We performed a comparison between ExtremeSwitching 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."The most valuable features of ExtremeSwitching are that they are robust and have plenty of features. There is a lot of functionality. They have a lot of other features ExtremeSwitching that you can get involved with but I haven't been using many of them."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"The price is low compared to the competition."
"They are good. We have been using them for about two years, and we are satisfied with their performance. For our network environment, these switches are working fine."
"The solution can scale."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"The most important feature is the failover, the LACP links. That's the dual set it allows. We have redundant core switches and, if one fails or one network adapter fails, the other one can take over without problems."
"Since it has a web interface, it is easy to set up. You don't have to take three years of training somewhere for a lot of money."
"We have a wide range of switches for various applications, including a collection specifically designed for ProAV, as well as Multi-gig Switches, which are also quite well-known or unique."
"Comes preconfigured and designed specifically for AV."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"The big winner for NETGEAR is their modular switch: the 96X version. That is something that you don't see in the market anywhere else, except for Cisco who has it at a high level for a high expense. The ability to customize your own switch with their modules is a big plus for what we do in the market right now. Instead of having to piece together standardized switches, trying to make something work, or fitting the design into the mold, the modular switches are aware that you can make a mark in the industry because you purchased one switch and design with different modules added and removed later on for functionality."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"We noticed over the years that the price of the Extreme Switches has been rising and this will become a concern in the future."
"Their pricing could be a bit cheaper, as Huawei switches offer better pricing."
"The licensing is expensive."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
"ExtremeSwitching hardware lacks flexibility compared to some other options."
"Extreme Networks does not have any entry-level products. This is a problem for them because Aruba has an Instant On series, which is new and cost-effective. Cisco also has the 1000 series, and other brands offer entry-level products."
"The product's scalability has certain shortcomings that can be improved."
"I'd like to see a little bit of slowdown on the firmware updates. They've been doing a lot of them. I don't know if that's just because it's such a new product line, but the firmware updates have been a little annoying because they've been coming once a week. For a switch, that's a little extreme."
"Though the tool's useability is good, it has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"An area for improvement would be creating a wizard that can do a lot of common stuff. Instead of having some manual configuration for common features, they may want to have a single wizard that could be put in place which would let you walk through creating multiple VLANs and different routes between VLANs in a wizard. Then, you wouldn't have to dig in so deep."
"Centralized monitoring is there, but competitors like Cisco Prime are at a higher level of centralized monitoring."
"If they could come up with ways to look at metrics on it while the video is capping through the system, that would be nice. There could be some interesting uses for that, but it's a long way off."
"The product could be more robust."
"There's a lack of chips and, consequently, a lack of deliveries. They're out of stock at their European warehouse."
ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 17 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 50 reviews. ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco Nexus, 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 ExtremeSwitching vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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