Cisco is more enterprise level, more reliable, and generally more feature rich but also very expensive. That being said old or refurbished Cisco switches are much more affordable and in comparison to even new switches from the competitor they are still a great value even …
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Senior Infrastructure Administrator in Information Technology at Merz North America (Medical Devices, 501-1000 employees)
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco Ethernet Switches are top tier in the networking space. It makes it hard at times to compare them to other brands. When I have, however, used other brands I have found them to a mixed bag. I have used HP switches in the past and I feel like the interface is less polished …
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Verified User
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco is by far the superior of all switches I have used. I would recommend them as the learning curve is very low and dependability is extremely high.
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Verified User
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
None. We're using Cisco switches since the beggining. Cisco is probably the most recognized player on the Network industry for both end-user connectivity, datacenter, security.
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Network Administrator II in Information Technology at Central Electric Power Cooperative (Utilities, 51-200 employees)
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
We have looked at other switching options such as HP but we were not impressed. We have also tried several other ruggedized switches such as iS5 but have been more happy with Cisco.
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CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Information Technology at Pachyderm Consulting (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
We used to implement a lot of NETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches before the Cisco SG Switches. They were also inexpensive and offered basic management, VLAN, and PoE features. However, management was beyond quirky, VLAN setup was a chore, and we had lots of reliability issues. …
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Network Administrator II in Information Technology at iQor (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
The only choices that was D-link and Netgear Ethernet swithes, and there is no comparison between them and Cisco. The only other enterprise switches that I have experience with are HP Procurve, and again there is simply no comparison. Cisco blows them out of the water on …
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Verified User
Chose Cisco Ethernet Switches
Reliability just not good enough - Did not work well with Cisco equipment - still do not know which vendor was at fault!
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Cisco is a name well known in the IT field. The technology is tried and true and they have built a reputation on a solid platform. Though many people do not like the cost of the devices and the continued fees associated with long term ownership, you get what you pay for. I dont hesitate to recommend Cisco because I know people will get a solid product that will last a long time.
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Easy setup and configuration. While the web UI has its quirks, setting up VLANs and other tasks which can be exceedingly complicated on other switches, are much easier on Cisco SG switches. You also have the ability to upload an existing configuration to switches, which can speed up the task of deploying many identical switches.
Features for the price. Getting a 48 port L3 switch with PoE+ for less than $2,000 is a great value.
Reliability. We have hundreds of the SG switches in dozens of client sites, many in harsh conditions, and they just keep going.
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The web UI has taken a turn for the worse with the latest firmware on the SGx50 models -- the bifurcation between basic and advanced modes and the changes to the way VLANs are modified is a step backward in my opinion.
The power bricks on smaller models are enormous. I'm sure, however, keeping this circuitry external to the switch is what keeps my switches running year after year in hot environments.
Fans can be a bit loud on larger switches -- this is true of pretty much any 1U device though.
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Cisco is more enterprise level, more reliable, and generally more feature rich but also very expensive. That being said old or refurbished Cisco switches are much more affordable and in comparison to even new switches from the competitor they are still a great value even though they are used. I like Ubiquiti switches as well but Cisco is usually better overall.
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