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    Juniper EX Series Switches

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AJuniper 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
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is dependent on type of switches and the vendor selling them.
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    Community Pulse
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper is much more reliable and far more easily managed. It's an easy decision to not switch brands and go exclusively with Juniper.
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Comparing virtual chassis of Juniper EX Series Switches can be formed by fiber optics and cables rather than industrial-standard or proprietary stacking hardware, it is very flexible option.
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    The Juniper EX Series Switches platform is far superior for me personally. The reliability has also been top notch - equal to Cisco in my experience and far superior to any of the other switches I've worked with. I would call them equal to Cisco on reliability but they exceed …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Similar cloud platform to manage switches and able to update everything there. Going from on-prem config back up to the cloud doesn’t work as well in either place. They want you to manage in the cloud only but no good way to push from on-premises to cloud and update that way.
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper is much better than Cisco. Especially when it comes to price for performance. I can do the same thing with a Juniper switch and a Cisco switch at the same power-level. It cost much less to run the Juniper switch. I also have the Mist dashboard which provides incredible …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper is a pretty good competitor compared with these lines. It has the easiest CLI and they are very easy to manage. The most amazing thing about [the] Juniper EX line is [that] they are pretty stable as compared to the other vendors. Also [another] thing is that they have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    In terms of performance and quality, Juniper EX switches are at the top of the line. I've been impressed with their uptime, features and quality. I find their CLI to be more difficult than Cisco or HPE Aruba, however like anything, one picks it up with time. Our network is in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper EX Series Switches are more cost-effective than the others listed. The command line (JunOS) is easier to use and navigate. We are not on the hook for licensing each switch. We can choose a certain number of switches (models) from our fleet to cover for support and keep …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper switches are more flexible than Cisco, as I mentioned before. The commit confirmed feature helps a lot. At the time of the purchase, they offered a significantly lower price and more features for the price than Cisco. Avaya/Nortel switches have such terrible interface …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    • Cisco: expensive, cluttered list of models, expensive (and poor) support, OS is different across platforms, difficult to manage, no commit/confirm/rollback
    • Ubiquiti: inexpensive, basically no proper support (community support only)
    • Brocade: OS is Cisco-wannabe (with all of the …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Ethernet Switches
    Comparison of Ethernet Switches features of Juniper EX Series Switches
    Feature
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    9.3
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Management Interface9.04 Ratings
    Quality of Service (QoS)8.85 Ratings
    Switch Scalability9.45 Ratings
    Switch Redundancy9.54 Ratings
    Link Aggregation (LACP)9.84 Ratings
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    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Juniper EX Series Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Juniper EX Series Switches are well suited for my environment (school system) and my staff who don't have a lot of experience in configuring and troubleshooting all the various switches and platforms. Juniper EX Series Switches have been a real blessing to us. Everything I need to do with them is easy to learn and I've experiences no problems with them not behaving properly.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Commit Confirmed - saves lots of headache and possibly travel if a remote goes awry
    • Stacking - switches can be stacked together easily with regular network cables, using any port
    • L3 routing on any switch model, even BGP with the right license
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I can't speak highly enough. It requires no prior networking ability to succeed using these switches. The Mist console makes it so anyone with a technical side can use them efficiently. The configuration copies over easily. A Juniper EX4100 switch can literally just be plugged into power and an ethernet cable and work. Add the code to the Mist and you can see what you need to see
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Similar cloud platform to manage switches and able to update everything there. Going from on-prem config back up to the cloud doesn’t work as well in either place. They want you to manage in the cloud only but no good way to push from on-premises to cloud and update that way.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Price of Juniper for the performance is much better than the other leading vendor.
    • I have had minimal problems which frees me to focus on other areas.
    • Mist is intuitive and comes with free training. My Junior network admins were able to get up to speed quickly.
    Incentivized
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