{"title":"Arista Networks vs Cisco: Switching & NICs compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/arista-networks-vs-cisco","comparison":"Arista Networks ranks 21 on the AI Infra 100 with a score of 96; Cisco ranks 51 with 90. Arista Networks is ahead on production, progress and positioning. Level on deployment, commercials, technology, firepower and leverage. Arista Networks is based in Santa Clara, United States, Cisco in San Jose, United States. Arista Networks is named in 24 signals and Cisco in 120.","companies":[{"name":"Arista Networks","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/arista-networks","city":"Santa Clara","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"The leading merchant supplier of Ethernet switching for AI clusters (front-end and back-end fabrics, now 1.6T platforms), built on Broadcom silicon; the pure-play read on Ethernet's share against Nvidia's InfiniBand and NVLink.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":21,"score":96,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Arista Networks builds Ethernet switching platforms for data centers and AI fabrics, including 800G and 1.6T AI networking platforms and data-center interconnects.","segment":"Switching & NICs","layer":"Networking & interconnect"},"signals_total":24,"facts_total":15},{"name":"Cisco","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cisco","city":"San Jose","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"The incumbent networking vendor turned second hyperscale AI switching supplier (Silicon One silicon, Nexus systems, optics); slower than Arista but now booking multi-billion hyperscaler AI orders.","assessed_in":{"domain":"AI Core","list":"AI Infra 100","rank":51,"score":90,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Cisco's core business is building and selling enterprise, cloud-provider, carrier, and data-center networking equipment, including high-end routers, aggregation equipment, and modular switches.","segment":"Switching & NICs","layer":"Networking & interconnect"},"signals_total":120,"facts_total":33}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}