We performed a comparison between HPE Ethernet Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The technical support for this solution has improved from what it was."
"These are the basic access layer switches used for connectivity among users, and they are cost-effective."
"The initial setup of this solution is easy."
"HPE Ethernet Switches are easy to configure."
"It's stable. We never have any issues."
"It's stable and performing well."
"The most valuable product is the unmanaged HP switch."
"We can easily replace components without incurring significant costs in an error or failure."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"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."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"As far as remoting into it goes, it is very efficient because I can do it from anywhere, through the remote software. I can get right into it, I can change settings really quickly, if a customer needs to add another device into it or if I need to make changes on the VLANs that we created."
"The remote troubleshooting features provide a single pane of glass where I can see my all my clients' equipment. If they're reporting a problem, I can go to the Insight Pro interface online and I can bring up that client and I can see all their devices and the status of all their devices."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"The solution is stable."
"There is a lot of helpful documentation that helps with the configuration process."
"There is a limitation of capability."
"The solution's throughput should be increased because we often get stuck when it comes to IPTV streaming."
"Authentication and other security features are not easily satisfied using the lower-end switches."
"Technical support needs improvement, as the response time could be better."
"It would be ideal if the product offered more security."
"The only improvement I can think of is that it could be better with less updates."
"The solution is very comparable to Huawei, however, it could be more scalable. Huawei is easier to scale."
"VLAN can be improved, but I have to check that with the company expert. I have different switch models, but they don't have all the same interface. I don't know whether lower-level switches don't have the same interface as the better quality ones. I might have two different model types."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"My one issue with it is that not all the features of the switch can currently be managed via the portal. For some of the more advanced features, you still have to configure the switch."
"The tool needs to improve its network management. The tool can be also more simplified."
"Being able to pass AVB traffic over these switches, that would be a huge add. There are not many switches out that support that. The GS728TP NETGEAR switches used to or still do support AVB, but it would be ideal if the 4300 Series could support it as well."
"Support needs to be improved."
"The product's scalability has certain shortcomings that can be improved."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The main negative thing is the speed. When you use the portal, if you have a lot of customers and locations in the portal, and you need to scroll through those clients or those locations, it takes a pretty long time to load those pages and to select the client. That's the problem in the portal on the laptop, and it's the same problem in the portal on the app."
HPE Ethernet Switches is ranked 10th in Ethernet Switches with 94 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. HPE Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Ethernet Switches writes "They're solid and can last for up to 15 years". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". HPE Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Arista Networks Platform, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches. See our HPE Ethernet Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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