Juniper Apstra Alternatives (January 2026)

Start here to evaluate, install, or use Juniper® Contrail Insights®, formerly known as AppFormix. Contrail Insights manages intent-driven operations, visibility, and reporting for multicloud and NFV.

Automate the provisioning of your data center network infrastructure with Cisco Nexus Dashboard, our operations and automation networking platform.

Running on Junos operating system, Juniper Networks’ scalable and secure network routers meet the needs of enterprise and service provider networks.

Automates network configuration & change management (NCCM) from provisioning to policy-based change and security compliance.

Describes the Catalyst Center platform, a powerful network controller and management dashboard. Includes overview, licensing, automation and assurance features, SD-Access features and scale, system and platform capabilities, Meraki integration, and appliance scale and specifications.

Security Director is a Junos Space management application designed to enable quick, consistent, and accurate creation, maintenance, and application of network security policies. It features an intuitive GUI that provides isolation from the underlying Junos Space Platform, allowing security architects, analysts, and security operators to focus on their jobs. Security Director provides visibility, simplified management, and actionable security intelligence for applications, users, IP addresses, and threats that help network managers make informed security decisions.

Explore switching solutions from Juniper Networks. Improve the economics of networking with carrier-class, high-density switches that reduce data center expenses.

Discover the most effective NGFW in the industry, reliably safeguarding users, applications, and devices, delivered on-premises, in the cloud, or as a service.

Easily optimize your multicloud network with Cisco ACI. Use a secure, automated software defined network (SDN) solution to accelerate your network deployments.