We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and HPE ProCurve based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Cisco Catalyst Switches wins out in this comparison. The solution offers great durability, reliability, and scalability. Cisco Catalyst Switches are feature rich due to Cisco’s brand exposure in the marketplace and can be easier to manage and maintain due to the amount of certified professional users available in the marketplace today. Cisco is a technology that many organizations know to be extremely stable and robust and the Catalyst Switches are another great value-added product that organizations know they can trust.
"The stability and performance are extremely good."
"I never had downtime with Cisco Catalyst Switches in the last eight years, and I'm pretty impressed with its reliability."
"We can have multiple Cisco switches, like seven or eight, on a stack for 300 users. So it is highly scalable and easy to manage."
"It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"These switches are flexible and user-friendly."
"The most important features are that Cisco is one of the most robust switches, it is easy to configure, and the documentation is pretty good."
"When it comes to Cisco Catalyst Switches, one can say that the legacy switches are stable."
"As there are many who are knowledgeable of this technology, this translates into extensive support for it."
"The user interface is simple to use."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"The most valuable features of HPE ProCurve are the reports, lifetime warranty, and CLI."
"Inter-VLAN is a great feature."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
"The most valuable feature of HPE ProCurve is its ease of use and implementation."
"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."
"The product could offer more integrations with other solutions."
"The price could be improved."
"They need to simplify the Web GUI and make it easier to use, and more intuitive for the users."
"The delivery of the product lead time should be improved."
"The stability must be improved."
"There are multiple operating systems across Cisco's portfolio, which is problematic."
"The security of the solution could be improved, it is really important to us."
"Cisco should focus more on this type of product instead of on data center switches. They stopped improving the software of these switches and they are focusing on the data center. They should focus on this type of product, more than any other thing."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
"These switches can be made more stable and robust."
"A few areas included in the network performance managers can be integrated into the solution's dashboard since it is the only area with a few concerns."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"The interface we have could be better."
"We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken."
"Our customers are focused on features and generally, they would like to have a more feature-rich solution."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 170 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 36 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. 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 HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, ExtremeSwitching and Aruba Instant On Switches, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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