Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL] vs HPE ProCurve comparison

"It's easy to set up. We can put it in production in a couple of minutes."

"When the price is competitive the customers tend to choose the cheaper brand and then look at the features. So having a competitive price is a plus."

"The product is reliable."

"The solution’s technical support is good."

"The product is cheap."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its good integration with solutions from other vendors."

"The most valuable feature is stability."

"Dell PowerConnect Switches are easy to configure."

"The GUI makes it easy to configure, manage, and work with."

"Its easy manageability is most valuable. It's easy to manage."

"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."

"It's easy to manage and configure. The configurations can be exported and imported to another solution."

"Inter-VLAN is a great feature."

"We don't mind the cost in general."

"In my experience, the scalability has been good."

"The pricing is quite competitive."

"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."

"It would be great to have modules that integrate with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, Arista SDN, Huawei Agile, and IBM."

"Dell is sometimes slow to provide updates to firmware."

"When it comes to the configuration, there should be documentation and interactive help available to assist people who have experience with products from other vendors."

"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."

"The CLI for Dell PowerConnect Switches is sometimes confusing, especially with the LAN, but for the GUI it is simple."

"I expect it to be a zero-touch or a plug-and-play device. To some extent, it is, but we need to know the architecture, and we need to know what exactly we are doing. It is not so easy to implement. It depends on what exactly we are doing and it is still not a plug-and-play or zero-touch device. In the upcoming version, they can make it zero-touch, where we can just power it on and start using it. They can have some templates for different scenarios, such as when you are using it for the data center or adding it to your existing infrastructure."

"The configuration should be improved."

"The pricing model could be improved in HPE ProCurve."

"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 user interface (UI) could be better."

"Our customers are focused on features and generally, they would like to have a more feature-rich solution."

"HPE ProCurve's web interface is old, and I have to log in on each device separately, making them the product's shortcomings that need improvement."

"The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example."

"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."

"There is one proprietary function they lack, and I can't remember what it was called, but it monitors the ports, and then every 10 seconds if the port is down, it can divert the traffic somewhere else."

"The product is cheaper than Cisco and licensing is yearly. We have to pay additional costs for support."

"This solution is much cheaper than comparable products by Cisco."

"On a scale of one to ten, if one means it is a cheap solution, and ten means it is a very expensive tool, I rate the product's price as seven. The tool is a bit pricey."

"Pricing for Dell PowerConnect Switches is quite competitive compared to Cisco and HP pricing. Dell has cheaper pricing and the company is trying to push for sales for its switching infrastructure because right now, the current market is dominated by Cisco. In the US market, there's Cisco, HP, Juniper, and Arista which you can buy for data center switching meant for different kinds of enterprises and ISPs. Dell PowerConnect Switches, on the other hand, is a product for people who need smaller setups or individual switches, especially those looking for a cheaper product and basic switching, though you can also buy a complete suite packaged with the switches."

"The price of these switches is okay."

"Its price is okay. Sometimes, it is lower than a Cisco solution."

"The solution is less expensive and more cost-efficient."

"Cheaper than its competitors"

"The purchasing cost a few years ago for two units was approx €5,000."

"The price of HPE ProCurve can be reasonable. However, it depends on the use case. They could improve the pricing model."

"This is an expensive switch."

"We are a public company, so we are obliged to take the best offer from the vendors. They gave us the best price for the needs we had. It was considerably less than Cisco. It had maybe 40% lower cost."

"There is no need to pay for the solution's license."

"HPE ProCurve is competitively priced, with a difference of approximately 30 to 35% compared to other vendors"

"ProCurve's pricing is its strongest point. The value proposition is quite good, and we have seen a return on investment."

"The cost of HPE ProCurve is good."