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HPE ProCurve vs Juniper QFabric comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HPE ProCurve
Ranking in LAN Switching
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Juniper QFabric
Ranking in LAN Switching
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the LAN Switching category, the mindshare of HPE ProCurve is 10.6%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper QFabric is 5.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
LAN Switching Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE ProCurve10.6%
Juniper QFabric5.0%
Other84.4%
LAN Switching
 

Featured Reviews

BT
ICT and Managed Services Consultant at Wyntec
Experience seamless integration and responsive tech support for smooth operations
Amazon RDS is easy to use. It is somewhat pricier but manageable. It has easy tasks and integrates smoothly with frontend components. When using IDE services such as PgAdmin, the installation steps are straightforward. The availability is also high, which is why we use it. It offers easy scalability and migration between different configurations. RDS performs well overall. The main consideration is pricing, which is higher compared to alternatives such as DigitalOcean. For backup and restore operations, it takes slightly longer - approximately 2-3 minutes compared to 2 minutes with other providers. There are also more steps to follow compared to other service providers. The installation process is straightforward with no complex requirements. Users can directly select their desired database, memory requirements, and port numbers without complications.
OusaidAbaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Network Architect at novonordisc
Ensures reliable operation and consistent performance but lifecycle management need improvement
QFabric simplified our data center network architecture by reducing configuration complexity compared to Cisco devices. It required fewer CLI commands, making configuration quicker and easier, especially for scalable deployments. QFabric improved scalability in our data center by simplifying the addition of new switches to existing configurations. The process was straightforward to manage. Implementing QFabric can affect overall IT infrastructure costs differently based on configuration needs. For small businesses with stable configurations, costs remain unchanged. However, for scalability and expansion, additional configuration and time may increase costs. My advice for those using Juniper is to ensure staff are well-trained and certified in Juniper technologies, such as JNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, or JNCIE. With these skills, you can effectively manage and troubleshoot Juniper solutions, minimizing potential issues and maximizing performance. Overall, I would rate Juniper QFabric as a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product's stability is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It gives us the single-point visibility across the whole infrastructure that's quite important to us."
"Compared with other solutions in the market, this product is great."
"The features that I like the most are the price, the feature sets, the no-nonsense warranty, and lifetime updates."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"The network management solutions that they have is great."
"This solution is good and it's solid; it does its job, and I would recommend this solution because it's affordable, scalable, and it is everything you need."
"They have been very good and are pretty much unbreakable switches."
"It's user-friendly."
"QFabric supports redundancy and includes all of the enterprise and service provider features that customers would want in data center or service provider network."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
"The solution is stable."
"It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the fabric backplane having upwards of 160 GB of communication. It is a top-of-the-rack solution where you have your directors sitting in the main area and then you have your nodes expanded out to your multiple cabinets. It has a very good design and could be your server backbone."
"The vendor maintains the product well."
"The 40 gig backbone InterConneX was valuable for our use case. It is even faster now. QFabric has spine-leaf technology or topology, which basically makes every single hop only one hop away in terms of connecting from one device to another. It is a pretty good and robust solution. It works pretty well in terms of scalability, and their technical support is amazing."
 

Cons

"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
"There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits."
"Our customers are focused on features and generally, they would like to have a more feature-rich solution."
"The user interface (UI) could be better."
"The product must provide something similar to Cisco’s command-line interface."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"They are working on the virtualization of the actual fabric layer. They are moving away from the original spine-leaf design to a different infrastructure. Instead of having three tiers, which was the director of the interconnected nodes, they cut them back, and they still have that kind of structure."
"I do not use GUI's very much for switch stacks. I am always in the CLI. However, I do know that Juniper in the past has lacked on their GUI's, but they have been working on it."
"It was rather complex when I built one up as a POC a while ago."
"The installation is not easy, you will need to have some technical knowledge."
"The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly."
"The disruptive upgrade was an issue for us."
"It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage."
"The stability needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of this product is cheap."
"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."
"The purchasing cost a few years ago for two units was approx €5,000."
"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with one being very cheap and ten being very expensive."
"The price of HPE ProCurve can be reasonable. However, it depends on the use case. They could improve the pricing model."
"The price of HPE ProCurve is very good."
"ProCurve's pricing is its strongest point. The value proposition is quite good, and we have seen a return on investment."
"HPE ProCurve is competitively priced, with a difference of approximately 30 to 35% compared to other vendors"
"In terms of price, the QFabric solution is going to be probably in the middle of the road for a fabric solution."
"The pricing is high."
"The price for Juniper QFabric could improve. There are subscription, maintenance, and add-on feature fees."
"The price is relatively high, but it offers an advantage over its competitors by providing better performance and functionality."
"Juniper QFabric is a high-level solution but it could be less expensive."
"The pricing is high and it is possible to find better pricing option solutions on the market, but the licensing model is quite flexible."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
11%
Healthcare Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE ProCurve?
We know DigitalOcean is more economical compared to AWS through conversations with DevOps teams. In AWS, as RDS tables and memory usage increase, the prices increase accordingly. For market-related...
What needs improvement with HPE ProCurve?
Sometimes the machines get stuck or disconnected, requiring a restart. When connection issues occur, we need to contact the DigitalOcean service team to restart or reboot the system. There are issu...
What is your primary use case for HPE ProCurve?
I have used S3 bucket to save files. I used the SQL database from AWS. We use AWS Relational Database Services (RDS) and EC2, which is Elastic Cloud Compute. These are the three services I have use...
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Also Known As

ProCurve, HP ProCurve
QFabric
 

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Sample Customers

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School, DY 4 Systems, EdgeWing, Edmonton Public Schools District, Halton Catholic District School Board, Hartwick College, Hatch Associates, Huntingdon College, Roseville Joint Union High School District, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, One Superior Place
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