We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and others in LAN Switching."Their technical support is very good. They know what to do and if they don't know what to do, they give me the person who does know."
"The tool's administration is easy."
"It is an infrastructure tool, so it is just providing a backend service. Its most useful feature is that it operates on a regular basis. It is reliable."
"It can be expanded."
"The benefit of the tool is that it is a stable product."
"I highly appreciate the durability and the availability"
"When it comes to Cisco Catalyst Switches, one can say that the legacy switches are stable."
"The product is very robust."
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"For a customer, it is easy to configure and to add ports through the LAN the GUI."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"To make it a ten they should simplify the licensing, add the cloud-managed feature, and it should be more cost-effective."
"I would like to see the integration of the 2960 SX switched."
"Any improvements that they make should be in the wireless area of the product."
"The technical support, in some cases, should be faster and could improve."
"The price could be improved."
"The solution offers a bit of complexity and you need a specialized workforce."
"Its price can be improved. Some devices can be very expensive."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 166 reviews while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is ranked 12th in LAN Switching with 2 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerSwitch N-Series writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, HPE ProCurve and Cisco Nexus, whereas Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco Nexus.
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