We performed a comparison between Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches and Netgear Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Netgear Switches come out on top in this comparison based on their speed, flexibility, stability, and scalability. Netgear Switches provide next-generation features, such as small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers, 10-gigabit speed potential, and the ability to easily handle AVB traffic.
"The most valuable features are uptime and stability."
"The most important feature related to this solution is that most of the time, it covers all of what we need for our projects."
"It is very stable. Performance is very good."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches have a good interface, and the documentation is detailed."
"What matters most to me is the security of the product, and Cisco does a pretty good job."
"I use the tool because of its performance, reliability, and security."
"For a home or small business, the solution offers a very good web interface."
"The installation process is straightforward."
"The tool is stable."
"Comes preconfigured and designed specifically for AV."
"The company provides a lifetime warranty."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"SFP, speed, and 10-Gigabit are the most valuable aspects of this solution. We're an architecture firm and we sometimes deal with large files. Anything we can do to eke out even a fraction of a second less time to get something done over the course of a year adds up. If I can get 10-Gigabit running in my server room, which I am right now, even though we're only gigabit to the desktop, due to the client computers we have, I can get more performance from everybody. I'm ready to start bringing in 10-Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop once I get the hardware to do that."
"The High Bandwidth AV-over-IP functionality of these switches has been fantastic, especially in leaf-and-spine. We've been able to build redundancy and they seem to outperform even the Cisco Catalyst, which is about twice as expensive as the M-series switches are."
"With this, you literally just log in to a website, see all your clients, all your NETGEAR switches, and you can manage them all right there: the VLANs, powering on and off individual ports, rebooting the whole device, the firmware updates. Everything can be done remotely..."
"We encounter a challenge in automating the product to reduce manual work."
"They need to develop better UI. Other products have a nice GUI."
"There is a four-month wait list for certified switches and licenses in Libya because they must be shipped from Dubai."
"They could work on the pricing and make it more affordable for everyone."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches should improve its pricing."
"It would be ideal if they could do more configurations and offer more flexibility. Right now, it's not flexible at all."
"It should be cheaper. We need a better price from Cisco. Its initial setup and support should also be improved."
"They just need to simplify the learning curve."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"There are a lot of systems that are moving into different areas. There are a lot of cloud-based things happening. One nice feature that I've seen in other switches is artificial intelligence on the actual porting. They've got AI technology that will tell you when a port is down. They not only tell you when a port is down; they also tell you when a port is running slower. You can do a cable-fault check, or you can do other checks. It would be nice to have this information in NETGEAR. This feature might already be there in a new release of the NETGEAR's firmware, but I haven't seen it."
"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."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"There is a lot of delay in the data coming to the servers."
"The technical support could be more helpful."
"NETGEAR Switches could be more secure. Scalability could also be better. This infrastructure is a bit old, and we need something that will be more secure. Something that will introduce WLAN, and we will need the knowledge to go with that. Some of the switches were used for more than seven years. I think it was just their lifespan that was exhausted. But other than that, there haven't been any issues that required us to complain or get concerned."
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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is ranked 9th in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches writes "An advanced, sophisticated solution that allows for segmentation within networks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Aruba Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Aruba Switches. See our Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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