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Juniper EX Series Switches vs. NETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Juniper EX Series Switches

    Score9.5 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

    NETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches is San Jose headquartered NETGEAR's line of LAN switch technology.N/A
    Pricing
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesNETGEAR ProSafe Managed 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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesNETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches
    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 SwitchesNETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Score10 out of 10
    Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesNETGEAR ProSafe Managed Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Juniper EX Series SwitchesNETGEAR ProSafe Managed 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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    NETGEAR
    Well suited for a small business with minimal IT capital.
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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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    NETGEAR
    • The switches met the data transfer needs of a small business with about 30 users and 4 servers.
    • The web interface was adequate for a business that didn't have the need to dive into a device with a CLI.
    • These were wall mounted. Not the best network design, but small businesses cut corners. The mounting holes helped with this "solution".
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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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    NETGEAR
    • Both switches were the same model number, same firmware. One switch needed to be rebooted about every 5 weeks. This problem was never resolved.
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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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    NETGEAR
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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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    NETGEAR
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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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    NETGEAR
    The NetGear switches are definitely entry-level switches. They don't have the functionality (or cost) of Dell, HP, nor Cisco. But for the money, a business that is just starting out can't complain.
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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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    NETGEAR
    • The NetGear switches made a positive impact as entry level switches for a startup company.
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