Cisco Catalyst Switches Reviews

We are using Cisco Catalyst Switches as a network switch in our organization.

The solution has high performance and we do not have to troubleshoot the network.

I have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for approximately 20 years.

I have found Cisco Catalyst Switches to be stable, we do not have any packet loss issues.

Cisco Catalyst Switches is scalable, we can expand the network regularly.

We have approximately 150 people using the solution in our organization.

We used technical support during the installation but after we did not use them often.

We have used other smaller solutions in the past but we have moved back to Cisco solutions.

It takes a few hours to have the hardware installed.

We have a team of two engineers that do the implementation of the solution.

We are on an annual license to use this solution and the price of the solution could be reduced. We have spent hundreds of thousands on our Wi-Fi network.

I highly recommend this solution to others.

I rate Cisco Catalyst Switches a ten out of ten.

We use the solution both in my company and in those of my customers. 

The GUI should be addressed. I am not certain if they have this. 

The solution is kind of expensive when compared with other products. 

We have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for two years. 

The solution is definitely stable. 

The solution is certainly scalable. 

The technical support is at an expert level. 

One only need have a feel for the setup to do this. Technically speaking, this is quite fine. 

When compared with other products, the solution is kind of on the expensive side. 

We are satisfied with the solution. It demonstrates good performance. 

We rate Cisco Catalyst Switches as a nine-point-five out of ten. 

Office network

Stable solution

Everyone knows Cisco as a product. It is definitely one of the easiest solutions to run and manage. 

It's a product that has dominated the marketplace for many years.

You have many professionals out there who are Cisco-certified, which makes them comfortable working with Cisco. Therefore, getting a trained workforce is easy when you look at Cisco from a deployment perspective.

The solution is stable.

The solution offers a bit of complexity and you need a specialized workforce.

The scalability can be a bit limited due to the stacking topology which limits the number of switches that can be added in a given stack

It's always a while before you can get through to technical support.

I've been dealing with the solution for a few weeks to a few months.

The solution is very stable. It's reliable. 

When it comes to scalability, Cisco is the one who has been pretty heavy on the switch-stacking deployment topology, which hinders your capacity to scale, especially when you compare it against their arch-rival, Arista.

We have about ten clients who have been working with Cisco forever. 

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. When it comes to the budget, everything boils down to that and that's where Cisco would take the cake compared to Arista.

Technical support could be better. When you call, the wait times are quite long. They need to hire more support or to work to make the wait times lower in some way.

I also have some experience and knowledge of Arista products.

The initial setup is something like Arista, as they do have a central deployment model. The only complaint about Cisco is that too many units have to be deployed to have things done in a much better way, which makes it costly. They could improve on that and make it easier for the administrators to implement Cisco.

The size of the technical team you need for deployment and maintenance depends
completely on the size of the network and the kind of operations that you carry out as a company. With Cisco, you likely would need at least one person for every 50 or 60 switches.

The solution is less expensive than, for example, Arista.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. The only complaint I have about Cisco is the wait time when you call tech support.

We are implementors. We implement this solution for our customers as access switches. They connect the users to the network and identify them.

The most valuable feature is network access.

I would like to see the integration of the 2960 SX switches. I would also like to see more information about them.

I have been using this solution for six months.

We are using Catalyst 2960-SX and Catalyst 3560.

Cisco Catalyst Switches are very stable.

It's a very scalable solution. They are very easy to scale.

We have approximately 40 users in our organization who are using it.

Cisco technical support is very efficient.

The initial setup was simple and straightforward.

Our administrators maintain this solution.

We had some help from Cisco it implement these switches. 

I don't know a lot about the price, but they are affordable compared with other solutions.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We're an implementor of the product. We provide this product to our clients.

The solution's most valuable aspect is the management.

Our clients really trust the brand.

The quality of the product is excellent. It offers great performance.

We'd like Cisco to integrate better with other solutions, including their own.

I've been using the solution for the last two years or so.

The stability of the solution is very good. We haven't had any stability issues. There aren't bugs or glitches. It's good.

The solution can scale. If a company needs to expand, they can do so easily.

We typically deal with medium-sized companies.

The technical support of the solution is good. The clients are covered under warranty. Cisco is very responsible when it comes to covering any issues for them.

The documentation is quite good for the solution as well. It helps people understand the product.

We also use HP and Extreme Networks. We work with a variety of solutions. We don't exclusively work with Cisco. Cisco does, however, have one of the highest product qualities on offer.

We help our clients decide which product to use. We use Cisco and a wide variety of other products. We're implementors.

When it comes to working with Cisco, customers are consistently offered a quality product. Many of our clients need a quality product with good performance. This solution is very reliable which is why we work with it.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate the solution at an eight.

The switches are for network infrastructure in an enterprise.

Catalyst switches are easy to use and simple to work with.

I would like to see support for one-touch provisioning.


By use zero touch provision , We do need a lot of config for system boot and other, That should be improved.

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I have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for about 20 years.

The Catalyst Switches are stable.

This is a scalable product. We have about 1,000 users.

The support is amazing, although they could be a little faster.

I have not used other similar products.

The initial setup is straightforward. The installation takes about 30 minutes per device.

I install this product on my own. We have about 10 IT staff who can work with these switches.

This is a good product and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

AWS Direct Connect.

• BGP
• Familiar CLI

We have used BGP over IPSec to AWS but there were problems with bandwidth. I migrated to the Catalyst C3850 because AWS Direct Connect doesn't need IPSec. We have to use the QoS (CBWFQ) function. I understand the function of QoS and it is easy to use.

It's a stable product.

Technical support is average.

The initial setup was easy.

The pricing could be better.

I would suggest looking into the Cisco Nexus 92160YC-X. It has a lower price than the C3850 and high performance, but the CLI is different.

This is the Enterprise Class Switch platform. Technically it supports most deployment scenarios and things that you never know that it supports. 

The hardware is the most reliable, I saw some Catalyst in hot and dusty racks, working hard and with no issues from a lot of years. 

Great switching solution from Cisco!

It's resolved most of our customer communication needs.

It can be a little more cheaper.

We've had no issues with deployment.

We've had no issues with stability.

We've had no issues with scalability.

It's quite pricey.