Broadcom StrataDNX vs Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches comparison

Broadcom and Juniper are both solutions in the Ethernet Switches category. Broadcom is ranked #25 with an average rating of 8.0, while Juniper is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.5. Broadcom holds a 0.9% mindshare in ES, compared to Juniper’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Juniper users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

In the networking industry, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Broadcom StrataDNX are competing products. Juniper seems to have the upper hand in terms of cost-effectiveness and customer support, while Broadcom offers advanced features for those willing to invest more.

Features: Juniper EX Series offers robust scalability, advanced security features, and is ideal for both data center and campus deployments. Broadcom StrataDNX features high-performance capabilities, extensive programmability, and supports large-scale network infrastructures, emphasizing performance and scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Juniper EX Series is known for a user-friendly deployment process and comprehensive customer support, making it simple to integrate into existing networks. Broadcom StrataDNX provides extensive customization through programmable interfaces, requiring more effort and expertise for deployment, with less accessible customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Juniper EX Series is competitively priced with a moderate setup cost, offering a good ROI for its features and support. Broadcom StrataDNX demands a higher initial investment but offers a potentially greater ROI for organizations needing its high-performance capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom StrataDNX

Ranking in Ethernet Switches

25th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

3.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Juniper EX Series Ethernet ...

Ranking in Ethernet Switches

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 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 Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is 2.9%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Ethernet Switches Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches	2.9%
Broadcom StrataDNX	0.9%
Other	96.2%

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Wisely Ng

Senior rPLM and Consulting Engineering, IP and Optical Networks, APAC at Nokia Corporation

Cost-effective chipset saves resources and offers rich features

The Broadcom StrataDNX chipset, such as the DNX, is quite a generic chipset and from the cost perspective, it is quite cost-effective hardware. When we decide to use such an Ethernet switch, our R&D and headquarters consider using the Broadcom chipset as one of the merchandised chipsets in our system, providing a cost-effective solution to our customers. The cost-saving with Broadcom StrataDNX is one of the critical criteria for using the DNX as one of our hardware chipsets. From the features perspective, it is quite feature-rich, so we can leverage those existing functions on the SDK to develop our own features in our equipment.

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PRADIPJOSHI

Owner at a transportation company with 11-50 employees

Virtual chassis technology enhances connectivity and simplifies management

Juniper EX series switches offer great technology, particularly their Virtual Chassis technology, which is an excellent feature for stacking switches and functions like a single virtual switch. The EX series provides a separation of control, management, and data planes, reducing the attack surface area, ensuring a lesser extent of vulnerability. The PoE budget is commendable, and they manage connectivity effectively.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Broadcom StrataDNX chipset, such as the DNX, is quite a generic chipset and from the cost perspective, it is quite cost-effective hardware."

"The good thing about the StrataDNX is that the Broadcom family is very interchangeable, so they work well with different optical transceivers."

"The cost-saving with Broadcom StrataDNX is one of the critical criteria for using the DNX as one of our hardware chipsets, and from the features perspective, it is quite feature-rich, so we can leverage those existing functions on the SDK to develop our own features in our equipment."

"Easy to integrate with any of the other hardware platforms."

"Juniper supports all our connectivity infrastructure in our datacenter, supporting optimal availability and performance for services."

"This solution is impeccable."

"The most valuable feature of Juniper Ethernet Switches is the public remote configuration option. If you make a mistake in the configuration you can roll it back to the previous configuration automatically after a set time frame increment, such as five or more minutes. In all the other competitors once you press to enter the new configuration is already written in. You cannot roll it back automatically."

"In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco products."

"Juniper EX series switches offer great technology, particularly their Virtual Chassis technology, which is an excellent feature for stacking switches and functions like a single virtual switch."

"It's easy to use."

"Juniper switches are very good with MPLS."

"High-performance and reliable, easy to manage and configure, advanced security features, scalable and flexible and rock-solid uptime and availability."

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Cons

"The number of surfaces that can be handled by the chipset could be increased."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

"The standard features do not provide a full feature set, so we need to create our own features to compensate for those limitations."

"The management platforms for the network need improvement."

"The operating system could be better."

"The only issue that we have with Juniper Ethernet Switches is the firmware because it is not stable."

"Their web GUI interface needs to be a lot better, especially when compared to HP. The command line is good, but you have to know how to get around it. The GUI is clunky and very slow."

"Juniper's support could be much better and faster."

"The initial setup for Juniper switches is complex. Juniper has a new program that solves that problem a little bit, but it is expensive, so I don't use it. It is Juniper Mesh, Juniper Wire, or something like that where you plug in a switch, and it goes out to their cloud, finds a config, and brings it down. So, you can do everything cloud-based, but there is a fee for that. It is expensive, so I've never used it. If we were starting, we would try to do something like that. It is more for a large enterprise for managing hundreds of switches versus what we're doing. They should make its price more cost-effective or include it for new or smaller companies."

"Some areas of technical support could be better."

"Stability could be better, especially during a reboot. We have had some issues recently with the software getting corrupt on reboot, which causes a lot of downtime."

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"You don't need to license every switch. We only chose to cover support on core/key equipment and keep a cold spare available when needed."

"The initial cost of the solution can be expensive."

"The product's pricing is less and almost half of Cisco's."

"It's was $100,000 per year."

"There is a subscription payment model or you can purchase licenses on a one, two, and five-year basis. If you want decent support, the solution is not expensive."

"The pricing for the support is very high."

"The maintenance cost is approximately €2,000 ($2,200 USD) per year, including support, for our entire fleet."

"The solution does not require a license to use it."

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it_user82779

Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

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…

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

24%

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

11%

University

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	17
Large Enterprise	24

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom StrataDNX?

From my impression regarding Broadcom StrataDNX, I can explain that while Broadcom is quite good, it is not perfect in some cases. The standard features do not provide a full feature set, so we nee...

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What is your primary use case for Broadcom StrataDNX?

We use the SDK from Broadcom StrataDNX from the software features point of view. We have our own network operating system to perform adaptive configurations around different chipsets, creating an a...

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What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom StrataDNX?

The Broadcom StrataDNX chipset from the product portfolio is quite generic and not difficult to deploy. For network monitoring, we do not rely on the Broadcom StrataDNX chipset capability. Instead,...

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In terms of ethernet switches, would you go with Cisco or Juniper?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Cisco or Juniper Ethernet switches were the better fit for us. We decided to go with Juniper. Juniper ethernet switches are a lesser-known...

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What advice do you have for others considering Juniper Ethernet Switches?

Juniper EX model is ok for the campus network as the ex4300 is EOL in a few years and the new ex4400 is the standard. Now for the QFX model, 5k/10k in CRB mode IP fabric Ethernet switching is horri...

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What is your primary use case for Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches?

The typical use case for Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is that it is reliable, and the customer specifically requested this solution in their review. While it comes at a higher cost, it remai...

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StrataDNX

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Overview

The StrataDNX product line offers the greatest extensibility and scalability of any merchant silicon switch in the industry, with the ability to scale both tables and buffering with external lookup engines or memory. The StrataDNX chips can also be connected together via DNX fabric elements to build industry-leading switches and routers with hundreds of terabits of bandwidth. The StrataDNX line features a service-rich, carrier-grade programmable architecture to meet the needs of service provider core, metro transport, mobile backhaul, microwave, POTN, access, and data center networks.

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Juniper Ethernet Switches are made up of the EX Series product line. These EX Series Ethernet Switches provide branch, campus and data center networks with access, aggregation and core layer switching solutions. The end result is secure, fast and efficient application and data delivery.

Today's enterprise networks increasingly demand mobile access, optimal availability, virtualization, and unified communications. The Juniper Ethernet Switches EX Series caters for all of these requirements, ensuring business continuity, network flexibility and maximum productivity.

Juniper EX Series switches are AI-driven, operated and managed using the Mist AI cloud from Juniper. This gives EX customers simplified operations with insights, anomaly detection and automated troubleshooting, empowering IT teams to deliver the best user experience across the wired network.

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Sample Customers

Hill International, Coty, Banese, Algar Tech

BlackLotus, Staminus, Community Bank, BAS Group, Cloud Dynamics, Privalia, Fluidata, and Tesla Motors.

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