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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco C9350 Series Smart Switches network architecture with a new generation of stackable fixed access switches that deliver security, scale, and flexibility purpose-built for an AI enterprise.N/A

    IBM Cloudability

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps) tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their cloud spend across all cost sources, all maturity levels, and for all stakeholders.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    145 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    107 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    139 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    98 Answers
    Features
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Ethernet Switches
    Comparison of Ethernet Switches features of Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches and IBM Cloudability
    Feature
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches
    7.9
    19 Ratings
    8% below category average
    IBM Cloudability
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    Ratings
    Management Interface7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality of Service (QoS)8.114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Scalability8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Redundancy7.816 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Aggregation (LACP)8.015 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (19 ratings)
    8.8
    (147 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (19 ratings)
    7.8
    (147 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.3
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco C9350 Series Smart SwitchesIBM Cloudability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    If asked, I think I am likely to recommend Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches to a colleague because, in my experience, this Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches product Is well suited for mission critical enterprise network and software defined network
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I don't have much exposure to the tool. I mean, I'm relatively new to using it as a platform, but I haven't really seen the benefit, especially with the actual renewal talks at the company. I'm not seeing what AWS native solutions are, how probability improves on that as opposed to just using AWS and just, I don't know. I'm not seeing the benefit, at least in my eyes.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Inter-VLAN routing
    • DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) helper
    • radius authentication
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • We are able to integrate multiple sources of data to have a comprehensive view of our spend.
    • We are able to get more detailed insights via container dashboard for kubernetes spend
    • A unified platform to manage overall cloud spend along with related FinOps spend
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches is expensive compared to other solutions that dont rely on the higher bandwidth capabilies
    • Requirement bandwidth of the 9350 may lead to degradation in throughput
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • For me, it is a lot of anomaly detection and I think there's a lot of improvement that can be made to show anomalies that happen over time because if it's just day to day or week to week, you may not see the change. But if you see the trend over a period of time, show me something that has grown 40%, 50% over the past three months and maybe you can do those things and we just haven't figured them out yet. So we are very new to the product, but I think anomaly detection for me is one of the bigger things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Cloudability has been one solution for almost all of our FinOps needs. Except for Data transfer costs, we have covered all use cases and have made significant savings across our cloud infrastructure. Reporting has provided management a deeper analysis into their spending and helped them forecast their budgets for next year
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Cisco
    I gave Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches this usability rating because, in my experience, Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches are an Awesome product for 2.5G Base-T industry adoption and flexibility for higher count ports.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I gave the IBM Cloudability a 7/10 because it is good, but it could improve in some places. It is easy to get data uploaded and ready to view, but it is only up to a certain point in time, and not live data. As for how it looks, the interface is good for viewing, however navigation could be a little better, maybe supported with a roadmap.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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    Performance
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    While there have been few support cases where the experience was good. But in multiple support cases it's firstly delayed and even after weeks or months of time, team is not able to provide us with the RCA of the issue. All they are claiming is the issue is now fixed which I still see coming back after few days or weeks as we've never identified and addressed the root cause.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Training was adequate, but the real learning begins when you start using the product, like most things. All major functions were covered so as an entry point, was a good introduction to the product. The training pace was good as well, the areas were covered in decent depth, without being too much of an information overload.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Within months
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    The Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches brings he expected Cisco polish with better stacking and power features.
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Before Apptio we extensively used the cloud native and in house automated and developed cost optimization tool using python , powershell and leveraging the various cloud native services like AWS systems manager , Azure Functions and Azure automation run books.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our organization's overall business objectives is that they are very fast
    • Another impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our overall business objectives is that we are happy to purchase them
    Incentivized
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Apptio Cloudability has enabled us to charge back 100% of our cloud spend to our business users and on an automated basis through the use of ApptioOne
    • Apptio Cloudability's transparency and metrics have enabled us to save millions of dollars in cloud spend across our user base.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloudability Screenshots

    Screenshot of ML backed rightsizing recommendations surfacing multiple scenarios with tools to help sort those that can me realistically actioned on, with Jira and ServiceNowScreenshot of an allocation of cloud viewed through the enterprise grade tools to tailor data for chargeback/showback across an organizationScreenshot of intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spendScreenshot of anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job