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 very reasonably priced."
"There is a lot of information available about routers and how to configure Huawei Routers right now."
"I use the product to connect to various access points to extend my network."
"The solution provides support for 5G connectivity."
"The setup is simple."
"Overall we have found the solution to be satisfactory."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"There are 400 functionalities of the system."
"The initial configuration and deployment are quite easy."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"Has an optimization feature that acts to ensure the quality of the services running on the overlay to be most valuable."
"I would absolutely recommend VeloCloud because it's user-friendly and because the integration is easier than with other solutions."
"Increases the performance of applications and is easy to deploy."
"When extra capacity is needed, we can get it very quickly."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"The configuration is complex and should be simplified."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better bandwidth management, more granular web filtering, and portal authentication."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"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."
"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."
"The solution's technical support could be improved."
"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 solution is pricey. It could be cheaper."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
"The firewall can be more advanced."
"There is one feature that would set VMware SD-WAN apart from others solutions, and that is what I call inter-cloud connectivity. All the solutions regarding VMware are good because for example, If I go from my workplace to a retail office and I want to use my applications in the Cloud, that is possible. Perhaps we have customers who have their IT partial environments hosted in different cloud locations, such as Amazon and Azure, and the interconnection between the clouds, this is not possible. If it was possible it would be a market game-changer. Having the SD-WAN solution that is good at optimizing and facilitating traffic between different cloud providers would be great."
"The prep time and understanding what you want to do and how much bandwidth you'll need and how you're going to configure it on the network, that's more of an issue than anything else."
"VMware SD-WAN is harder than Cisco. It is complex, and we must take many steps to get the service. I think it would be beneficial if obtaining licenses could be simplified. Currently, numerous options and integrations are bundled together, which can make it quite complex."
"Its integration with the security systems would be a nice implementation. They can also consider using a management platform for both network and security operations. This would be a great improvement."
Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 9th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 3rd 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.
See our list of best WAN Edge vendors.
We monitor all WAN Edge reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
