We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform 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 tool is easy to configure due to the existing pre-configured templates. It is easy to manage compared to legacy systems, which takes time. We can complete a site within 30 minutes. The tool's best feature is outdoor onboarding. You need to bring the box to the site with the internet. It is a simple plug-and-play. The solution offers a zero-touch procedure."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak VX is the overall performance."
"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX is the flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the long-distance performance of the application storage is easy and effective."
"The tool's most valuable feature is bandwidth optimization."
"The solution includes features for SD-WAN and WAN such as batch conditioning and optimization."
"It is very simple to configure. When you use the cloud to configure the equipment, it has zero-touch provisioning."
"They have a lot of built-ins. There are so many applications defined inside the solution. It makes it so that we don't have to create some policies. Each and every application is already defined in it."
"VeloCloud developed DMPO to increase performance and connectivity."
"Feature-wise, VMware SD-WAN is a really strong cloud web security product."
"I would absolutely recommend VeloCloud because it's user-friendly and because the integration is easier than with other solutions."
"When we upgrade to one of the edges, it goes very smoothly."
"Some of the best features are the SD-WAN platform for VMware and the NSX network virtualization."
"I find the application-aware routing feature to be the most valuable."
"They have to implement more security with it. The security, mainly their firewall functions, have to be included in the firewall features."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"Their WAN optimization in terms of wireless connectivity doesn't have a very good cellular capability."
"We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time."
"VMware SD-WAN is complicated to configure."
"The product should have on-demand tunnels instead of fixed tunnels."
"Reporting is an area that can be improved, as there are some features that are lacking with the reporting aspect."
"VMware SD-WAN can improve on the security features."
"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."
"The initial setup could be simplified for beginners."
"The dashboards could be improved."
"Better price model would be appreciated."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 51 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". 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 EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform 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 Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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@Diyaspino, all three are overpriced.
Depending on what are you looking for, you may look at Fortinet or even check the latest Sophos offering.
There is a number of different postings on SD-WAN in the last few years. Once people learned that SD-WAN is an old VPN with a new user interface, they moved to a new buzzword.