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Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. NETGEAR Ethernet 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

    NETGEAR Ethernet Switches

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ANETGEAR offers Ethernet Switches.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesNETGEAR Ethernet Switches
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesNETGEAR Ethernet Switches
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Catalyst SwitchesNETGEAR Ethernet Switches
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Netgear switches are great when using in a flat network configuration. They do not scale nor have the flexible functionality of the Cisco Catalyst.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Cisco switching provides a full set of features without requiring clunky state machines to enable monitoring.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    We had about 15 different brands of network switches before adopting Cisco, and were not satisfied with any of them. Percentage of breakage on these units was very high.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Others have some missing features while Cisco Catalyst Switches have almost all the features that you can expect from a switch. The quality of support is amazing. Cisco couldn’t go wrong in terms of support. There is consistency in Cisco in terms of setup, troubleshooting, and …
    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
    The previous switches that we had from NETGEAR became unsupported in too short of a time for the investment. Many features were implemented in a not compliant way - like 802.1q. Having equipment that we can rely on dropped the number of support issues that we had previously.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Cisco has been around much longer than other switching companies. You can always trust they will be solid and run forever.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches
    Easier to configure than any other brands of switches, and will have less failures.
    Incentivized
    NETGEAR
    Chose NETGEAR Ethernet Switches
    Netgear stacks up fairly well against Linksys in terms of the SOHO switches. Easy to install, clean look, and solid functionality.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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 SwitchesNETGEAR Ethernet Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (625 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (30 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)