We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Ubiquiti Networks and others in Ethernet Switches."We can scale as needed."
"The most valuable feature is the security that these switches provide."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the use of use and user-friendliness."
"The most valuable feature is that it's very easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the switches are reliable and replaced for free if anything goes wrong."
"The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port."
"Very easy and quick to setup and provide a nice dashboard providing a view of everything."
"Aruba offers better options when it comes to the area of scalability compared to what Cisco offers. Aruba has a better graphical user interface that helps users with the configuration part."
"My work is able to continue because the switches are reliable."
"The most valuable feature is that we can configure the security to suit our needs."
"The product is great for networking."
"This solution is stable it runs without any interruptions."
"The solution is reliable."
"Cisco's product is excellent and highly stable with decades of experience in switching and technology. It's a top-notch solution when your entire network operates within the Cisco ecosystem, allowing for a wide range of capabilities. However, the challenge with Cisco lies in its prioritization. When integrating with third-party solutions, like Juniper, it can be somewhat challenging, but it still performs reasonably well. Setting up Cisco switches is not a straightforward process; it's complex and requires more than simply powering them on and figuring things out as you go. You need a solid understanding of switch and stack configuration because Cisco has its unique software features. Cisco excels in vendor lock-in, meaning that if you want to combine Cisco switches with non-Cisco functionality, it can be both time-consuming and costly. While Cisco offers the most extensive capabilities, it can also be less flexible and more challenging when you want to deviate from the Cisco ecosystem."
"The scalability is great."
"Ability to expand connections."
"You willuse almost every feature on every switch to some degree because the utility is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is switching on our network."
"In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco products."
"It's pretty good as compared to other vendors."
"The GUI interface distinguishes it from other vendors and makes it easy to operate."
"The product is very helpful in troubleshooting."
"It is stable."
"Junos OS is extremely flexible and easy to pick up."
"Aruba's switches are older so I'd like to see more upgrades. The newer ones may have that built-in. The product could be more user-friendly."
"If we compare Aruba and Cisco at the data center layer, Cisco has its Nexus switch. Aruba provides the new 10000 series, but it does not compare with the Nexus switch."
"I'm not sure if they have the core switch series as well."
"I think that the performance is getting better but they need to have more powerful switches on the market so that they can capture medium and large businesses."
"The need to come up with a bit more flexibility in their range of models."
"Aruba Switches' price could improve, if they were less expensive it would be beneficial."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"This product could be improved with additional security features."
"The manageability could be improved."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches should improve its pricing."
"I would like to see more manageability. That's primarily the reason why Linksys switches don't work in the enterprise space. They don't have the management and capabilities of other switches."
"Linksys switches are expensive but scalable."
"We are expecting one software that can run across all of Cisco hardware, software, and Cisco Switch router, similar to what Juniper has."
"The sales support could improve, they are not supplying the solution on time. For some projects, we have had to wait many months."
"The installation could be simplified."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches’s stability and pricing needs improvement."
"Juniper EX Series could improve the process and ease of updating the software. It is a difficult process."
"The operating system, Junos OS, often has bugs which forces rollbacks or additional upgrades to resolve."
"We are undergoing a migration to software-defined networking. Different vendors have to integrate with each other and we are not seeing this type of capability within Juniper. We are getting left behind in this technology trend by staying with this solution. Juniper is also losing a bit of market share because of this."
"Its distribution channel and the ease of availability should be improved."
"The stability could be better. We find, for example, Cisco, to be more stable."
"Has a steep learning curve."
"One potential drawback of the Juniper EX Series has been that those without experience using a command-line interface (CLI) may find it intimidating. However, Junos is working on improving this by offering tools, such as Juniper Mist with Wired Assurance and Apstra. Additionally, the graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved as it has been considered lackluster across the board in Junos."
"The difficulty of the installation of Juniper Ethernet Switches depends on the environment it is being implemented in. It is fairly straightforward in terms of being able to source the technical information as we need it. However, this process could improve."
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