We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and VMware NSX 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."The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is modularity. It's like the Swiss Army knife of switches."
"The solution is stable."
"The implementation was straightforward and the product is stable."
"The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"The integrations are valuable."
"The most valuable features are the access layer security, OpenConfig, and OpenFlow."
"You can easily integrate this with other VMware products. It is a robust solution."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"One significant advantage of VMware NSX is the ability to provide advanced security at the micro-level, focusing on securing applications and workloads rather than just the network structure or virtualization-based network security."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the ability to set up virtual networking environments."
"The installation is straightforward, it took a couple of hours."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the high bandwidth."
"The firewall is its most valuable feature."
"Overall, for me, it's a good solution and has been working well."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There is an ongoing problem with the limitation of the TCAM table, which is that it doesn't have enough memory to allow you to be really granular with your policy."
"I would like to see better collaboration with other, low-end devices."
"It would be nice if the solution offered multiple types of port support."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"It would be ideal if there was better integration with various other platforms."
"There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research."
"Everybody needs a network to connect to, and VMware doesn't readily provide one."
"If there are other solutions already in place, it can be difficult to implement."
"I want to see the solution expand to more than just the network, for example, perhaps it could provide some VLAN technologies."
"The setup of the solution could be simplified."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"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."
"VMware NSX only supports some platforms like KVM."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. 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 VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and HPE SDN. See our Cisco Nexus vs. VMware NSX report.
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