Arista Networks competitors, on the record

Who Arista Networks names

In its own words

1. Cisco, Dell/EMC, Extreme Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Nvidia

   Word for word“The data center and campus networking markets have historically been dominated by Cisco, with competition also coming from other large network equipment and system vendors, including Dell/EMC, Extreme Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Nvidia, and white box networking vendors that utilize open-source operating systems.” 10-K for 2025

2. Darktrace, ExtraHop

   Word for word“In the NDR market, our Arista NDR offerings compete with other network security vendors including Cisco, Darktrace, and ExtraHop.” 10-K for 2025

3. Gigamon, Keysight, Netscout

   Word for word“In the network packet broker ("NPB") market, Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric ("DMF") competes with Cisco, Gigamon, Keysight, Netscout and other network monitoring software providers.” 10-K for 2025

Who names Arista Networks

Companies whose own annual reports name Arista Networks as a competitor.

1. Nvidia · 2023, 2025, 2026

   Word for word“networking products consisting of switches, network adapters (including DPUs), and cable solutions (including optical modules) include such as AMD, Arista Networks, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Huawei, Intel, Lumentum Holdings Inc., and Marvell Technology, Inc, as well as internal teams of system vendors and large cloud services companies.” 10-K for 2026

2. Brocade Communications Systems names it as “Arista Networks, Inc.” · 2016

   Word for word“Brocade also competes with other IP networking companies, such as A10 Networks, Inc., Arista Networks, Inc., Avaya Inc., Extreme Networks, Inc., F5 Networks, Inc. (“F5 Networks”), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Juniper Networks, Inc., and Nokia Corporation.” 10-K for 2016

3. Celestica names it as “Arista Networks, Inc.” · 2025

   Word for word“In some markets, particularly in data center switching, we also face competition from OEMs (including Arista Networks, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. and others), where customers may decide between the use of customized (ODM) and off-the-shelf (OEM) solutions, which may include considerations of cost, software, after-market services, and the degree of customization necessary, among others.” 10-K for 2025

4. Cisco names it as “Arista Networks, Inc.” · 2026

   Word for word“Our competitors (in each case relative to only some of our products or services) include: Amazon Web Services LLC; Arista Networks, Inc.; Broadcom Inc.; Ciena Corporation; CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Datadog Inc.; Dell Technologies Inc.; Dynatrace Inc.; Fortinet, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; Microsoft Corporation; Nokia Corporation; Nvidia Corporation; Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; RingCentral, Inc.; Zoom Video Communications, Inc.; and Zscaler, Inc.; among others.” 10-K for 2026

5. Extreme Networks names it as “Arista Networks Inc.” · 2026

   Word for word“To a lesser extent, Extreme competes with products and solutions from Arista Networks Inc., RUCKUS Networks, Inc., Fortinet, Inc., and Ubiquiti Inc.” 10-K for 2026

6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise names it as “Arista Networks Inc” · 2025

   Word for word“Our primary competitors are technology vendors, such as Cisco Systems, Inc., Arista Networks Inc, Nokia Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Ciena Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, Extreme Networks, Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Inc., Zscaler, Inc., Netskope, Inc., Ruckus Networks, and Ubiquiti and networking-as-a-service vendors such as Nile and Meter.” 10-K for 2025

7. Juniper Networks names it as “Arista Networks, Inc.” · 2024

   Word for word“Our principal competitors also include Arista Networks, Inc.; Ciena Corporation; Extreme Networks; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., or HPE; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., or Huawei; Fortinet, Inc.; Ruckus Networks, or CommScope; Cambium Networks; Nokia Corporation, or Nokia; NVIDIA Corporation: and Ubiquiti, Inc.; as well as emerging companies that have recently entered or expanded into the networking infrastructure space such as Nile and Meter.” 10-K for 2024

8. Mellanox Technologies names it as “Arista Networks, Inc” · 2019

   Word for word“The leading Ethernet switch system vendors include Cisco Systems, Inc., Juniper Networks, Inc. Arista Networks, Inc, and others.” 10-K for 2019

Read from Arista Networks’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-17. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.