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Cisco ACI vs Megaport comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco ACI
Ranking in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Network Virtualization (2nd), Cloud and Data Center Security (8th)
Megaport
Ranking in Software Defined Networking (SDN)
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Software Defined Networking (SDN) category, the mindshare of Cisco ACI is 9.2%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Megaport is 5.2%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco ACI9.2%
Megaport5.2%
Other85.6%
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
 

Featured Reviews

Sulaiman Olubiyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Automation Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Network automation has simplified secure multi-site connectivity and reduced daily operational effort
I believe Cisco ACI could improve by incorporating something related to agentic AI, where it can execute tasks based on particular evaluations or loop engineering, enhancing fault identification or suggestions based on each tenant's configuration. Additionally, I think they should ensure that the documentation is comprehensive. I appreciate that Cisco provides documentation, and their support engineers are helpful in case of any issues. In terms of governance and security regarding Cisco ACI's AI capabilities, I think what we call evals or evaluations is important, whereby the engineer can evaluate the functionalities of the AI in Cisco ACI, preventing it from making deletions or modifications on its own. Therefore, there should be evaluations or guardrails incorporated into the development capabilities. Regarding accuracy and reliability of output for Cisco ACI's AI capabilities, it hasn't met my expectations. What we need is something called RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation. If Cisco can implement that to utilize customer-specific data instead of general knowledge, while ensuring data privacy under GDPR laws, I think that will result in very good, reliable output.
reviewer2891175 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Operations at a media company with 10,001+ employees
Redundancy has improved and operations manage global failover for hybrid cloud workloads
I would rate Megaport an eight out of 10 because it's still good, but I would appreciate more options in the future. Regarding Megaport's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are acceptable for now. I haven't really utilized the AI portion as much, so it's difficult to comment on its accuracy and reliability of output. My overall review rating for Megaport is eight.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Cisco ACI are micro-segmentation, the VXLAN, and the ACI flattening services."
"Cisco ACI was the first product in the market, offering stability with a significant install base."
"We had different networks and combined them with ACI so we could have the control of one controller-based network, and automation is running so that the operational effort was reduced massively."
"Because we can use automation processes with this platform, we have been able to free up our IT department's time."
"ACI provides network ability to deploy and respond to the needs of applications, both in the data center and in the cloud."
"For clients, a visible GUI dashboard provides a unified view of the network."
"It improved the speed of the daily business, and with the preconfigured workflows, daily business tasks are now done more quickly than in the past."
"You can integrate Cisco ACI well with VMware."
"It is actually pretty important for us; our day starts with Megaport."
"Megaport impacts my organization by not necessarily lowering cost, but it reduces a lot of time and increases the bandwidth, which increases the performance, especially in terms of overall company performance and network performance."
"I would suggest anyone considering Matterport for physical properties use it, as it is really smooth and fast."
"The best feature Megaport offers is the convenience."
"The pricing model of Megaport is appealing, along with its flexibility in providing connectivity to end customers."
 

Cons

"The GUI is not easy to use."
"My complaint about this is: We purchased the ACI gear, but to do monitoring, to do stats, to do telemetry statistics, etc. we have to purchase another product from Cisco."
"Its scalability and reliability capabilities should be enhanced."
"I would like this solution to be integrated with Pure Storage."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next releases are support for our policy-based routing. There are endpoint issues that are there now in the code. Hopefully, these will get fixed in the future code."
"ACI is not simple by any stretch of the imagination, but the initial go-at-it is pretty straightforward, which is nice."
"The challenging thing about Cisco ACI was we had to put a lot of effort into providing the customer the full picture, new standards, and new technology that they had to use. This was more challenging than deploying the product."
"Our problems with Cisco ACI are mainly related to the contracts and how to manage them easily in the platform. Cisco also needs to improve the log files and the complexity of the graphical interface."
"Megaport needs more cross-connects, more connections, and a better interface."
"My suggestion would be for Megaport to make the terminal more user-friendly; I use Windows, so it's not a problem, but I'm not sure how it would work in Linux or Ubuntu-based systems."
"I wish Matterport had a mini map feature to show where we are within the property floor plan."
"There are no notable complaints from customers regarding Megaport, and there hasn't been any identified need for improvement."
"However, the part that can improve is that it should be a little bit easier to use and more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco's pricing is very expensive."
"We don't use all of the features but it's still worth the money."
"Cisco ACI costs depend on how many sites you have. One simple site with a simple installation, including two leaves, two spines, and some fibers, would cost $200,000 to $300,000 for the licenses. The solution is a bit expensive, but it's a good investment if you want your data centers to work without interruption."
"The thing that I like the most from Cisco is the support and all the documentation that they have. We do have to pay for it though."
"The pricing is pretty good for new technology."
"There are no additional costs. We only have to pay for a support contract apart from the license."
"A big company can automate it themselves or spend a lot of money and buy it."
"It's expensive but the product is very good. I have never found another partner like Cisco with a solution like this and with great support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Retailer
10%
Legal Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise89
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Questions from the Community

What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few. -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server wh...
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco ACI?
Cost is one thing that could be improved, as it is heavy for an emerging market like ours.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Megaport?
The pricing model is one of the features I personally like about Megaport.
What needs improvement with Megaport?
Megaport needs more cross-connects, more connections, and a better interface. I think Megaport could benefit from more options and a simpler approach with fewer provisioning steps moving forward.
What is your primary use case for Megaport?
My main use case for Megaport is for Global WAN. I use Megaport for redundancy for AWS workloads. Using Megaport has helped my operations with failovers and maintenance; our main circuit goes down,...
 

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