We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and Aruba 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."The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"The most valuable aspect of Arista Networks products is their ease of configuration, especially when compared to Cisco products. When we implement advanced features for data centers such as BGP EVPN and VXLAN, Arista's configuration process is similar to that of Cisco's process, but at the same time it is simply much easier, clearer, and more understandable."
"I like the spine as a leaf model and low latency. The hardware is robust and meets expected latency in all environments, mainly if you belong to the media or trading industry. For multicast-based solutions, Arista is number one."
"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."
"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."
"Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"They support open standard features."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"It's stable."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the use of use and user-friendliness."
"It is pretty easy to implement the product."
"I like the number of available throughputs and its ability to have different speeds of ethernet cards or fiber-optic SFPs. It's a core switch, and you can configure it as per your requirements. All the configuration details are well documented on the HP website or Aruba website, and one can easily refer to those and find all the relevant commands from the documentation itself. It's also easy to maintain this solution. It's also cheaper than competing products."
"We didn't experience any stability or scalability issues until now with Aruba Switches"
"This solution is easy to use."
"Scalable and reliable solution for your network connectivity needs, with a straightforward setup."
"The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port."
"Its price can be better."
"Arista Networks Platform should focus on improving the compatibility or integration with Cisco solutions."
"They need to enhance their code and their EOS. They need to improve some security features, and there are quite a number of bugs in their system. So, they need to work on that piece. In the next release, we need to have a modular feature. Instead of providing an integrated solution, they should go for something modular. They need to come up with modular highly scalable models. Even at the chassis layer, I want to see some improvement."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"Something that you will often hear about Arista products is that the price is a bit too high and, like with Cisco, we sometimes have problems with our customers because of its pricing."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The solution’s pricing could be better."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"We don't have visibility in Aruba Switches and we are thinking of switching to Fortiswitch because it has visibility."
"I would like to see a lower price on the device."
"I would like to see something like a Cisco Prime, an application controlling the entire system, switches, and access points."
"The firmware in this solution has a lot of bugs that become noticeable when you have complex implementations."
"The software materials could be improved."
"I have some security issues with Aruba Switches. I need to update the firmware and then the problems might go away."
"The migration from older to newer products could be improved."
"The need to come up with a bit more flexibility in their range of models."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 11th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while Aruba Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and 3Com H3C Switches. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. Aruba Switches report.
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