ExtremeCloud Orchestrator comparisons
ExtremeCloud Orchestrator is compared head-to-head with Arista CloudVision, Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric and Nokia Fabric Services System and more: 7 head-to-heads in Data Center Fabric Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
ExtremeCloud Orchestrator head-to-head
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs Arista CloudVision
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs Nokia Fabric Services System
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs Dell SmartFabric Manager
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs Dell Active Fabric Manager
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs NVIDIA NetQ
- ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM)
ExtremeCloud Orchestrator vs each of them
| # | Tool | Paid from | Fabric automation | Supported fabrics | Multi-vendor management | Fabric assurance | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ExtremeCloud Orchestrator | Yes | Small data-center (non-Clos), 3-stage IP Clos, 5-stage IP Clos; BGP underlay with BGP or EVPN overlay; EVPN-VXLAN | No | Yes | 9.0 | |
| 1 | Arista CloudVision | 9.3 | |||||
| 2 | Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric | 9.2 | |||||
| 4 | Nokia Fabric Services System | Yes | leaf-spine, backbone, border leaf, EVPN-capable SR Linux fabrics | No | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 5 | Dell SmartFabric Manager | Yes | SONiC | No | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 6 | Dell Active Fabric Manager | Yes | Layer 2 VLT; Layer 3 distributed core; Layer 3 Routed VLT | No | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 7 | NVIDIA NetQ | Yes | NVIDIA Cumulus, NVIDIA NVLink, NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet, SONiC | No | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 8 | NVIDIA Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) | Yes | InfiniBand | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
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