Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs Cisco Nexus comparison

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Cisco are both solutions in the LAN Switching category. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0, while Cisco is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.6. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise holds a 3.0% mindshare in LS, compared to Cisco’s 9.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Cisco users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches and Cisco Nexus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

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Ranking in LAN Switching

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cisco Nexus

Ranking in LAN Switching

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

103

Ranking in other categories

Data Center Networking (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the LAN Switching category, the mindshare of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is 3.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Nexus is 9.5%, down from 11.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Attila Gyalus

Owner at TeloNet

A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight.

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Joe Benítez

Systems Engineer at GAD Municipal de Guayaquil

Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing

Before Nexus, I used to have Catalyst 6500 switches. Those 6500 series chassis gave us a lot of problems. Too many problems, actually. And we had a Cisco ASA firewall blade within those chassis. And they were running outdated software. So, in fact, it was the firewall blade that caused us too many problems instead of the chassis. The chassis itself was working well and performing fine, but the firewall card was not suitable for our needs. That was one aspect. Additionally, those chassis had been in operation for more than five years. As we are a local government, we have a policy to renew hardware every five years. That's because we need to maintain all the hardware and software in the latest versions and keep up with the technology lifecycle of the technology we use.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure."

"One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."

"With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."

"I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue."

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good."

"The most valuable features are the access layer security, OpenConfig, and OpenFlow."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is network visibility. It becomes the core switch. All of the devices connected route towards it."

"We got increased bandwidth, faster performance, and newer software which has improved our organization."

"The initial setup is pretty easy."

"The implementation was straightforward and the product is stable."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."

"Its low latency is most valuable. Its performance is good, and it is also very stable."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."

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Cons

"There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches."

"n general, the way the product is put together is not well done."

"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight."

"There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."

"I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems."

"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."

"The operating system needs to be improved. There should be stability in the operating system, and it should not have as many vulnerabilities."

"Nothing is perfect."

"The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."

"There may be many bugs which remain unresolved."

"The only issue that I have with this product is finding help on different commands when I'm trying to make a change."

"I would like to see some development into the SAE world where you can virtualize. That would be the only thing I would like to see because I need to start virtualizing my infrastructure gear at some of the other data centers that I have."

"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is okay. It's comparable to similar switches."

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches are cheaper than Cisco's switches."

"The license is purchased one time only, it is a perpetual license with no renewal."

"The solution’s price is at a moderate level."

"Our licensing fees are paid annually."

"The solution is relatively expensive when compared with Cisco Catalyst."

"This is a very expensive product."

"It's around $160K a year for our license."

"All of our costs including subscription, licensing, and support services are bundled together, and the cost is approximately $100,000 USD per year."

"The subscription model and price could be better."

"We use a local distributor for support, which is very expensive."

"Cisco Nexus is not cheap compared to Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

23%

Real Estate/Law Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Retailer

Computer Software Company

26%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer serv...

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What needs improvement with Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

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What is your primary use case for Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

We work with LAN switches.

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What do you like most about Cisco Nexus?

The product's initial setup phase is very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Nexus?

In most cases, there is a need to secure perpetual licenses to be able to use the product. When I set up the product, there isn't just a one-time cost that is involved. If you want to upgrade to iO...

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What needs improvement with Cisco Nexus?

In my company, we encountered some challenges since the network was not stable. The network is unstable, making it an area where improvements are required. If you do some kind of configuration on t...

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The Cisco Nexus family of switches is designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. Not simply bigger or faster, these switches offer the following characteristics: infrastructure that can be scaled cost-effectively and that helps you increase energy, budget, and resource efficiency, transport that can navigate the transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric and can also handle architectural changes such as virtualization, Web 2.0 applications, and cloud computing and operational continuity to meet your need for an environment where system availability is assumed and maintenance windows are rare if not totally extinct.

Sample Customers

Advocate Health Care, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Centre Hospitalier Carcassonne, Certis Cisco Security, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation Co. LTD, City of Frankfurt, Dongseo University

Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins

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