We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Big Switch Networks, Juniper and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"The performance is good."
"Provides flexibility to deploy and have network virtualization on different types of firewalls."
"From a distributed firewall perspective, it's a solid solution."
"The most valuable features are security and dynamic routing."
"The solution is robust as it covers everything we want to do and is stable, so we're happy enough with it. We have had no problems so far. Everything is great."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"The alert features are the most valuable."
"One significant advantage of VMware NSX is the ability to provide advanced security at the micro-level, focusing on securing applications and workloads rather than just the network structure or virtualization-based network security."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"The support needs improvement."
"The solution could improve by having a more streamlined setup."
"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."
"The setup is complex and should be made easier."
"It takes time to do the initial setup. It is a bit slow, which is surprising."
"We've have had good and bad experiences with them. We don't always find them to be so impactful. Sometimes the support guy isn't so on top of resolving the issue and it can take a while to sort out."
"In the future, the solution should be compliant with internet NIC."
"They could do more with cloud management."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 4th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Cisco ACI and Juniper Session Smart Router, 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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