We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Catalyst switches are our dedicated solution for connecting everything into one big domain."
"The performance of Cisco Catalyst Switches is good."
"A very expandable solution."
"Catalyst Switches perform very well, and the network is stable."
"It uses many protocols to ease operations, such as CDP and the interoperability of other Cisco products."
"Stability. We have many Catalyst switches now, and they work without any downtime."
"I find their system throughput and Cisco support very useful."
"The solution is extremely flexible."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"Their online portal is one of the most useful features. The portal is very user-friendly, so even someone with not a lot of tech experience can go in and see what's going on with the switch."
"Remote management is the most important thing for us. And monitoring, of course, allows us to see when something is wrong with a client. We get notified that an access point is down, for instance, or that there are too many clients on one access point, so that we can log into the portal and manage the solution with the client instantly, from either a laptop or a cell phone, with the Insight app."
"As far as remoting into it goes, it is very efficient because I can do it from anywhere, through the remote software. I can get right into it, I can change settings really quickly, if a customer needs to add another device into it or if I need to make changes on the VLANs that we created."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"We have a wide range of switches for various applications, including a collection specifically designed for ProAV, as well as Multi-gig Switches, which are also quite well-known or unique."
"Cisco should work to lower its costs. It's quite expensive right now."
"With most of the Cisco devices and models, we faced a slight decrease in speed during the initial setup and while restarting the system"
"I would like to see the integration of the 2960 SX switched."
"The product is expensive."
"In an upcoming release, adding SD-WAN capabilities would be a big advantage for our company."
"I would like for Cisco to come up with an affordable dynamic VLAN solution."
"They should be cheaper."
"The licensing process could be a bit less complex."
"There's a lack of chips and, consequently, a lack of deliveries. They're out of stock at their European warehouse."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"The product's scalability has certain shortcomings that can be improved."
"NETGEAR Switches could be more secure. Scalability could also be better. This infrastructure is a bit old, and we need something that will be more secure. Something that will introduce WLAN, and we will need the knowledge to go with that. Some of the switches were used for more than seven years. I think it was just their lifespan that was exhausted. But other than that, there haven't been any issues that required us to complain or get concerned."
"The security features must be improved."
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"There is a lot of delay in the data coming to the servers."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 166 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 49 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. 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 NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, HPE ProCurve, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Meraki MS Switches. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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