We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator 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 most valuable feature is optimization."
"The most important feature is WAN optimization."
"The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature."
"The product has reduced OpEx expenditure."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned."
"The solution's application control and application traffic steering tool are its most valuable aspects in terms of how we utilize the product."
"There have been no issues with stability."
"The first part that we like is that we can reuse certain hardware, which is a valuable asset. You can use hardware SKUs that already exist in the network. The second part that we like is the integration with the cloud and the measurement of the cloud's quality. These are the two values that this solution gives as compared to other implementations that we have seen."
"The most valuable feature is the application-level routing."
"SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself."
"The solution can scale. We haven't had any issues doing so."
"The segmented traffic it provides is the best in the industry right now."
"Installation is easy."
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users."
"Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security."
"The solution lacks sufficient security features."
"The management menu should be simplified."
"The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment."
"They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality."
"One area for improvement in Cisco SD-WAN is reporting. The report needs to give more visibility to the customer. The security feature in Cisco SD-WAN also needs improvement, particularly if Cisco wants to challenge other brands, such as Fortinet."
"We have found that their SD-WAN has a lot of scope for improvement."
"It would be better if it provided more visibility. At present, we can't troubleshoot in real time."
"Better pricing and greater security would be nice to see."
"The solution could have a better web interface to simplify changing configurations."
"We recently found some bugs."
"Cisco SD-WAN is not as easy to deploy as the Meraki and FortiGate solutions. The zero-touch deployment could be a lot better. The deployment and initial setup are complicated and could be better."
"The price could be better. From a technical side, and everything's working smoothly. Cisco SD-WAN could be cheaper."
Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 15th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 6 reviews while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.4, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Reduces OpEx expenditure but needs improvement in security ". 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 Orchestrator is most compared with Juniper Session Smart Router and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Aruba Orchestrator vs. Cisco SD-WAN report.
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