture and you have to buy into the Cisco architecture to be able to use them."
"Its price should be improved. It is very pricey."
"The vendor must provide mid-level switches."
"Out of the competition, Cisco switches are easily the most expensive."
"Facilitating and adapting the security updates would be a good improvement, because usually it requires to reboot the router to get them"
"The product could be more user-friendly."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is ranked 9th in LAN Switching with 6 reviews while Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 166 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is rated 8.6, while Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches writes "With a good technical support in place, there needs to be an improvement in the way the tool is put together". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve and Cisco Nexus, whereas Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, HPE ProCurve, Cisco Nexus and QSC Q-SYS NS Series. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst Switches report.
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