We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cato Networks, Riverbed and others in WAN Optimization."The main advantage of Citrix SD-WAN is that it enables fast communication between our branches and data centers. And, with its cloud management features, it also makes the process of adding new branches into our company network much easier."
"They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"The scalability and stability are quite good in general."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"It allows you to combine two asymmetrical connections."
"The VPN and the load balancing are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"The solution is stable."
"The Meraki SD-WAN solution is simple to deploy."
"I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good."
"SD-WAN is a complete enterprise solution for securing traffic."
"Tech support is willing to go the extra mile to resolve issues."
"The features of SD-WAN are very appealing because you have a centralized dashboard and multiple options to terminate. You have an internet leased line, which means that you can connect your broadband and 3G and 4G cellular networks on the same router. This makes it easy for us to manage everything on a single dashboard. That is, you can integrate multiple stacks in such a way that you do not have to maintain any other dashboard. You get single-pane-of-glass accessibility with Meraki."
"Meraki makes you believe that anything is possible."
"Meraki SD-WAN is a scalable solution because changes are being made to the solution, enabling it to work in different environments."
"There are a few things that can be improved, are domain-based routing and the slowness of virtual parts, and it may be due to the wrong configuration, which we have been unable to find out."
"Citrix SD-WAN does not have the SD-WAN with one optimization in a single license. Other competitors have this option and it should be added to this solution."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"Enhancements are needed to improve the stability."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"A run optimization feature is needed to reduce the bandwidth for any uploaded content."
"From the vice perspective, they just are not as robust as some of the other vendors. They have limitations in throughput and the number of circuits that they can support on a wide area network. Their higher-end security is all cloud-based. They have some capability with the premise-based solutions, but the higher ends are all cloud-based, and that's via Cisco Umbrella."
"There is still some work to do when it comes to AI."
"I would like improved stability in Meraki SD-WAN."
"The VPN client could be improved."
"Scalability could be improved. Yes, you can add more than 300 or 400 sites onto it, but because it's not a true SD-WAN and, effectively, it's just a Multi-VRF, it's all hub and spoke at that point. That's the nature of the design, but that's what keeps it simple to administer. So, it's a trade off."
"The only area for improvement in Meraki SD-WAN is its licensing model, as well as its cost structure."
"Meraki is lagging behind in using a single pipe from service providers. That is, it would be good if they could use both the internet leased line and broadband connectivity."
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Nutanix Flow Network Security.
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