We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Juniper, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"This solution comes with an API that can easily integrate with other solutions."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall."
"The most valuable features are security and dynamic routing."
"The migration methods are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"Overall, I would say the solution has been quite stable."
"During our experience, the solution has been stable."
"It is a stable solution...The solution's initial setup process was easy."
"The initial setup is easy and takes between one and five days."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"Occasionally the licensing is not very clear. They should make it easier to understand."
"We would to have a reverse proxy. This would add great value to the solution."
"Quite a complex solution."
"I would like to have automating reporting built into common service management platforms, such as JIRA, Serviceaide, and ServiceNow."
"The initial establishment can be complex."
"VMware NSX should be able to scale for different customers, even the big ones. Its scalability needs improvement. Stability for it should also be improved."
"We would like tenant segmentation available in future releases."
"They could do more with cloud management."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Cisco SD-WAN, APCON and Cumulus Networks, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload.
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