Juniper EX Series Switches vs. NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Juniper EX Series Switches
Score 8.9 out of 10
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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.N/A
NVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Score 8.0 out of 10
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NVIDIA® Spectrum®-3 based SN4000 is an open ethernet switch that combines cloud features with performance to support modern scale-out distributed data center applications. With support for all speeds 1GbE through 400GbE, SN4000 is ideal for building large layer-2, layer-3, and virtualized network fabrics for both green field and brown field environments.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches
Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches
Score 9.1 out of 10
Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches
Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco Ethernet Switches
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Juniper EX Series SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.6
(4 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Juniper EX Series SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Likelihood to Recommend
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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NVIDIA
Works well if you use core networking functionality Does not work well in a multi-vendor setup.
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Pros
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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NVIDIA
  • open platform for use with e.g. Cumulus OS
  • cost effective
  • excellent support
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Cons
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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NVIDIA
  • Interoperability with other vendors
  • Bugs
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Usability
Juniper Networks
The Juniper EX Series Switches are very easy to configure and quick to deploy. The ability to make changes and troubleshoot issues is top-rated. I have never had trouble contacting support. They also have many knowledge articles on use. Always adding new features to the Juniper Mist Dashboard for easy visibility into your network
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NVIDIA
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Support Rating
Juniper Networks
Many times when contacting Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support, it seems that it is easiest for support to recommend a straight replacement (RMA) instead of taking time to walk through a solution on the faulty system. We find we get better help from a third-party consulting firm that has Juniper certified technicians or professionals on staff. They take the time to explain processes and workflow, which Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support seems to shy away from.
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NVIDIA
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Alternatives Considered
Juniper Networks
The rollback, commit and confirm are the biggest players in the game. Juniper is the only one who has those features, so I believe they have a leg up in the game. The CLI is one of the easiest to work with.
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NVIDIA
Mellanox have more competitive pricing. Mellanox is an open System which Supports Cumulus OS
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Return on Investment
Juniper Networks
  • From a user's point of view, the ease of configuration and management has been incredible. Much less time is spent maintaining Juniper than previous solutions.
  • From a reseller's point of a view, Juniper is excellent. They treat small partners like us very well even if our volume is not huge. Juniper switches are part of our standard solution that has been great for our customers.
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NVIDIA
  • Overall seamless integration into the datacenter
  • Better cost per port so higher ROI
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