We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches 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."The solution is suitable for small businesses and small offices."
"The online monitoring tool and the configuration of the application with the tool are valuable features."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The initial setup is simple."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The tool's best part is the commercials. Its pricing is lower compared to other enterprise products. We pitch the product to customers who have budget constraints. Its implementation is plug-and-play."
"The solution has a simple deployment and zero border."
"I think it is a reliable and scalable solution."
"The most valuable features include the redundancy one and the spanning tree."
"I like the management of streaming both audio and video."
"The hardware and the security are the product's valuable features"
"VLAN gives us segregation."
"The tool's administration is easy."
"One main feature with Cisco is you know you are going to get a very good switching infrastructure that is secure."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches are highly reliable and stable."
"It could have an MSP portal version."
"In the next version, they should add a firewall from a single source."
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"The solution does not have any console access. For example, if you do not have internet access on your side and you need to configure anything, you should at least have CLI access to do something or manage the solution to put to some IP. It will only work if we have a TSCT on the network."
"The product must be integrated with Aruba Central for better management."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"Its scalability needs improvement."
"They should extend the marketing and talk about Aruba's success stories throughout the region."
"The pricing could be better. Cisco is quite expensive."
"All other modules have comparatively many more functions or power than regular Catalyst switches."
"The product must improve its security."
"The solution could improve by having a video IP feature."
"The technical support, in some cases, should be faster and could improve."
"The product could always be more secure."
"Cisco is the most expensive product."
"The GUI should be addressed."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and NETGEAR Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco Catalyst Switches report.
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