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Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Juniper EX Series Switches

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Catalyst Switches

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco's Catalyst is one of that company's brand of network switches.N/A

    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

    Pricing
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
    Editions & Modules
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    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
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is dependent on type of switches and the vendor selling them.
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    better performance and manageability
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Cisco Catalyst Switches stacking have dedicated ports compared to Aruba with front stack/uplink ports.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    My organization has always been a Cisco shop and leans toward that product line. There is nothing today from a feature set perspective that would force us to change.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Configuration is easy, Cisco Catalyst Switches are reliable, Extreme sucks.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    They weren't the cheapest, but they had the greatest skills available in the market, they were reliable and they fitted well into our environment. The sales team were thorough and comprehensive, although not much spin needed - they are rock solid, everyone knows how to use …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    In comparison to the NETGEAR and Linksys, these are simple single VLAN switches that are not business capable. Cisco switches give you the ability to separate segments as well as true single-port speed, no sharing. In comparison to Aruba, Aruba just recently got into the PoE …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Juniper is another great product in terms of quality. The pool of talent that knows Cisco is greater however which is an advantage for Cisco. I do like Juniper's ability to confirm the commit, allowing for rollback of configuration if there are issues. Both are good quality …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Cisco Catalyst Switches seem to have more of a variety of choices to be able to fit your needs in every situation. Juniper, however, is less costly in purchasing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    You can’t beat Cisco comparatively in features vs. dollar for dollar value.
    Incentivized
    Juniper Networks
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper is a pretty good competitor compared with these lines. It has the easiest CLI and they are very easy to manage. The most amazing thing about [the] Juniper EX line is [that] they are pretty stable as compared to the other vendors. Also [another] thing is that they have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    In terms of performance and quality, Juniper EX switches are at the top of the line. I've been impressed with their uptime, features and quality. I find their CLI to be more difficult than Cisco or HPE Aruba, however like anything, one picks it up with time. Our network is in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Juniper EX Series Switches
    Juniper is much better than Cisco. Especially when it comes to price for performance. I can do the same thing with a Juniper switch and a Cisco switch at the same power-level. It cost much less to run the Juniper switch. I also have the Mist dashboard which provides incredible …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesJuniper EX Series Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (625 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (32 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (30 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 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)