Arista Networks Platform vs. Aruba Switches Comparison

Arista Networks Platform

Aruba Switches

Arista Networks Platform

Read 5 Arista Networks Platform reviews.

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Security & Infrastructure Architect at a consumer goods company

Reasonably-priced and easy to manage from a central location

When I first started two years ago, we didn't have these centralized modular switches and we had a bunch of stackable switches and there were many... Read more »

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic.""What we like most is its performance to price ratio.""It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use.""The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now.""The solution is very stable." More Arista Networks Platform Pros »	"The cloud configuration is the most valuable feature of this solution. Watching in the cloud, propagating the actual devices themselves and the management of devices that are remote.""This solution is easy to use.""There is a limited lifetime warranty with the switches, so if we have any problems, the switch is replaced very quickly.""The solution's stability is really great. We found it very solid.""The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port.""The solution is very stable.""Aruba access points have a good transfer rate.""The solution is very reliable. It's easy to use with other solutions." More Aruba Switches Pros »
Cons
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved.""The intent-based networking management, together with the provider of these solutions that are already free, would be beneficial.""The solution needs to accommodate new features.""The solution needs to improve their product range." More Arista Networks Platform Cons »	"In the next release, I would like to see network access control on the switches themselves. I would like to see security functionalities when it comes to monitoring the bit of the wireless section of the switches.""The firmware in this solution has a lot of bugs that become noticeable when you have complex implementations.""I am forced to consider changing products because other solutions have a better dashboard and a user-friendly interface.""The written documentation, all the available documentation, is often a little bit hard to find. The solution lacks documentation, especially on recent features. We have access directly to Aruba, Germany, so they are always helpful, but if you start, for instance, with something a little bit more complex like zero-touch provisioning, that would require a more comprehensive written piece.""The templates to automate our switches need improvement.""I would like to see the data center area improving by some added features in the future.""They should provide training courses for certification, and have it available on the internet.""The interface could be more user-friendly and the dashboard could be improved." More Aruba Switches Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Arista is very expensive. Not everybody is in a position to spend $70,000 to $80,000 for one switch."

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"The license is annual. If you purchase a switch, you get a one-year free subscription.""The price of these switches is high.""Comparing with Cisco, and some other solutions, it's a cheap product.""The price for Aruba is quite a bit cheaper than it is for similar products by Cisco.""It is expensive compared to the competition.""There are no licensing costs for the Aruba Switches.""The price point was a big consideration for us and it is reasonable enough that we're able to standardize on Aruba for the networking pieces in our organization.""This is an expensive product, costing about double what most competitors do."

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What do you like most about Arista Networks Platform? Top Answer: It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use. Read all 3 answers What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arista Networks Platform? Top Answer: Arista is very expensive. Not everybody is in a position to spend $70,000 to $80,000 for one switch. For our customers that have a budget of $4,000 to $5,000 for one switch fabric, we generally… more » What is your primary use case for Arista Networks Platform? Top Answer: We are manufacturers for certain storage platforms and we have our own storage software for enabling GPU clustering. We work more in the video segment. We have our own solutions that we put on that… more » Read all 3 answers	Ask a question Earn 20 points
Ranking
13th out of 37 in Ethernet Switches Views 4,799 Comparisons 4,034 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 705 Rating 8.3	3rd out of 37 in Ethernet Switches Views 6,429 Comparisons 5,188 Reviews 25 Average Words per Review 440 Rating 8.5
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7000 Series	8400 Series, 8320 Series, 5400R Series, 3810 Series, 2930M Series, 2930F Series, 2920 Series, 2540 Series, 2530 Series
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Arista	Aruba Networks
Overview
Arista Networks is the leader in building scalable high-performance and ultra-low-latency networks for today's data center and cloud computing environments. Purpose-built hardware, and Arista EOS, the world's most advanced network operating system, provide single-binary system images across all platforms, maximum system uptime, stateful fault repair, Zero Touch Provisioning, Latency Analysis and a fully accessible Linux Shell. Arista Ethernet switches are the perfect network solution for your most demanding workloads.With native support for VMware Virtualization and hundreds of Linux applications integrated into hardware platforms designed to meet the stringent power and cooling requirements of today's most demanding datacenters, Arista delivers the most efficient and best performing 10Gb Ethernet platforms.	Aruba switches bring performance and reliability to the mobile-first campus. These industry-leading switches are scalable, secure, and feature HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit ports for high-speed connectivity.
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Sample Customers
American Internet Services	Purdue University
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS Comms Service Provider35% Computer Software Company25% Government6% Media Company4%	REVIEWERS Manufacturing Company17% Consumer Goods Company17% Financial Services Firm11% Comms Service Provider11% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Comms Service Provider31% Computer Software Company18% University7% Construction Company5%
Company Size
No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business52% Midsize Enterprise19% Large Enterprise30%

Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 5 reviews while Aruba Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 27 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.2, while Aruba Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Linux shell helpful for troubleshooting and capturing traffic, but the documentation needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "Good GUI, easy to configure and use, and offers a good transfer rate". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Mellanox Switches, Juniper Ethernet Switches and Dell PowerConnect Switches, whereas Aruba Switches is most compared with Meraki MS Switches, Juniper Ethernet Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Aruba Switches report.

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