We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus 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."This solution has given us the ability to use Cisco ISE for security."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"The biggest benefit to this solution is a high port density with high bandwidth."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"The most valuable features are extensions and recorded scalability."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and reliability."
"Tech support is good."
"The most valuable features are the great performance, high availability and easy administration."
"It's nice, if there is an issue, to be able to go in through the remote. The fact that the remote doesn't require a static IP... is nice. They initiate the contact to the outside world, without requiring a static to get in."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"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."
"Valuable features include network monitoring and ease of programming for VLANs, etc. I especially like NETGEAR because it's easy to teach system administrators how to use them, how to look at them, how to make changes to them without having the complexity of CLIs, but still having a CLI should we need it."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The most important feature is the failover, the LACP links. That's the dual set it allows. We have redundant core switches and, if one fails or one network adapter fails, the other one can take over without problems."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"The price could be better."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"My only complaint is that not all of the ports on it are enabled from the start."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"Nothing is perfect."
"The scalability can be improved."
"I would like to see better monitoring actions supported in the next release of this solution."
"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The tool needs to improve its network management. The tool can be also more simplified."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"There are some design issues on which they really missed the boat. The problem has to do with rack mounting them because the lights and jacks should all be on the front, and the power on the back. The way they did it makes it really difficult to use them in a rack environment, because when the lights are on the opposite side of the jacks... you usually can't see the back side of a rack. You can't get back there to see, so it's just crazy."
"The technical support could be more helpful."
"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."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
"It's worked for the most part, but we've had to power cycle a few devices. We've had to ask customers to manually power cycle them with the power cord, after some of the firmware updates. Their updating needs a little improvement."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 50 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerConnect Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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