We performed a comparison between HPE ProCurve 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."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The GUI makes it easy to configure, manage, and work with."
"We don't mind the cost in general."
"The pricing is quite competitive."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"Its easy manageability is most valuable. It's easy to manage."
"In my experience, the scalability has been good."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"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 most valuable feature to me is the modular side of things, being able to replace a module and a transceiver at our beck and call. If something goes down, or a piece of equipment is broken, I don't have to replace the whole switch. I can just replace the part that's broken or the part that is no longer working. I can get them back up and working within a matter of minutes, versus having to replace everything and reprogram everything. It's a huge time-saver."
"SFP, speed, and 10-Gigabit are the most valuable aspects of this solution. We're an architecture firm and we sometimes deal with large files. Anything we can do to eke out even a fraction of a second less time to get something done over the course of a year adds up. If I can get 10-Gigabit running in my server room, which I am right now, even though we're only gigabit to the desktop, due to the client computers we have, I can get more performance from everybody. I'm ready to start bringing in 10-Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop once I get the hardware to do that."
"The ability to mix and match is invaluable. So, we didn't have to run massive super extensive switches in the data closets where it wasn't necessary. Being able to manage it all from one place, as all your network configuration settings went live across your entire building from one management console was really handy."
"The interface we have could be better."
"The solution should offer different gigabit interfaces. Right now, they have ten gigabits. However, for our needs, we only need one gigabit. We don't need 24 or 48 ports. We only need eight to ten. HPE should introduce into their portfolio some smaller and more compact options."
"The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example."
"An area for improvement in HPE ProCurve is the web interface not being as robust because you still have to go to the COI to make modifications or look at the exact configuration."
"There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"There is one proprietary function they lack, and I can't remember what it was called, but it monitors the ports, and then every 10 seconds if the port is down, it can divert the traffic somewhere else."
"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"Though the tool's useability is good, it has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"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 tool's price could be better."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 51 reviews. HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Dell PowerConnect Switches. See our HPE ProCurve vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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