We performed a comparison between Apstra Operating System and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Red Hat, SolarWinds and others in Network Automation."Apstra Operating System's most important features are the security and AB test to define what approach we need to take in my company. Additionally, the solution does not take a lot of maintenance."
"Their technical support is very good. They help us figure out solutions when we have problems."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"The initial setup was straightforward. You just have to click it and follow the manuals."
"During our experience, the solution has been stable."
"It gives more security and micro-segmentation. It helps to set network configurations in an easy way."
"We are happy with the scalability."
"The microsegmentation is great, and the security team thinks it is great."
"Provides flexibility to deploy and have network virtualization on different types of firewalls."
"The report data could improve in Apstra Operating System."
"We have done three installations and we have not had any critical issues. The time it took for the installation was approximately two days. However, they should provide better documentation."
"There is room for improvement in VMware NSX's workload management, particularly in the orchestration layer and in managing workloads across multiple clouds."
"It isn't easy to deploy."
"They need to enhance their technical support."
"The feature it can improve is essentially application-based load balancing with intelligent load distribution for applications that require redundancy and high availability."
"The price could be better. The non-enterprise version of the product should also be improved. I would like VMware to expand beyond the network and provide some VLAN technologies and more. I think we have one, but it's more on the distribution side because it's more on the upper side of the network. I'm looking forward to that."
"They have to work more and more on the integration for public cloud services and have cyber security platform integration."
"The scalability is not perfect."
Apstra Operating System is ranked 8th in Network Automation with 1 review while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 93 reviews. Apstra Operating System is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apstra Operating System writes "Highly secure, useful AB test, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Apstra Operating System is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, 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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