HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches vs. Juniper EX Series Switches

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) offers the FlexFabric and Comware product line of data center networking equipment.N/A
Juniper EX Series Switches
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Juniper Networks offers the EX Series Ethernet switches, as cloud-grade switches designed for the converged enterprise branch, campus, and data center, and for service providers. They address growing enterprise demands for high availability, unified communications, and virtualization.
$1,680
one-time fee approx
Pricing
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
Editions & Modules
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EX2300-C
$1680
one-time fee approx
EX4100-F-12P
$4,585.00
one-time fee approx
EX230
$5830
one-time fee approx
EX4100-24MP
$8,640.00
one-time fee approx
EX4100-F-48P
$8,665.00
one-time fee approx
EX4300-48P
$9,169.99
one-time fee approx
EX4400-24X-AFI
$9,824.99
one-time fee approx
EX3400-48P
$12,322.99
one-time fee approx
EX4400-24MP
$14,315.00
one-time fee approx
EX4400-48MP
$15,510.00
one-time fee approx
EX4600
$31,273.99
one-time fee approx
EX4650
$33,030.00
one-time fee approx
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is dependent on type of switches and the vendor selling them.
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Community Pulse
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.2 out of 10
Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Nexus Series Switches
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(4 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
Likelihood to Recommend
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The switch is intuitive and very simple to configure so I would recommend it to anyone for their data center. It allows for someone who might just be a server expert and not a switching expert to have a far simpler time than would normally be expected.
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Juniper Networks
They work great as core switches, data center switches, top of rack switches. They can even serve as routers, their routing capability is great, except for where you need lots of routing processing power. I would not use many of them for branch office switches though, due to noise and slowness of bootup
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Pros
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • SCSI support.
  • No additional license to unlock features.
  • High availability.
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Juniper Networks
  • Very stable.
  • Cost efficient
  • Easy management
  • Great Juniper 24*7 TAC support
  • Different variants available for different requirements.
  • Easy to replace faulty hardware
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Cons
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Consistent upgrades and updates considering the breaches spreading in the network.
  • Interoperability with third party software.
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Juniper Networks
  • Virtual chassis new switch has overwritten existing config if not performed in a particular way.
  • Applying a configuration to a range of interfaces could be done in a better way.
  • Applying firewall rules to multiple security zones could be done a little more efficiently.
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Usability
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Juniper Networks
The Mist portal is extremely easy to use. I only have a few issues with it. The configuration between Mist and the CLI is not uniform. If you push some command line configurations to the switch, they won't be mirrored in Mist. You need to use the CLI portion on the switch config page to push some CLI only configurations. If you want to remove those lines, you need remember to do the inverse of the config. You need to make sure your juniper admins understand this as well. Simply removing the line from the CLI text box of the Mist page does not remove the config line from the switch itself.
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Support Rating
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Juniper Networks
When you open ticket, normally a L2 support engineer request support file and give you a valid fast solution. They replace switch if no solution are available due to minimize downtime
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Alternatives Considered
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HPE FlexNetwork 5510 HI delivers outstanding resiliency, security, and multiservice support while Aruba is more suitable for mobile network support
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Juniper Networks
Juniper EX Switches are far more reliable than NETGEAR Ethernet Switches. The Juniper EX Series Switches offer a wider scope of options for configuration. The EX switches can be deployed faster and easier to configure. The Juniper EX Series Switches offer more value for their price point than most switches on the market, in my opinion
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Return on Investment
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Performs well under stress, it is the core of our data center for over 3 years without any failures.
  • Simplified our topology in our data center.
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Juniper Networks
  • The Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches have provided a life span beyond what our replacement cycle allots, which allows us to have more time to budget for replacements.
  • The initial purchase price is very competitive with other enterprise network switching companies.
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