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Broadcom StrataDNX vs Cisco Ethernet Switches comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom StrataDNX
Ranking in Ethernet Switches
26th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Ranking in Ethernet Switches
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
135
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Ethernet Switches category, the mindshare of Broadcom StrataDNX is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Ethernet Switches is 14.0%, down from 19.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Ethernet Switches
 

Featured Reviews

WILLIAM SANITATE - PeerSpot reviewer
Highly stable product and auto-updates the software
Customer service support depends on money. If you're a white box manufacturer and we're selling thousands of these, you're going to get awesome support, a ten, amazing support. But if you're starting and need only one or two chips, the support is just access to online stuff or whatever's been done. The better support comes with more units bought. Initially, I would probably rate the support a five out of ten. But then we paid more money, and suddenly, it became a ten, awesome. We had people showing up in the office and walking us through it. But there are also different support models. You can work with them directly or with distributors like Avnet or Arrow, who can provide support. And then there's higher level support with the team in Los Angeles who can provide even more support. It just depends on how many units you're going to buy. The more you buy, the more support you get in the queue.
Myint Aung - PeerSpot reviewer
Exceptional network support and AI integration drive performance while suggesting enhancements for future use cases
I work with both HyperFlex and other Cisco products. I prefer to make online support available because I can utilize my CCIE architect, solution consultant, and engineer team along with our account manager and product sales team. We can clarify requirements and decide how to support you. We should arrange a conference call about Cisco Ethernet Switches where I can invite my architect and consultant to clarify more about the features that are most beneficial for improving network efficiency. Today is AI day, and all the new firmware includes AI to optimize the performance, traffic, and security of Cisco Ethernet Switches. It's performing very well. With many solutions and vendors available, you have to decide on one. I am extremely satisfied with the licensing cost for Cisco Ethernet Switches. For the price of Cisco Ethernet Switches, I would rate it a 7. My overall rating for Cisco Ethernet Switches is 10 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The good thing about the StrataDNX is that the Broadcom family is very interchangeable, so they work well with different optical transceivers."
"Easy to integrate with any of the other hardware platforms."
"We like the stability and scalability of Cisco Ethernet Switches."
"Cisco switches have several valuable features like VLAN mapping. We seldom use that, but we find the security configurations helpful, like high availability with trading port channels and MAC filtering."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Ethernet Switches for our network are speed, latency, and reliability."
"Cisco Ethernet Switches are pretty reliable, and I have rarely seen one of them break."
"They are easy to use and have low maintenance requirements."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Ethernet Switches is their stability. They are rock solid, and that's the advantage of Cisco."
"We have a good technical support provider in Turkey that offers support, and we work closely with Cisco. Everything is sorted."
"Cisco switches are trouble-free. They are reliable, and their performance is excellent."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The number of surfaces that can be handled by the chipset could be increased."
"We need more management tools for the solution."
"The interface and dashboard could look better."
"There are some GUI configuration improvements that they can implement in the future for the product models."
"In the future, some of the features could be updated to support the latest functions."
"There are instances where the commands you are familiar with might change or be replaced with newer syntax."
"They need to offer free replacements until the end of life for devices."
"Firewall features should be pre-enabled in Cisco Ethernet switches."
"The technical support could improve, they are about average quality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is not too expensive."
"The price of this solution is high."
"It could be cheaper."
"The equipment might be more expensive, but when you take total ownership of the configuration, maintenance, and analysis, then it's a large benefit. Sometimes customers see only the first cost of the switches and don't look any further. This is a weak point of Cisco."
"The solution is highly expensive compared to other solutions. The prices get tripled when they arrived in my country of Angola."
"There are different licensing based on the model of the solution."
"Cisco is an industry leader, but the price is very high."
"The last time I bought a 24-port switch, which was a while ago, I paid about five or six thousand Euros. In this part of the world, that's quite expensive for us."
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Comparison Review

it_user82779 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 29, 2014
Benefits of Juniper vs Cisco
Both are decent products. I prefer Juniper for the following reasons: 1) Cleaner separation of data plane from control plane. Higher end Cisco devices are better at this but most of the lower end products still seem to be more integrated than I like. 2) The Hierarchical config design means I can…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
24%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

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Small Business
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Also Known As

StrataDNX
Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches
 

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Sample Customers

Hill International, Coty, Banese, Algar Tech
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