Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)

Cisco Catalyst Switches

1,052 Reviews and Ratings

Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)

24 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Catalyst Switches	Score9.2 out of 10	N/A	Cisco's Catalyst is one of that company's brand of network switches.	N/A
Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Dell PowerConnect were a series of managed and unmanaged ethernet switches for data centers, discontinued by Dell. They have been superseded by the PowerSwitch line of switches, from Dell.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Catalyst Switches

Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)

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Pricing Offerings
Cisco Catalyst Switches	Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Cisco Catalyst Switches	Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches We previously used Dell PowerConnect Switches when we had a single office with a smaller user base. However, as we expanded to multiple locations with more users, we needed a better core switch at each site for ideal bandwidth and performance. We switched to Cisco and have been … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco Catalyst provides the speed and necessary uplink options for production use Incentivized Helpful? James Brown Network Analyst in Information Technology at AGLC (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Easy to find support and user experience. Incentivized Helpful? Anil Patil Sr. Executive IT - India & Subcontinent in Information Technology at Diversey India Hygiene Pvt. Ltd. (Chemicals, 201-500 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Dell switches are also good in terms of reliability but still we selected Cisco because these are different from Dell. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches We currently use Nexus, Meraki, and Catalyst gear in our operations. All [these products] are very successful for every need they fill. In the case of Catalyst switches, we use them for more unique situations where diverse products need to connect together as this brand has … Incentivized Helpful? humberto martinez CIO (Chief Information Officer) in Information Technology at desarrollos delta (Construction, 201-500 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Best of breed, reliable and widely adopted. Lots of resources available. Incentivized Helpful? Claudio Hoffer Senior Solutions Architect in Information Technology at IT Experts / Zuse IT Solutions (Law Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco have the most popular interface in the market. Any networking technician have experience working with them in some way, that makes them the easiest to troubleshoot, mantain and administer. The Catalyst series particularily allows a depth of configuration that exceeds our … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Both Dell and Netgear switches we've tried generally all work great. The difficulty has always been trying to find people with experience to support them. Neither have as many capabilities as the Cisco catalyst switches. Our engineers prefer the stability of cisco switches and … Incentivized Helpful? Edwin Sandys Manager Enterprise Systems & Networks Infrastructure in Information Technology at The University of the South Pacific (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches For me, essentially it came down to integration and a good understanding of our switching environment. To use other brands would have meant managing two different sets of codes or scripts for the same functions. It would work if you could get the configuration correct, but … Incentivized Helpful?	Discontinued Products Verified User Chose Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued) Dell PowerConnect Switches were for departments with smaller budgets. We used to be mostly a CISCO shop. When CISCO changed its license model, it became very expensive so we had to look for more economical server options. At one time we were a mostly Dell shop. Cisco is … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Cisco Catalyst Switches	Dell PowerConnect Switches (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.2 (625 ratings)	8.0 (14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (31 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (32 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Availability	9.2 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.8 (30 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
In-Person Training	7.1 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	7.3 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.4 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.7 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.2 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (9 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.6 (30 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.9 (31 ratings)	- (0 ratings)