We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is good."
"The new series has lots of great features, it's really lovely. From a management perspective, or a policy creation perspective, which we are seeing in the Catalyst 9000 series it is great."
"The solution is very stable."
"The operating system is great."
"I have found this solution to be extremely stable."
"Catalyst Switches are easy to install."
"The most valuable features of the solution are BGP, VPN, and spine-leaf architecture."
"It works well."
"The installation is straightforward, it took a couple of hours."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the DFW (distributed firewall)"
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the high bandwidth."
"The microsegmentation is a good feature. You can segment details, products, or hardware information."
"It has reduced the number of people on the network team along with the system engineer involved in the security process. So, it is valuable."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with the firewall."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"The solution could be easy to use, you need a certificate to use it."
"Cisco should provide customers with a more advantageous licensing model included with the purchase of the equipment."
"The price could be better. For Cisco, there is no need for improvement except for the price. It's expensive."
"The product could offer more integrations with other solutions."
"The licensing process could be a bit less complex."
"The customer service and support need a bit more improvement and a faster response. So, there is an area of improvement."
"The only improvement I would like to see with Cisco Catalyst Switches is the pricing."
"If they worked on lowering the price, they would be able to attract more customers."
"I would rate this product an eight because it's a good product but it needs more work. They should fix some of the bugs."
"I would like to see automation capabilities in the deployment process."
"We would to have a reverse proxy. This would add great value to the solution."
"It could be cheaper!"
"The solution is quite complex. You need to keep your thinking cap on and know what you are doing: Go to the training and listen to the solution architects when they come in because they have a lot of knowledge."
"The support from VMware NSX could improve."
"We would like tenant segmentation available in future releases."
"Lacks integration with other solutions."
Cisco Catalyst Switches doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Ethernet Switches with 171 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Secure Workload. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. VMware NSX report.
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