ExtremeSwitching and Juniper QFX Series Switches compete in the network solutions category, targeting various enterprise needs. ExtremeSwitching is preferred for small to medium-sized businesses due to its cost-effectiveness and support. However, for high-performance environments, Juniper QFX is favored for its scalability and advanced features.
Features: ExtremeSwitching offers easy configuration, competitive pricing, and innovative network management through ExtremeCloud IQ. It excels in providing strong support services and implementing deep packet inspection. Juniper QFX Series stands out for its high port density, use of Broadcom chipsets, and reliable EVPN-VXLAN features, making it suitable for complex network setups.
Room for Improvement: ExtremeSwitching could improve user training and documentation, as well as provide better accessibility to product information. There is also a call for more competitive pricing models in price-sensitive markets. Juniper QFX's complex user interface needs simplification to enhance adoption, and there are challenges with scalability, integration, and smoother updates.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both ExtremeSwitching and Juniper QFX Series offer flexible deployment options. ExtremeSwitching provides cloud and hybrid capabilities, while customers note mixed reviews on technical support. Juniper's support is generally satisfactory, although complexity in processes can cause delay in critical situations.
Pricing and ROI: ExtremeSwitching is known for its competitive pricing without a licensing model, supporting cost-effectiveness and low maintenance costs, ensuring a solid ROI. Juniper QFX Series, while more expensive due to enterprise-grade features, offers considerable long-term ROI, overshadowing competitors like Cisco in some cases but requiring significant upfront investment for licenses and upgrades.
The return on investment is high.
The normal ROI customers work with is five years unless there is a major change in technology.
Requiring improvement in the technical support provided to customers.
Sometimes parts are not available in stock, then you have to wait for replacement time.
ExtremeSwitching is highly scalable, and I would rate it as nine out of ten.
When building a fabric, you can add multiple leaf switches and multiple spine switches if required.
Juniper has better performance than any other networking product as far as performance is concerned in the router area.
ExtremeSwitching's software stability could be improved, as it sometimes crashes.
My personal opinion is that if anyone wants to work with a Layer 3 fabric in a data center, they should choose Juniper because working with ACI and APIC is very complex in the Cisco part.
ExtremeSwitching is priced in the mid-range, not too expensive nor too cheap.
We are a number one, tier-one partner of Juniper. Therefore, we normally get better discounts than with Cisco because we don't have the level one partnership with Cisco.
The most valuable feature of ExtremeSwitching is the Extreme Fabric, specifically the switching fabric.
They work with EVPN solutions, providing a Layer 3 fabric, which is a very good capability.
QFX Series Switches deliver industry-leading throughput and scalability, an extensive routing stack, the open programmability of the Junos OS, and a broad set of EVPN-VXLAN and IP fabric capabilities. With QFX, you’ll find premier solutions for data center spine-and-leaf, campus distribution, core, and data center gateway and interconnect switching.
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