We performed a comparison between BlueCat Gateway and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to develop a kiosk-like solution for in-person assistance is crucial."
"We found IP and Network Discovery the most valuable features of BlueCat Gateway. Our team found it very easy to build, verify, and validate APIs in BlueCat Gateway, mainly if the users have a background in development and APIs. Our team found that BlueCat Gateway answers our needs well."
"Some of the key features I find most valuable are the highly graphical user interface, virtualization of networks, and Microsoft application compatibility. It has all the functionality that we require."
"The solution is very good at micro-segmentation."
"It is easy to implement it."
"NSX can reduce costs and has good service. It is easy for you and your users to use."
"You can easily integrate this with other VMware products. It is a robust solution."
"The most valuable features are the micro-segmentation and integrated security options."
"NSX is good in managing security or controlling the security and the access control for each single VM."
"The installation is straightforward, it took a couple of hours."
"One area for improvement in BlueCat Gateway is the time it takes to fill in the dropdown in the UI of the solution because the speed with which the data loads isn't that fast. It would be better if you didn't have to wait for old items to load before seeing the first data."
"My most significant concern is that the documentation has problems."
"Since most people are very much used to physical networking, they find it difficult to use VMware NSX in the initial stage."
"It needs to be cheaper."
"We would like tenant segmentation available in future releases."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"If there are other solutions already in place, it can be difficult to implement."
"There is room for improvement in VMware NSX's workload management, particularly in the orchestration layer and in managing workloads across multiple clouds."
"We would like better integration with the standards on the market. For example, with OSPF, their integration in NSX is very low. It's not a full OSPF integration. It is too thin from a protocol perspective."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
BlueCat Gateway is ranked 9th in Network Automation with 2 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 4th in Network Automation with 93 reviews. BlueCat Gateway is rated 9.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BlueCat Gateway writes "Simple to use, straightforward to deploy, and provides good support and documentation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". BlueCat Gateway is most compared with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Workload. See our BlueCat Gateway vs. VMware NSX report.
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