We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and Meraki 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 advantage you have with Cisco Meraki is that they take a lot of that complexity out of the backend."
"Tech support is willing to go the extra mile to resolve issues."
"The most valuable feature is the single management plane dashboard. Our organization has a global site, we have separated the area, and we have more than five hundred small sites around the world."
"Meraki makes you believe that anything is possible."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Meraki SD-WAN is scalable."
"t is very stable based on our experience and the application performance has been superb."
"The centralized console manageable from the cloud is one of the advantages."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"It's a matter of cost and expenses that we may take some issue with."
"Technical support could be more knowledgeable and responsive."
"The area I think this solution should improve is the pricing."
"The default classes should be expanded."
"The deployment time of Meraki SD-WAN can vary. For someone new to the process, it could take a couple of hours. However, for someone with hands-on experience, such as myself, it only takes approximately two to three hours to set up the entire configuration."
"The product should be able to support more than three internet lines."
"Meraki SD-WAN had trouble prioritizing traffic for VoIP calls."
"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."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, APCON, Cisco SD-WAN, Ixia Network Packet Brokers and Cumulus Networks, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN.
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