We performed a comparison between Cisco FabricPath and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the 10G ports and the modular uplink port."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to migrate VMs between data centers."
"The most valuable features are the security, web control, and traffic control."
"It's very stable."
"The most valuable features are the lead time and the high quality of the product."
"The technical support we get from Cisco is excellent. It's the best in the industry. We're more than satisfied with the level of service they provide."
"As I mentioned earlier, the durability, flexibility, and security of Cisco devices are notable. Particularly with switches, the capability to implement multiple VLANs and easily aggregate the network has been advantageous. The ability to have different VLANs and aggregate the network without complications is a key feature of Cisco FabricPath."
"The most valuable feature is the central management where the customer can receive all the alerts."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that Insight is cloud-managed. The whole reason behind it is that there is one central place to manage it. You can pre-configure everything and you can get access to it without having to get onto the client's network. That makes it easy to use and deploy."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Their online portal is one of the most useful features. The portal is very user-friendly, so even someone with not a lot of tech experience can go in and see what's going on with the switch."
"You are not limited in terms of stacking ports, and especially, if you're using the 96X as a core switch, the scalability, I could see this being very large. If you're using a type of a hybrid topology with a core switch going out to multiple switch stacks, or something like that, I could see the scalability of this being very good, especially considering the kind of backplane switching capacity on the 96X."
"We have one client that has three Insight switches and when we make a change to their network... we can make the configuration change and push it down to all three switches at once. We don't have to individually log on to each switch to make the change."
"The most valuable feature to me is the modular side of things, being able to replace a module and a transceiver at our beck and call. If something goes down, or a piece of equipment is broken, I don't have to replace the whole switch. I can just replace the part that's broken or the part that is no longer working. I can get them back up and working within a matter of minutes, versus having to replace everything and reprogram everything. It's a huge time-saver."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"Lacks sufficient integration with SIEM."
"The solution should offer better reporting."
"In terms of the series, I find that the integration with other teleconferencing applications needs to be more seamless. I have suggested to Cisco that the endpoint device should allow joining calls from Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other teleconferencing applications. Additionally, I appreciate the recent inclusion of breakout sessions in the Cisco Webex application, which enhances its relevance in the networking field."
"The management features are in need of improvement."
"The documents could improve for Cisco FabricPath. There are times when the relevant information is not present in the different sections of the documents, such as deployment. The documents should be more detailed and enhanced."
"Lack of security features for which we need to use another solution."
"The initial setup is a little complex."
"I would like one management console to control the network."
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"Support needs to be improved."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"One thing I have asked for, something that NETGEAR lacks that I would love to see — and from what I understand it's in the works — is a REST API to programmatically interface with multiple switches. That would be a great feature."
"Their old firmware was a problem for us and we're still working on it. It didn't apply correctly so it took about half of our switches offline, which meant we couldn't use some of the functionality like the firmware updates. Unfortunately with that firmware, which they've sorted out, if you don't go through all the firmware and make sure it's past that point and back online, that's an issue with them. It's something to cautious about"
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"There is a lot of delay in the data coming to the servers."
"The web interface has been a little sketchy on occasion. Sometimes I have to reload the page to get things to show up properly, but the switch itself seems fine. The web user interface is a little wonky at times."
Cisco FabricPath is ranked 8th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 50 reviews. Cisco FabricPath is rated 8.2, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco FabricPath writes "On overall effective product with good performance and a simple setup ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco FabricPath is most compared with Juniper QFabric, Cisco Nexus and Arista Campus LAN Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Cisco FabricPath vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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