We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The advantage I found is that they can be used as both on-premises devices and cloud-managed devices, with the option for an additional license to become cloud devices. This flexibility is very valuable to us."
"It is pretty easy to implement the product."
"The solution is very reliable. It's easy to use with other solutions."
"Aruba Switches is stable."
"The Aruba care support and the lifetime warranty are very valuable aspects."
"It is slightly more price effective than Juniper and it has a slightly larger range."
"Aruba access points have a good transfer rate."
"This solution is really easy to use. It is much easier to use than Cisco. It's got a nice web interface for stepping up and an added warranty."
"For what I used this switch for, it did well."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"The High Bandwidth AV-over-IP functionality of these switches has been fantastic, especially in leaf-and-spine. We've been able to build redundancy and they seem to outperform even the Cisco Catalyst, which is about twice as expensive as the M-series switches are."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"One of the biggest benefits of the remote management is that it's easy to use and you can use it from a mobile device or tablet with the app they've developed... If one of my engineers is out in the field at a client and an alert comes in from another client, that engineer can take that alert and look at it in real-time."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"They have limited CLI options in the UI and this is something that needs improvement."
"There is a long delay in receiving Aruba Switches when ordered. There should not be a long delay in receiving the solution. Additionally, there should be a lifetime warranty to compete with other solutions."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"I would like to see something like a Cisco Prime, an application controlling the entire system, switches, and access points."
"The product could be a little more competitive price-wise."
"In my opinion, Aruba's new features, like the new firmware, need to be improved."
"It's an expensive product."
"The templates to automate our switches need improvement."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
"The security features must be improved."
"An area for improvement would be creating a wizard that can do a lot of common stuff. Instead of having some manual configuration for common features, they may want to have a single wizard that could be put in place which would let you walk through creating multiple VLANs and different routes between VLANs in a wizard. Then, you wouldn't have to dig in so deep."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"One area that has room for improvement, and I know NETGEAR is working on it, is adding more features to the products lines in terms of what we can manage through the Insight portal... not all Layer 2 or Layer 3 settings are there yet."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"Perhaps in the future, we will have even more different types of switches and be able to fulfill more collections."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and D-Link Ethernet Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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