We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform 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."At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"The tool's most valuable feature is bandwidth optimization."
"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."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"The file and data reduction capabilities are very good. Without it, we have a great deal of network congestion."
"The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"It is a scalable solution."
"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."
"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."
"This product uses a non-proprietary command line, which makes it compatible across many different systems."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Internet access is a good feature."
"There is a lot of information available about routers and how to configure Huawei Routers right now."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"In future releases, I would like to see security features, so Aruba might need some firewalls, like other vendors."
"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."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"They have to implement more security with it. The security, mainly their firewall functions, have to be included in the firewall features."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"Reporting is something that they can improve on."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"The product's pricing could be better."
"We'd like the product to be more flexible so that we could more easily manipulate some of the features."
"If Huawei can use its own OEM processor, it could be a good step up for future use in the network devices."
"We have encountered issues while integrating the product with Enterprise Management Systems. Huawei platform is good for Huawei but we face issues when we integrate it with other models."
"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."
"There isn't really any scalability potential."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in WAN Edge with 19 reviews while Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN and Cato SASE Cloud Platform, whereas Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN and Juniper MX Series Routers. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers report.
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