We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Cisco SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution includes features for SD-WAN and WAN such as batch conditioning and optimization."
"The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX is the flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the long-distance performance of the application storage is easy and effective."
"The tool is easy to configure due to the existing pre-configured templates. It is easy to manage compared to legacy systems, which takes time. We can complete a site within 30 minutes. The tool's best feature is outdoor onboarding. You need to bring the box to the site with the internet. It is a simple plug-and-play. The solution offers a zero-touch procedure."
"The initial setup is very easy and not confusing."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX are we can register our customers and they can receive free training and all the solutions features."
"It is very stable with very good firmware."
"The centralized management is the most important feature. We can monitor what is going on at every location in our network with just one center."
"The most valuable features, application awareness, and failover resilience, stand out as key considerations for users."
"There have been no issues with stability."
"Configuration interfaces are quite easy and intuitive. Being a part of the Cisco environment, Cisco SD-WAN is quite straightforward."
"Cisco is an industry leader, so customers have a high level of trust with the brand more-so than with some newcomers that might have some more revolutionary solutions, but no name recognition."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"Cisco SD-WAN's best features are the development of network links, application control, and bandwidth monitoring."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"Their WAN optimization in terms of wireless connectivity doesn't have a very good cellular capability."
"They have to implement more security with it. The security, mainly their firewall functions, have to be included in the firewall features."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement."
"The product should improve its prices."
"The price could be better. From a technical side, and everything's working smoothly. Cisco SD-WAN could be cheaper."
"The inexpensive Viptela hardware may be replaced with overpriced Cisco routers. This would be a tragic mistake for Cisco as the lightweight commodity platform built by Viptela is the reason to own this solution."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward, but it gets easier the more deployments you complete."
"Better pricing and greater security would be nice to see."
"If you don't have an in-house design team or outsource to a third party with expertise, the setup will be difficult."
"They have taken away our ability to do what we are good at, which is working on the CLI, the interface right on the router. They have limited the commands so much that troubleshooting is nearly impossible."
"Some configurations or procedures could be more user-friendly. Adding a bandwidth management feature would make Cisco SD-WAN more scalable and less resource-intensive."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 7th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". 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". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Juniper Session Smart Router, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Huawei Enterprise Routers. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Cisco SD-WAN report.
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@Diyaspino, all three are overpriced.
Depending on what are you looking for, you may look at Fortinet or even check the latest Sophos offering.
There is a number of different postings on SD-WAN in the last few years. Once people learned that SD-WAN is an old VPN with a new user interface, they moved to a new buzzword.