We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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."What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"They support open standard features."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"Some of the most valuable features are the simplicity, cost, usability, and power. As a package, it's extremely effective."
"The tool has impacted our company's network costs and productivity in a perfect manner and percentage-wise, I can say it is 120 percent."
"This solution is very similar to the on-premises version making it easy to use for those who know the architect."
"The beauty of MikroTik is that you have flexibility with the routing parts."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is easy to set up."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"Its price can be better."
"A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"Antispam and antivirus features should be included in the future."
"Technical support could be better."
"In medium to large sectors, there's a necessity for managing aspects like proxy firewalls."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
"It would be even better with a centralized management platform."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"It happens that you may find your network is down, if you reboot the switch, they come up. However, sometimes, they reset themselves. That's a big issue."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 15th in Ethernet Switches with 18 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and Nokia Ethernet Service Switch, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Meraki MS Switches and Cisco Enterprise Routers. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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