We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and Cisco SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Juniper, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of central management."
"The solution's application control and application traffic steering tool are its most valuable aspects in terms of how we utilize the product."
"The orchestration on the VPN connection between remote locations is a fantastic feature. I used it some time ago."
"It is very simple to deploy. It's a point-and-click type of deployment, so it's fairly simple."
"I have found the performance and the Zero-Touch provisioning helpful which makes it easier for us to develop."
"The most valuable features, application awareness, and failover resilience, stand out as key considerations for users."
"The most valuable features are manageability, scalability, and simplicity."
"If I have to give a neutral view of all the SD-WAN platforms that I have known so far, Cisco is good in routing."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"This solution could be improved with a simpler implementation process and licensing model."
"This solution is expensive so pricing is a concern."
"It would be very helpful if we had better access to a knowledge base, or online documentation, to help both us and our customers learn to use this solution."
"I would like to see a better, web-based interface to make changes to the configuration or to view statistics."
"What I find should be improved is the possibility of really separating the software layer from the hardware layer since today the current offer is not well adopted by the service providers"
"Better pricing and greater security would be nice to see."
"Some competitors are much faster in providing out-of-the-box solutions, more innovative solutions. In terms of innovation, in many cases, they're lagging behind."
"The main issue is that not in the technology, but it comes back comparison. When we do a comparison with other SD WAN solutions, they are priced better."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, APCON, VMware NSX and Cumulus Networks, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform.
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