What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Ethernet Switches?

If compared to Cisco, this is a well priced solution. Compared to HP, it is a little bit overpriced. Overall, they are priced in the middle compared to competitors.

The pricing of Juniper Ethernet Switches compared to equivalent switches from Aruba, Cisco, and others, Juniper Ethernet Switches are priced a little higher. They are approximately 20 to 50 percent higher. When we receive a new range of models, the prices can come down. The price can also vary by region. I rate the price of Juniper Ethernet Switches a six out of ten. If Juniper Ethernet Switches want to penetrate the market, they'll have to do something about their pricing. Cisco switches are more well-known and they are less expensive.

For the QFX5000 Juniper switches, the price is about $10,000, but they would probably sell it for $1,000. Nobody can beat Juniper's pricing when it comes to switches. Juniper out-prices everybody, but they get you on the back end, maintenance, service port, and service contract. It's $3-5 million a year just in service contracts, support maintenance, and service agreements to support Juniper features for thousands of switches. I don't see a good ROI on Juniper because a lot of time is spent on troubleshooting. With Arista, you buy $50,000 switches, but they're stable. They're pretty solid when it comes to the code and hardware.

We'd like the pricing to come down a bit.

You can get an extended license. You do need to pay to use the solution.

The licensing costs occur yearly.

I can't speak to the exact pricing. It's based on the dollar and prices are fluctuating all of the time. My understanding is that it is moderately priced for the market. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. It's pretty good. It's stable as well, however, with some functionalities and some terminologies, the standard is the same yet the terminology is different. For the EtherChannels, they have some different names. For the tunnel, they have some different names. If people are working with a Cisco-type environment, when they are switching from Cisco to Juniper, they feel pretty the command-line interface is pretty different.

Juniper Ethernet Switches are a less expensive solution than Cisco Ethernet Switches. There is only a one-time purchase for Juniper Ethernet Switches. I rate the price of Juniper Ethernet Switches a three out of five.

It is less expensive than, for example, Cisco. We pay a yearly licensing fee.

We had a leakage in the support process and decided to end the product's life in order to purchase a new product with support. We did not renew product support as a result.

Juniper's switches have a lifetime warranty, so you don't have to pay for replacements for defective items (though you can't buy spare replacements). It's relatively affordable per switch and pretty similar to other vendors' costs for maintenance.

Juniper Ethernet Switches could be less expensive. There is not a license needed to use the solution.

I believe Juniper is a lot cheaper than Cisco. Their price isn't that high if I recall correctly. I believe it's reasonable compared to Cisco, so I think they are good on the price end.

We have a partnership with Juniper and the price of the solution can be negotiated at a local or a corporate level with Juniper to meet our customer's needs. There is a subscription payment model or you can purchase licenses on a one, two, and five-year basis. If you want decent support, the solution is not expensive.

The price could be cheaper.

Their prices are competitive and not bad. It is cheaper than Cisco. We have a yearly license.

The pricing is very aggressive. The only disadvantage with Juniper is the modules are very expensive lately. It could be cheaper, but they are always expensive. If you want support with Juniper you will have to use Juniper modules, otherwise, you don't get the technical support. For example, third-party modules can be integrated into Cisco, but with Juniper, if you want technical support directly, you can only use the Juniper modules. When tech support takes control, they will recognize whether it is a Juniper module or third-party modules. Juniper switches come with either one year, three years, or five years of support. When comparing, Cisco comes with five years.

We only pay for support. It's not expensive.

It's was $100,000 per year. There are no additional costs other than the licensing fee.

The pricing for the support is very high.

Juniper is less expensive than competing products and as much as 33% less than Cisco.

The exact licensing is not something I know about, but I do know that Juniper is a less expensive solution when compared to the competition.

Juniper Ethernet switches are more cost-effective than Cisco.

This solution is cheaper than Cisco or HP switches.

The maintenance cost is approximately €2,000 ($2,200 USD) per year, including support, for our entire fleet.

There are different licenses available for these switches that are based on the features. We purchased the box for a one-time charge, and we are paying a yearly support fee of several hundred Euros.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

You don't need to license every switch. We only chose to cover support on core/key equipment and keep a cold spare available when needed.