Before you buy that managed Netgear switch, be aware you may need to create a cloud account to use its full UI

You will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numbered

Netgear has decided that users of some of its managed network switches don’t need access to the equipment's full user interface – unless they register their details with Netgear first.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/09/21/netgear_mandatory_registration_switches/