We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator and VMware SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most important feature is WAN optimization."
"The product has reduced OpEx expenditure."
"Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned."
"We had to deal with separate management models for Wi-Fi and switches. With Aruba Orchestrator, it's now a unified solution, making things much easier for us. We log in and manage everything from a single console. It provides complete internal visibility from LAN to Wi-Fi, resulting in higher stability and easier troubleshooting. The management process is much quicker and more streamlined."
"The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature."
"The most valuable feature is optimization."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"When we upgrade to one of the edges, it goes very smoothly."
"Initially, we had a scattered environment, but VMware SD-WAN helped us achieve centralization, which was beneficial."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"In my experience, the setup process has been fairly straightforward."
"It is fairly similar to other solutions. It has the capability for testing link connectivity, which is its unique feature from a control perspective."
"This solution is as stable as most firewalls. VMware is a reputable vendor."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is manageability."
"The cloud gateway is a very good feature for scaling purposes, etc."
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users."
"The management menu should be simplified."
"The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment."
"The solution lacks sufficient security features."
"Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security."
"They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality."
"In an upcoming release, they should allow customers the flexibility to use mobile applications where they can go and check on the information about their networks. A lot of vendors, such as Meraki, have a lot more integration with the use of portals to a mobile application. Having this feature as an alternative to logging into a laptop would be beneficial. If you are a SaaS-based company why not make a mobile application as well. You might not be able to do configurations but at least monitor while away or on vacation."
"The solution needs improvement on security features and should include two firewalls. Cloud VPN can’t support any link. The solution needs to also improve the availability of centralized internal management. It needs to have debug detection and Deep Packet Detection features as well. The documentation for VMware is also hard to find."
"They should provide us with the flexibility to scale up."
"The only thing that I'm having issues with is on one of the sites, I can't see the location on the map."
"VMware SD-WAN is harder than Cisco. It is complex, and we must take many steps to get the service. I think it would be beneficial if obtaining licenses could be simplified. Currently, numerous options and integrations are bundled together, which can make it quite complex."
"The prep time and understanding what you want to do and how much bandwidth you'll need and how you're going to configure it on the network, that's more of an issue than anything else."
"There might be potential enhancements in better integration with other platforms, increased stability, and heightened security."
"VMware SD-WAN is complicated to configure."
Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 7 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 51 reviews. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.6, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Provides complete internal visibility from LAN to Wi-Fi, resulting in higher stability and easier troubleshooting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Aruba Orchestrator is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN and Juniper Session Smart Router, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Aruba Orchestrator vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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