We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Huawei Enterprise Routers 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."So far, the feature that I like best is the policy configuration manager."
"The most valuable features, application awareness, and failover resilience, stand out as key considerations for users."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"One of the most valuable features is that they have multiple SD-WAN options: you have Meraki for simple management solutions, you have Viptela, and you have the option of having any type of WAN interfaces. Presently, you can also have a single combined solution for both WAN as well as for voice, so you can have a voice bundle as well. These are major unique points of this solution."
"The integration of Layer 3 and application routing is great."
"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."
"When we have had power outages for a few hours we have had no issue with Cisco SD-WAN coming back online and functioning."
"It's a complete solution with many security features."
"It is a robust and efficient solution."
"The scalability is good."
"The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"The solution provides support for 5G connectivity."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei Enterprise Routers is if have two networks at different geographical locations with a great deal of distance they work together as if they are on the same cloud network."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"The solution offers good customer support and good performance."
"The licensing model needs to be improved."
"When it comes to adding more security features, you need to add more RAM."
"The whole solution needs to be re-imagined. It's quite complex right now and really needs to be simplified to make it easier for those of us using it. It should offer more simplified management as well."
"The product should improve its prices."
"The installation is not easy. If you have experience and it is not your first time doing the installation, it can be easier."
"One of the major areas that Cisco can improve on with their SD-WAN offering is their security features. When compared with Fortinet, who have what they call their 'security pillars' (e.g. firewall and security features built-in to their SD-WAN solutions), Cisco generally comes up short. With Cisco, if you need a security component, you have to pay more to get it done. So if they could add more security features that come part and parcel with their existing solutions, then I think Cisco could be very aggressive in the market."
"The process of onboarding the vSmart, vBond, and vManage should be improved to make it easier to manage in general."
"The initial setup is complex and can be improved."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"We have found we have to restart the routers or reconfigured them a lot of the time, this issue should improve. The quality of the hardware needs to be more durable."
"It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"If Huawei can use its own OEM processor, it could be a good step up for future use in the network devices."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"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."
"We'd like the product to be more flexible so that we could more easily manipulate some of the features."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 2nd in WAN Edge with 86 reviews while Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Citrix SD-WAN, whereas Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper MX Series Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch. See our Cisco SD-WAN vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers report.
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