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Arista Networks vs ExtraHop

Arista Networks builds scalable high-performance and ultra-low-latency networks for data center and cloud computing environments. ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together. CISO Tribune files both under Network detection and response. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Arista Networks
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Arista Networks vs ExtraHop: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Arista NetworksArista Networks builds scalable high-performance and ultra-low-latency networks for data center and cloud computing environments.arista.comExtraHopExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together.extrahop.com
What it sells
  • Arista EOS®EOS is the core of Arista cloud networking solutions for data centers and cloud networks.
  • CloudVision®A network operation, automation, and visibility platform.
  • CloudEOS[6]Arista’s multi-cloud and cloud-native networking solution.
  • DANZ Monitoring Fabric[4][7]A network packet broker for organization-wide visibility and security.
  • Arista 7500R Series[9]Modular universal spine switches for large virtualized and cloud networks.
  • Arista 7800R3 Series[10]Modular switches that are the 3rd generation of the R-Series universal spine switches.
  • RevealX[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]A platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together.
  • RevealX NDR[3][5]Detects potential cyber threats across the attack surface.
  • RevealX NPM[3][10]Monitors potential network and application performance issues.
  • Intrusion Detection SystemAn add-on module to the RevealX platform's core NDR module.
  • Packet Forensics[1][3][6]An add-on module that provides packet-level visibility.
  • ExtraHop Premier Support[11]An enhanced support offering for large-scale enterprises and organizations.
Categories
Headquarters
Santa Clara, United States[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
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Ownership and funding
Public (NYSE: ANET)[2][4][15]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
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Recent news
  • October 7, 2026Arista Networks announced an open Ethernet rack-scale portfolio for scale-up and scale-out AI infrastructure, developed with several compute technology companies.[14]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 5, 2026[15]
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 10, 2026[12]
Who it fits
From its own pages, Arista sells mainly for data center, hybrid cloud, campus, wide area, and low-latency environments. Arista says EOS has delivered reliability for service providers, enterprises, broadcasters and others. Arista describes its routing solutions for cloud, service provider and enterprise use cases. Its campus switches are described for the IoT enabled campus. One data center switch series is described for large enterprises, big data and machine learning environments, traditional and virtualized data centers and service provider edge networking roles.From its own pages, ExtraHop sells mainly to security teams and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks. ExtraHop describes customers ranging from lean security teams to complex global enterprises, and its premium support tier is aimed at large-scale enterprises and organizations. ExtraHop also addresses operators of bulk electric system assets that fall under NERC rules requiring internal network security monitoring.
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Where they overlap

  • Network detection and response is the primary category of both Arista Networks and ExtraHop.

Where they differ, field by field

  • ExtraHop is also filed under Network visibility and traffic brokering.
  • Arista Networks lists Arista EOS®, CloudVision®, CloudEOS, DANZ Monitoring Fabric, Arista 7500R Series and 1 more. ExtraHop lists RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more.
  • Arista Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
  • Arista Networks is a public company listed on NYSE as ANET.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Arista Networks under Network detection and response as its primary category, though the products it sells are mostly networking products: Arista EOS, CloudVision, CloudEOS, and modular switch lines such as the 7500R Series and 7800R3 Series. Arista Networks also sells DANZ Monitoring Fabric, a network packet broker for organization-wide visibility and security. CISO Tribune files ExtraHop under Network detection and response and Network visibility and traffic brokering, with Network detection and response as its primary category. ExtraHop sells RevealX, a platform that brings NDR, NPM, forensics, and IDS together, plus RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, and add-on Intrusion Detection System and Packet Forensics modules.

The overlap is in network visibility: Arista Networks describes DANZ Monitoring Fabric for visibility in data centers, campus/branch and 4G/5G mobile networks, and says its AVA technology can address Network Detection and Response. ExtraHop centers its offering on sensors, recordstores, and a console, and RevealX NDR passively ingests network traffic from a port mirror or tap. Arista Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States, and is a public company listed on NYSE as ANET.

Arista Networks says its cloud networking serves data center, hybrid cloud, campus, wide area, and low-latency environments. ExtraHop sells mainly to security and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks, and it also addresses operators of bulk electric system assets under NERC rules. On October 7, 2026, Arista Networks announced an open Ethernet rack-scale portfolio for scale-up and scale-out AI infrastructure. ExtraHop has integrations with vendors including CrowdStrike, Splunk, Netskope, AWS, Microsoft, and Gigamon.

What it sells: Arista Networks

What Arista EOS® does
Arista EOS is a Linux-based network operating system that runs a single binary software image across the Arista switching family. It is packaged as bundled EOS on Arista switches, Containerized EOS (cEOS), or virtualized EOS (vEOS).
What CloudVision® does
CloudVision is Arista’s network operation, automation, and visibility platform. Arista says it provides domain-specific features in data center, campus wired and wireless, and cloud networks.
What CloudEOS does[6]
CloudEOS is Arista’s multi-cloud and cloud-native networking solution. CloudEOS integrates with Arista CloudVision to simplify interconnecting and managing multi-cloud, cloud-native and on-premises enterprise networks.
What DANZ Monitoring Fabric does[4][7]
DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) is a network packet broker delivering multi-tenant monitoring-as-a-service. Arista says it delivers a visibility solution for on-premise data centers, enterprise campus/branch and 4G/5G mobile networks.
What Arista 7500R Series does[9]
The 7500R Series combines 100G density with internet scale table sizes and L2 and L3 features. Systems come in 16, 12, 8 and 4 slot options.
What Arista 7800R3 Series does[10]
The Arista 7800R3 Series comes in 16, 12, 8 and 4 slot systems with wirespeed ports from 10G to 400G. It uses a deep buffer virtual output queue (VOQ) architecture that eliminates head-of-line (HOL) blocking.

What it sells: ExtraHop

What RevealX does[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
RevealX combines NDR, network performance monitoring (NPM), intrusion detection (IDS), and network forensics in a single platform. The RevealX platform consists of sensors, recordstores, and a console for centralized management and unified data views. RevealX can be self-hosted or cloud delivered for use in public networks to air-gapped environments, with physical and virtual sensors available.
What RevealX NDR does[3][5]
RevealX NDR detects potential cyber threats across the attack surface. RevealX NDR can decrypt SSL/TLS (including TLS 1.3), NTLM, Kerberos, and SMBv3 network traffic. RevealX NDR uses a port mirror or tap to passively ingest network traffic.
What RevealX NPM does[3][10]
RevealX NPM is focused on performance. RevealX NPM uses wire data to troubleshoot disruptions and verify SLAs across substation automation, SCADA services, and EMS.
What Intrusion Detection System does
IDS and Packet Forensics modules are add-on modules to the RevealX platform’s core NDR module. IDS can be deployed and managed from the same RevealX NDR sensor.
What Packet Forensics does[1][3][6]
Packet Forensics provides packet-level visibility to investigate the severity and scope of activity in multi-cloud or hybrid networks. The RevealX platform integrates Packet Forensics with a scalable packet capture (PCAP) repository.

Questions about Arista Networks and ExtraHop

What do Arista Networks and ExtraHop sell?
Arista Networks sells Arista EOS®, CloudVision®, CloudEOS, DANZ Monitoring Fabric, Arista 7500R Series and 1 more. ExtraHop sells RevealX, RevealX NDR, RevealX NPM, Intrusion Detection System, Packet Forensics and 1 more.
Are Arista Networks and ExtraHop in the same category?
Yes. Network detection and response is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Arista Networks and ExtraHop headquartered?
Arista Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, United States.
Who owns Arista Networks and ExtraHop?
Arista Networks is a public company listed on NYSE as ANET.
Who are Arista Networks and ExtraHop sold to?
From its own pages, Arista sells mainly for data center, hybrid cloud, campus, wide area, and low-latency environments. From its own pages, ExtraHop sells mainly to security teams and operations teams that monitor hybrid and multicloud networks.
What have Arista Networks and ExtraHop announced recently?
October 7, 2026: Arista Networks announced an open Ethernet rack-scale portfolio for scale-up and scale-out AI infrastructure, developed with several compute technology companies.

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks builds scalable high-performance and ultra-low-latency networks for data center and cloud computing environments. Arista cloud networking serves data center, hybrid cloud, campus, wide area, and low-latency environments. Arista says the principles of its cloud networking include open APIs, programmability at every layer, cloud automation, self-service zero-touch provisioning, and a standards-based Universal Cloud Network (UCN) deployment architecture.[5]

Arista says its data-driven cloud networking uses an open approach around the Arista EOS network stack and NetDL. Arista applies AI/ML to automation and security challenges. Arista EOS NetDL consolidates datasets for applying AI/ML methods in NetOps and SecOps environments and presents a single API surface for network and network-related data. Arista Autonomous Virtual Assist (Arista AVA™) is Arista’s AI technology. Arista says AVA can address challenges in Network Detection and Response (NDR), Quality of Experience (QoE) management, and proactive NetOps.[5]

Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS®) is the core of Arista cloud networking solutions for data centers and cloud networks. Arista describes EOS as a Linux-based network operating system that runs a single binary software image across the Arista switching family. EOS is packaged as bundled EOS on Arista switches, Containerized EOS (cEOS), or virtualized EOS (vEOS). Arista EOS enables programmatic control of the network. Arista Smart System Upgrade (SSU) reduces maintenance windows through intelligent insertion and removal of network elements. Arista offers Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Zero Touch Replacement (ZTR) for new and replacement switches.[6]

CloudVision is Arista’s network operation, automation, and visibility platform. Arista says CloudVision provides domain-specific features in data center, campus wired and wireless, and cloud networks and helps enterprises simplify network operations by breaking down traditional network management silos. CloudVision integrates the physical network with solutions from Arista ecosystem partners, including VMware, OpenStack, Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, and many others. CloudEOS is Arista’s multi-cloud and cloud-native networking solution. CloudEOS integrates with Arista CloudVision to simplify interconnecting and managing multi-cloud, cloud-native and on-premises enterprise networks. CloudEOS, deployed with Universal Cloud Network Designs, provides the elements required for building multi-cloud connectivity with consistent isolation across the entire enterprise environment.[5][6]

DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) is a network packet broker for organization-wide visibility and security, delivering multi-tenant monitoring-as-a-service. DMF provides a scale-out fabric design based on merchant silicon hardware, with integrated analytics and packet recording intelligence. DMF provisions traffic processing functions including regex filtering, deduplication, slicing, masking, flow data generation/collection and application recognition through a single DMF fabric controller. Arista says DMF delivers a visibility solution for on-premise data centers, enterprise campus/branch and 4G/5G mobile networks.[7]

The 7050X3 supports speeds including 10G, 25G, 40G and 100G in compact form factors. The 7050X3 Series enables highly scalable two-tier network designs with ECMP, MLAG and VXLAN technologies. The Arista 7500R Series modular switches are universal spine switches designed for large virtualized and cloud networks. The 7500R Series combines 100G density with internet scale table sizes and L2 and L3 features. The Arista 7500R Series comes in 16, 12, 8 and 4 slot systems with wirespeed ports from 1G to 100G. The Arista 7800R3 Series modular switches are the 3rd generation of the R-Series universal spine switches. The Arista 7800R3 Series comes in 16, 12, 8 and 4 slot systems with wirespeed ports from 10G to 400G. The Arista 7800R3 Series uses a deep buffer virtual output queue (VOQ) architecture that eliminates head-of-line (HOL) blocking.[8][9][10]

The 720D series delivers wirespeed connectivity for campus user workloads and is designed for the IoT enabled campus. The 720D product family provides a range of PoE and data-only systems. The 7135LB series devices are optimized for 25G speed and use a programmable FPGA integrated with L1 connectivity. The 7135LB comes in a 1RU form factor with 48 x SFP28 ports and 4 x QSFP ports and performs layer 1+ switching in 5ns at 25G speed.[11][12]

Arista routing solutions cater to use cases for cloud, service providers and enterprises. Arista’s 7280R3 Universal Leaf and 7500R3 and 7800R3 Universal Spine platforms are powered by Arista EOS and CloudVision. The 7800R3 series scales to 460 Tbps or 576 ports of 400G with a single consistent architecture.[1][3][5][8][11][13]

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ExtraHop full record

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