Arista Networks Platform vs Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms comparison

Arista Networks Platform vs. Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms

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Categories and Ranking

Arista Networks Platform

Ranking in Data Center Networking

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Ethernet Switches (9th)

Juniper MX Series Universal...

Ranking in Data Center Networking

7th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Data Center Networking category, the mindshare of Arista Networks Platform is 15.5%, down from 26.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is 3.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Center Networking

Featured Reviews

MarekSzafrański

Senior Core Network Engineer at Eurofins

Affordable for enterprise-sized companies

Speaking about whether the product enhanced our company's data center scalability, I would say that it was a solution that was used in a banking company, where it served as a replacement for Cisco. Though Arista Networks Platform is similar to Cisco IOS CLI, I feel that the former product offers better prices compared to the latter tool. Arista Networks Platform office is more efficient at a lower cost. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. The tool is stable and cheaper than Cisco. I would say that Arista Networks Platform is 100 percent compatible with the existing infrastructure in my company. The impact of the tool's network telemetry on our company's troubleshooting practices was just good for the scope for which I need the product. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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Sean Naude

Technical Architect at Clearaccess

Highly stable environment, performs well, and reasonably priced

My advice to others is for them to get their Juniper skill level up, or have someone help them. If you're not familiar with the Juniper, solutions or the Juniper environment, it bears no resemblance to any other supplier's command line interfaces. It's fairly unique in the way it's configured. I rate Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms a nine out of ten. Based on the solution's stability, performance, and ability to do all kinds of configurations that I require is why I gave the such a high rating. It's a fit for purpose for a medium size service provider such as myself.

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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

"Arista Networks Platform offers straightforward deployment, and has good features. Support for the platform is also good."

"The solution is very stable."

"If someone uses Arista Networks Platform, I believe they are secured."

"What we like most is its performance to price ratio."

"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."

"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."

"The most valuable feature is the Linux shell, which is useful for troubleshooting or capturing traffic."

"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."

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"This solution is easy to manage and the resiliency of the hardware is excellent."

"The most valuable feature of Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is its robustness."

"It's a stable product."

"We haven't faced any issues with the tool's integration."

"I recommend Juniper because it is a code router that is easy to configure and manage."

"The most valuable Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platform is its ability to do routing in any way that I need. It's more than capable of handling the load I'm currently sending."

"The product is highly scalable."

Cons

"The product fails to offer functions related to cloud orchestration, making it in areas where improvements are required."

"The overall price of the Arista Networks Platform is expensive. It should be reduced."

"The solution’s pricing could be better."

"From VMware, I think the cost of the tools is very high."

"I want the solution to include a unified controller."

"They should have a more stable code."

"The solution needs to accommodate new features."

"A weakness would be that in our company, we don't have many people within our team who support the product because there are different vendors, and most of them are not tier-one vendors, so the skills required sometimes are just not there."

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"Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms should incorporate gen AI features."

"The product licensing process needs improvement."

"Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms should improve by being more agile with new technology that sits on top of the router."

"Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms could improve by having a graphical interface. A lot of the younger generation tend to be used to graphical interfaces, command line tends to scare them."

"Although the support for this solution is good, there is still room for improvement."

"I want support to improve in terms of quality."

"It needs to be more multifunctional for enterprises."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the Arista Networks Platform could be less expensive for the hardware and license."

"Specific tools definitely require a license for the subscription. But we are not using these tools in our environment. In terms of licensing, you need to spend approximately $10,000 per month."

"Arista is very expensive. Not everybody is in a position to spend $70,000 to $80,000 for one switch."

"Network devices are generally expensive. However, during the evaluation, Arista was the most inexpensive vendor."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as seven out of ten."

"Cost wise, Arista Networks Platform is more expensive than other networking solutions."

"I rate the product price a seven on a scale of one to ten where ten is high price and one is low price."

"I remember that when our customers were offered the Arista Networks Platform, they used a checklist to compare the prices between Arista and Cisco for their requirements, and found that the prices were almost the same."

More Arista Networks Platform pricing and cost advice

"The tool's pricing is in the middle."

"The price of Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms is reasonable. We are on a perpetual license. I do not have any maintenance service as part of the license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

University

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Arista Networks Platform?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arista Networks Platform?

Compared to Cisco, Arista routers are significantly cheaper. The customer price for an Arista router is approximately $7,000 USD, while Cisco's is around $18,000.

What needs improvement with Arista Networks Platform?

Arista Networks is currently less popular as they were initially more focused on data centers than campus networks. They should expand further into campus networks.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms?

The tool's pricing is in the middle.

What needs improvement with Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms?

Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms should incorporate gen AI features.

What is your primary use case for Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms?

We use the solution for our browser router.

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Overview

Arista Networks Platform is a stable and reliable solution for data center features, specifically for non-blocking switches used for spine-leaf connectivity with servers hooked to these switches. It also provides multi-layer switches for client networks, particularly in the banking sector.

Arista products are preferred for their stability, good hardware, ease of adoption and configuration, responsive and helpful support, and high throughput ratings. The solution has helped prevent screen loss and business outages in the media industry and is designed for next-generation data centers.

A robust portfolio of SDN-enabled routing platforms that provide industry-leading system capacity, density, security, and performance with unparalleled longevity. MX Series Universal Routing Platforms are the key to digital transformation for service providers, cloud operators, and enterprises in the cloud era.

Sample Customers

American Internet Services

Vocus New Zealand, Beeline, Iron Mountain

Arista Networks Platform vs. Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms