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As of June 2025, the mindshare of Cisco ACI in the Network Virtualization category stands at 48.1%, up from 47.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
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Government
7%
Healthcare Company
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Comms Service Provider
4%
Educational Organization
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Energy/Utilities Company
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Insurance Company
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Transportation Company
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Construction Company
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Performing Arts
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Outsourcing Company
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Pharma/Biotech Company
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Non Profit
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Aerospace/Defense Firm
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Recreational Facilities/Services Company
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International Affairs Institute
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Rahul Khandelwal - PeerSpot user
Network Technical Manager at KPMG
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Jun 17, 2025
Enables streamlined data center management with automation and application-centric design

Pros

"The main features of Cisco ACI that I really appreciate are the application-centric and network-centric designs, allowing you to create your network according to your application."

Cons

"For technical support, I would rate them a seven because it's a complex technology and the TAC people sometimes don't have much understanding of the product."
Raj Metkar - PeerSpot user
Director, Head of Networks at MUFG, EMEA
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Sep 10, 2024
Product version discussed: 5.2(8i)
Provides scalability, ease of migration for future DC moves, multi-tenancy and programmability

Pros

"Cisco ACI's multi-tenancy has been most beneficial for our network management."

Cons

"I would really appreciate it if Cisco came up with something centralized to monitor everything."
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Rammohan Manike - PeerSpot user
Sr Consultant at Tata Consultancy
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Dec 29, 2024
Robust data center operations with focus on traffic management and future API enhancements

Pros

"The routing of traffic is one of our main focuses when utilizing Cisco ACI."

Cons

"We are looking at better synchronization with the cloud and on-premise, bringing in a multi-cloud networking solution. "
Brook Debebe Hailu - PeerSpot user
Chief Technology Officer at Mehbub General Trading PLC
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Dec 29, 2024
Achieves network automation while recommending improvement to technical support

Pros

"Cisco ACI was the first product in the market, offering stability with a significant install base. "

Cons

"Cisco needs to enhance their technical support and pay more attention to regional support. "
Eyal Amar - PeerSpot user
Presales Manager for Networking/DC team at Malam-Team
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Jan 16, 2024
A highly stable and scalable solution that can be used for the implementation of agile services with customer sites

Pros

"The most valuable features of Cisco ACI are micro-segmentation, the VXLAN, and the ACI flattening services."

Cons

"It would be good if Cisco ACI had some cross-domain orchestrator that could rule all the pillars in the customer network or interconnect more easily with the compass environment."
ShehreyarKhan - PeerSpot user
Senior Operations Consultant at NNIT
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Jun 5, 2024
Efficient, easy to scale, and has less dependency on the infrastructure for application management

Pros

"Automation features have been most beneficial for managing complex networks."

Cons

"It could benefit from an orchestration tool that makes deploying services easier."
Vasil Mitrov - PeerSpot user
Telecom Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Jan 4, 2023
Product version discussed: 6
Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature

Pros

"I especially like the host-based routing feature of Cisco ACI because it's straightforward to do it on different data centers. Another valuable feature of Cisco ACI is that its management controller works very well with no issues."

Cons

"Cisco ACI, segmentation-wise, could be more flexible, which is an area for improvement. The solution could be improved in terms of macro or micro-segmentation for many access lists and contracts. The process becomes very messy in the end."
RK
Senior DGM at Bharat Electronics Limited
Verified user of Cisco ACI
Dec 5, 2022
Excellent sizing but blade servers could be more flexible

Pros

"ACI's most valuable feature is sizing - you can easily find the sizing of the data, which means the data speed, CPU, and virtualization can be determined."

Cons

"ACI's blade servers could be more flexible, and its storage interface is a little too complex because they use some third-party storage solution."