We performed a comparison between Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, VMware, Array Networks and others in Network Virtualization."Cisco has a good technical support team."
"The management aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature. Software-defined issues have been good for us. It makes the management process easy."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the ability to set up virtual networking environments."
"I am impressed with the tool's protection."
"The most valuable features are ease of use and user interface."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"The we can actually extend Layer 2 networking across datacenters, and also Layer 3 networking, which comes along with it."
"Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems."
"The ability to scale from different clouds. At the moment, the scalability of the product is the number one thing that I saw."
"It would be helpful to have better information on how to implement this product."
"The stability of the solution could be improved."
"It was stable for one year, there was no impact. In the last two months, we had two big incidents."
"It might be nice to have more AI in the future."
"There could be an improvement in regards to security."
"If you're worried that NSX is too complex, I would tell you to take another look. If you compare NSX to a similar solution you might find it to be a bit more complex. Usually, the guy that comes in to implement NSX isn't the network guy and will lack the knowledge for the program. He can lack the knowledge for this program and will therefore think it's complex. You need somebody with network experience."
"The solution is complex but for the key user, it's not really complex. You just need to learn the standards and mechanics for your specific product."
"We would to have a reverse proxy. This would add great value to the solution."
"Despite being somewhat behind in the cybersecurity field, VMware should develop a cloud and a red team to continuously monitor for new malware and ransomware."
"NSX could better integrate with open-source products. Of course, it integrates with some, but I know many people are uncomfortable deploying NSX with certain open-source solutions, such as Radar."
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Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Virtualization while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] writes "Scalable with a straightforward setup and good management capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] is most compared with , whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Workload.
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