We performed a comparison between Dell PowerConnect 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."Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"The setup is straightforward. It takes minimum time for deployment."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"We have these switches installed in an environment with hardware from many other vendors, and so far, so good."
"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."
"The solution’s technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is simplicity."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerConnect Switches for me is the throughput. I also like that the product has more compatibility with Dell infrastructure, especially with EMC and new generation Dell servers. Dell PowerConnect Switches can also easily integrate with Dell servers, and this is another pro."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"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."
"With this, you literally just log in to a website, see all your clients, all your NETGEAR switches, and you can manage them all right there: the VLANs, powering on and off individual ports, rebooting the whole device, the firmware updates. Everything can be done remotely..."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The remote troubleshooting features provide a single pane of glass where I can see my all my clients' equipment. If they're reporting a problem, I can go to the Insight Pro interface online and I can bring up that client and I can see all their devices and the status of all their devices."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"Their hardware is not reliable, it's faulty."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
"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."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."
"A big issue with this product is that when our customer migrated the data center, one cluster blocked the whole network and because we had a new approach, some commands were not compatible with the new version."
"More stable firmware releases would be an improvement because we have had them randomly power on and off."
"The configuration should be improved."
"NETGEAR Switches could provide local technical support services."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The web interface has been a little sketchy on occasion. Sometimes I have to reload the page to get things to show up properly, but the switch itself seems fine. The web user interface is a little wonky at times."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
"The product could be more robust."
Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 5th in LAN Switching with 50 reviews. Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Dell PowerConnect Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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