We performed a comparison between Huawei Enterprise Routers and VMware SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"I have been able to connect the solution to many platforms such as Windows, Apple, and Android."
"It's simple to use and offers good connectivity."
"I use the product to connect to various access points to extend my network."
"The initial setup is easy."
"One of the standout features is its ability to dynamically manage enterprise networks based on applications."
"Feature-wise, VMware SD-WAN is a really strong cloud web security product."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"It's easy to deploy and manage. Even a small group of people can manage a large environment. It's stable, easy to deploy, easy to install—all the stuff."
"The most valuable feature for one of our customers is the ability to stage cloud workloads from the local network."
"Increases the performance of applications and is easy to deploy."
"The service they provide is very stable and is the main influencer of why customers purchase this solution."
"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."
"Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"Syntax in the implementation process could be easier to understand for a new user or someone who doesn’t have prior experience using the product."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better bandwidth management, more granular web filtering, and portal authentication."
"They should include features like IPS for security and response."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"In my country we don't have Huawei technology, we only have Huawei routers for ISP. There is no agent for Huawei in Egypt."
"Security is a challenge. I would like to see VMware add things like IPS, IDS, and web filtering. These features are the future of security, and most competing firewalls have them."
"The solution is pricey. It could be cheaper."
"The security of the firewall should be improved. It would be a good idea to have a standalone product with better security."
"There should be more automation and self-service features."
"I would like to see more features added to increase visibility."
"Implementing VMware is much more difficult, time-consuming, and expensive than implementing Fortinet or Check Point."
"The cost of VeloCloud could be lowered."
"Some of the service providers that use VeloCloud as their SD-WAN should be enabled to have better global visibility."
Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in WAN Edge with 51 reviews. Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper MX Series Routers and Cisco Cloud Services 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 Huawei Enterprise Routers vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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