Juniper EX Series Switches vs. Lumen Ethernet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Lumen Ethernet
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Lumen Ethernet services power secure, high-availability network solutions that enable high-performance voice, video and data applications.
$1.77
per hour (100 Mbps)
Pricing
Juniper EX Series SwitchesLumen Ethernet
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
100 Mbps
starting at $1.77
per hour
1 Gbps
starting at $4.41
per hour
10 Gbps
starting at $4.83
per hour
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Juniper EX Series SwitchesLumen Ethernet
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
Juniper EX Series SwitchesLumen Ethernet
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Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Juniper EX Series SwitchesLumen Ethernet
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(10 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Juniper EX Series SwitchesLumen Ethernet
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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Lumen Technologies
It is well suited based on our experience for small-scale projects where there are not very critical production-related activities happening. It will be easy to control and handle within a small set of deployments or platforms such as mobile-related activities. I don't recommend it for large server-scale deployment because we have seen inconsistencies with the connectivity of services.
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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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Lumen Technologies
  • Speed has been consistent.
  • Reliability of uptime.
  • Hardware has been solid.
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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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Lumen Technologies
  • Offer better line location for construction
  • Available in more states
  • Quality of service reports monthly
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Usability
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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Lumen Technologies
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Support Rating
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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Lumen Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
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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Lumen Technologies
AT&T I would say is the leader within this area in terms of handling any large-scale deployments and their services are awesome. No connectivity issues at all and no latency in feedback. Server deployments are handled very effectively, that's not the case with century link. Of course, security is second to none with AT&T.
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Return on Investment
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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Lumen Technologies
  • Positive: After configuration and initial setup service has been great. We have a call center running off the service and calls have much less jitter now.
  • Positive: Fiber speeds have helped us execute daily tasks quicker.
  • Negative: Much time and money wasted on the initial configuration and setup.
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