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Cisco NCS - Scalable Access at an Affordable Price
Updated February 24, 2022

Cisco NCS - Scalable Access at an Affordable Price

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

The Cisco 500 series platform has been a big part of our organizations since its release. It has been used as on-prem equipment at customer site, acting as an access layer for various services. It is a very cost effective way to provide Cisco devices at that particular layer of the network.
  • Switching.
  • Routing.
  • Access.
  • Some software bugs with initial releases, seems to be resolved now.
  • With introduction, EOL on some similar products in the Cisco family.
  • OS features could be expanded.
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  • Relatively low cost access layer device.
  • Very cost effective means of getting 10G interfaces.
  • Some features available on other devices out of the box are more complex or absent on the NCS without licensing or assistance.

Do you think Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) again?

Yes

Salesforce Lightning Platform (formerly Salesforce App Cloud), monday.com
The Cisco NCS platform is very well suited to be an access layer device within our network. There are definitely other applications with its flexible licensing to add additional ports (including 10G) and features. Having scalable licensing allows for this platform to be used even when cost needs to be low for a network solution.