We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about VMware, Cisco, Masergy and others in Network Virtualization."It is easy to manage, easy to maintain, and stable. If you set up everything alright, it will give years without any issues."
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"The solution is easy to use and is good for management control."
"VMware NSX is a very good solution. It's also a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the ability to set up virtual networking environments."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the load balancing and routing of firewall rules. Many of the features are beneficial."
"The alert features are the most valuable."
"During our experience, the solution has been stable."
"The dashboard is comprehensive and easy to use."
"The solution is very stable and reliable."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the cost. The SDN hardware especially is much too expensive, specifically 799 and 9000."
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"VMware NSX should be able to scale for different customers, even the big ones. Its scalability needs improvement. Stability for it should also be improved."
"They have some limitations in the firewall features as compared to the on-prem or dedicated hardware appliance. They can add more features, such as IPS and IDS, to the cloud firewall."
"The price could be better. The non-enterprise version of the product should also be improved. I would like VMware to expand beyond the network and provide some VLAN technologies and more. I think we have one, but it's more on the distribution side because it's more on the upper side of the network. I'm looking forward to that."
"Their licensing model should make it easier to purchase licenses."
"Our technical team is always looking for the solutions that they work with to offer more convenient integrations."
"In the future, the solution should be compliant with internet NIC."
"They could do more with cloud management."
"An area for improvement in VMware NSX is that it uses up more resources and is heavy on the network. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is more automation."
Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization is ranked 3rd in Network Virtualization with 1 review while VMware NSX is ranked 1st in Network Virtualization with 39 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization is rated 7.0, while VMware NSX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization writes "Easy to setup, maintain and manage, but very expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Reliable and has a good console that requires less effort when using, but is resource-intensive and not as easy to scale". Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization is most compared with Cisco ACI, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Cisco ACI, Nutanix Flow Network Security, Cisco Secure Workload, Guardicore Centra and Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation.
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