We performed a comparison between Brocade Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and 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 initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"There's a zone for each server and services in the storage."
"The technical support is good."
"The switches last for a very long time."
"The most valuable feature of Brocade Ethernet Switches is the good range of access it provides."
"It has good integration with HPE Primera. They have smart zoning in which the administration is very easy. You don't have to do anything. Zoning and other things are done automatically if you just enable the smart zoning. That's one very good thing in HP."
"I have not had any issues with our Brocade switches."
"The reliability of Brocade is the most valuable feature. The solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail, fixes required, or breakdowns. It is a very strong piece of equipment."
"The flexible IP firewall and IP network address translation make it very easy to give access to internal services."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"These routers and switches are very stable."
"It's great for small businesses or home offices."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The setup is easy."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches are stable"
"The most valuable feature is that you can do anything on all platforms."
"It should be simpler. There are still some things that can be simpler in the Brocade switches."
"No graphical interface."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches need a better interface and centralized management."
"These switches are no longer supported."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches could improve by having better compatibility with web management of older versions."
"There are some performance issues."
"I would like to have some additional filtering options added in the future."
"They lack the extended warranty for the equipment. They only provide a warranty for one year as compared to the other vendors who offer a warranty for three years, five years, and lifetime, etc."
"The user interface is not very good."
"They need to create a license for IBS. I have a lot of clients that have spam on their networks."
"A central management platform would be great."
"The Soft-GRE support needs to be improved."
"As far as improvements, there are basically only two things I would suggest. First, I think they should provide extensive training for the new releases of products, especially in the LTE space. Second, they could spend more time ensuring that their OS releases are more stable, rather than waiting for things to fall apart on the customer's premises before they make the necessary changes."
"It would be very good if these products are accessible via different kinds of shells and GUI. It will make these solutions very usable."
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Brocade Ethernet Switches is ranked 20th in Ethernet Switches with 10 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 62 reviews. Brocade Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Brocade Ethernet Switches writes "This solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Brocade Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Mellanox Switches and Arista Networks Platform, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and Huawei Enterprise Routers. See our Brocade Ethernet Switches vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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