We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and VMware NSX 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."Arista Networks Platform is comfortable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, with non-blocking technology. Additionally, it has a useful CloudVision platform and automation capabilities."
"The most valuable aspect of Arista Networks products is their ease of configuration, especially when compared to Cisco products. When we implement advanced features for data centers such as BGP EVPN and VXLAN, Arista's configuration process is similar to that of Cisco's process, but at the same time it is simply much easier, clearer, and more understandable."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."
"The most valuable features of the Arista Networks Platform are the EVPN and VXLAN. It has comprehensive features."
"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"It is easy to implement it."
"I have found the system to be very intuitive, functional, and they have great technology."
"The most valuable features are stability and low cost."
"VMware NSX is a very good solution. It's also a scalable solution."
"One of the big improvements between the NSX-V and NSX-T is that in NSX-T you are no longer dependent on V-Center anymore."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"NSX extends Layer-2 scalability on Layer 3, covering the vRO and extending the capability on Layer 3 by decapsulating using a new mechanism. NSX-V was designed to use with VMware products and Success 360, providing more flexibility toward different levels of cloud, containers, and components. NSX-T gives you the ability to stretch your network across different view locations. If you have multiple sites, you can connect them using NSX-T."
"The micro-segmentation and the ability to create policy rules are valuable."
"Its price can be better."
"The community is good but is not good enough. It still needs to grow more."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."
"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."
"I want the solution to include a unified controller."
"The solution needs to improve their product range."
"The solution is quite expensive. One of the negative aspects of it is the pricing."
"The solution can improve by making it more straightforward, easier to install and maintain in the environment."
"The feature it can improve is essentially application-based load balancing with intelligent load distribution for applications that require redundancy and high availability."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"There were some issues with finance and other accounting."
"The solution is quite complex. You need to keep your thinking cap on and know what you are doing: Go to the training and listen to the solution architects when they come in because they have a lot of knowledge."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"Some configuration maximums are limiting to the user, especially when it comes to the deployment of very, very large environments."
"A room for improvement in VMware NSX is that it has some security vulnerabilities, which means my company has to apply the patches every once in a while."
Arista Networks Platform is ranked 11th in Ethernet Switches with 21 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while VMware NSX 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 VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. See our Arista Networks Platform vs. VMware NSX report.
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