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."The initial setup is quite simple."
"The most useful feature is centralized telephony."
"This solution can scale from SMB to the enterprise level. It is very impressive."
"The technical support is very responsive."
"I like creating policies. This way, we can better utilize our WAN circuit and get better rates. Its GUI is user-friendly, and the CLI is also great."
"There is minimum blind space in this solution."
"So far, the feature that I like best is the policy configuration manager."
"The most valuable features of Cisco SD-WAN include the DIA and its integration with Cisco Umbrella for DNS security."
"When we started, the connection was amazing for the 100G between the switches and the co-switch. What the students typically use for school is a maximum is 40 so they now have faster technology."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"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 easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"I have been able to connect the solution to many platforms such as Windows, Apple, and Android."
"The scalability is good."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"This product uses a non-proprietary command line, which makes it compatible across many different systems."
"Cisco SD-WAN's clustering mechanism needs to be improved. If there are more than five milliseconds of latency time between installations of the VM manager, the cluster automatically breaks down."
"The bandwidth limitations would be good to remove, but it is a policy and license situation for Cisco because the cost is very high. It would be good to have OTP implemented with VRF. It can have support for EIGRP Over the Top (OTP) VRF. I saw some limitations in regards to the VRF protocol and the advertisement between VRF configuration. EIGRP Over the Top basically was quite limited with the VRF configuration. If you wanted to do rollback in VRF by using the EIGRP OTP protocol, the formation was not populated across. Cisco got back and confirmed that it is a configuration that I need to wait for until the next release, which is going to happen in one year. Cisco documentation is not the way it used to be before. It just gives an easy way to configure, but it doesn't go into the details of the configuration. The information that you need is there, but sometimes you want to go further and get more information, but the information is quite limited. It would be good to cover a few business cases or configuration cases. They used to be there in the past."
"The solution should not be so bound to ISPs."
"The deployment is complex."
"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."
"I would like to see revision cycles to be more stable."
"Customers require features that are secure for endpoints, on-premises, and for the cloud."
"The installation is not easy. If you have experience and it is not your first time doing the installation, it can be easier."
"The internet speed reduces throughout the day. The tool is not stable."
"The solution's technical support could 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."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"There isn't really any scalability potential."
"The configuration is complex and should be simplified."
"They should include features like IPS for security and response."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
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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