We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Juniper QFX Series Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Center Networking solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is excellent."
"The product is reliable."
"The solution offers great scalability."
"Since Cisco Catalyst Switches don't go online, they are secured."
"The most valuable features include the redundancy one and the spanning tree."
"The configuration is easy."
"I highly appreciate the durability and the availability"
"The solution highly scalable."
"EVPN-VXLAN feature offers the most benefits."
"Juniper QFX Series Switches provide a good platform for all of our hardware and are easy to use."
"It's really easy to replicate rules. It's the one that I've used; it was CLI-based. You can implement a large set of rules with CLI. You can just copy a script and add additional changes to the source and destination on the part. And so it's easy to do large zone-based rules."
"It's a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are the VxLAN and the EVPN."
"The QFX series is a good choice for large data centers, particularly for Spine-Leaf architectures."
"The solution’s pricing and stability could be improved."
"The customer service and support need a bit more improvement and a faster response. So, there is an area of improvement."
"The technical support, in some cases, should be faster and could improve."
"In terms of additional features or improvements, I would like to see more fiber ports, more security features, and perhaps the integration of wireless features into the switch."
"Dell switching is coming up with a solution where you can put your own OS inside their switching infra. That is where they are talking about open networking. We can show that our Cisco is also an open-source. We are open to different switching operating systems if the customer is willing to put it in. We can support multiple operating systems inside the switching infrastructure. It removes the hardware and software dependency on each other. That is where I think there can be room for improvement. Then we can talk about open networking and that is where Cisco can also come up with open networking access."
"The solution could improve security."
"Cisco should focus more on this type of product instead of on data center switches. They stopped improving the software of these switches and they are focusing on the data center. They should focus on this type of product, more than any other thing."
"Cisco should provide customers with a more advantageous licensing model included with the purchase of the equipment."
"The price could be cheaper."
"I faced issues with the deployment and upgrade. In the QFX5110 series, features like ISSU and DSSQ should be improved. Upgrades should be smoother."
"Integrating QFX switches was the first point of challenge."
"There have been some issues sometimes. When you upgrade the device, it doesn't come up. It gets stuck."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It is too high."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in Data Center Networking with 171 reviews while Juniper QFX Series Switches is ranked 6th in Data Center Networking with 6 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Juniper QFX Series Switches is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper QFX Series Switches writes "Offers high port density, including 1/25G/40G/100G and 400 options upto 2 RU and lower power consumption and leverages Broadcom chipsets for enhanced performance". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Juniper QFX Series Switches is most compared with Cisco Nexus, PTX Series Routers and Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Juniper QFX Series Switches report.
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