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April 2024
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Jason Best
A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature
Anonymous User
Simple to install and reliable, but technical support should improve their response time
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Pros
"What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."

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"It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the automatic failover.""Cradlepoint NetCloud is very stable."

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Cons
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."

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"The performance of group-based clouds should be enhanced.""It is missing important settings options.""In our situation, the initial setup was complex."

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  • "The licensing cost depends on the number of switches that are going to be licensed to run the software."

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  • "Cradlepoint's prices are on par with similar solutions."
  • "The annual cost is less than $200,000 yet more than $150,000.00."
  • "Yearly licenses are available."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric.
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:The licensing cost depends on the number of switches that are going to be licensed to run the software. I wasn't on the commercial side of this project, so I don't really have a lot of details, but it… more »
    What needs improvement with Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation. Meaning, having an active-active data center with multiple entrance-exit points… more »
    What do you like most about Cradlepoint NetCloud?
    Top Answer:It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cradlepoint NetCl...
    Top Answer:We have to pay yearly licenses for the product.
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    What needs improvement with Cradlepoint NetCloud?
    Top Answer:They should change some of the configuration settings to enable it to act more as an SD-WAN box to view the traffic and who's connected to it and what they are doing it.
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    Ranking
    3rd
    out of 22 in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
    Views
    418
    Comparisons
    342
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    845
    Rating
    9.0
    6th
    out of 22 in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
    Views
    565
    Comparisons
    439
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    312
    Rating
    6.0
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    Big Switch Networks
    Ericsson
    Overview

    Big Switch Networks is at the forefront of the next-generation of networking technologies. By combining industry standard switch hardware (“white box / branded white box “brite box”) with intelligent SDN control software, the company is delivering next-generation data center networking fabrics for the world’s most advanced data centers looking to achieve unmatched degrees of network automation at cloud-competitive price points.

    Big Switch Networks has two data center networking solutions: Big Cloud Fabric, a data center switching fabric for OpenStack clouds or VMware virtualization environments, and Big Monitoring Fabric, a network packet broker that enables pervasive security and security, monitoring data center traffic for inline or out-of-band deployments. Big Switch is taking three key technologies: vendor agnostic switch hardware, SDN control software, and core-and-pod data center designs –and leveraging them for use in next-generation data center switching and monitoring solutions designed for use in enterprises, cloud providers, and service providers.

    All Big Switch solutions run on high-performance open networking switches from Accton or Dell Technologies and leverage centralized SDN controller software for fabric-wide control and management. Big Switch Networks has two solutions:

    Cradlepoint’s NetCloud is an integrated platform that connects modern enterprises from the Edge to the cloud to ensure pervasive connectivity and greater availability. It combines advanced Enterprise Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Software-Defined Perimeter (SD-P) technologies that enable dynamic connectivity and network management of fixed branch locations, vehicles, and M2M/IoT deployments within one pane of glass platform.

    Sample Customers
    A10 Networks, Edge-Core Networks, Blue Coat Systems, BlueData, Broadcom Corporation, Canonical, Check Point Software Technologies, Citrix, Dell, FireEye, Garland, Hortonworks, Mirantis, Nexenta, Riverbed
    City of San Antonio, Statue Cruises, Tour Dubai, St. David's Foundation, JBT, DSC Dredge
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company16%
    University8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Retailer9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Big Switch Networks is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Cradlepoint NetCloud is ranked 6th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Cradlepoint NetCloud is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cradlepoint NetCloud writes "Simple to install and reliable, but technical support should improve their response time". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Cisco SD-WAN, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, APCON and Cumulus Networks, whereas Cradlepoint NetCloud is most compared with Peplink SpeedFusion, Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN.

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