We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and SonicWall SMA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions."Customizing SD-WAN is very easy because you can define two colors. You can define two different operators. You can deploy a partial mesh, a full mesh, or hub-and-spoke totally differently. If you want to do this on a DMVPN solution, that's really hard."
"I have found the solution's main features are its ability to be customized, network traffic classification, and has a wide range of features that can be set."
"I like the feature that lets you transfer from old devices to new devices without changing the hardware and subscription."
"When we have had power outages for a few hours we have had no issue with Cisco SD-WAN coming back online and functioning."
"Initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features in Cisco SD-WAN are the QoS, AI, and simple interface for users to access."
"The initial setup is straightforward and easy to deploy."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a good product."
"It is faster than other security options when using remote connections."
"I like the load balancing capability."
"Blocklisting and allowlisting are the most beneficial features for network security."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is they have IT consultants that know SonicWall."
"What I like best about SonicWall SMA is the relationship between its features and its price, because the solution is both affordable and functional."
"The management and the dashboard are the solution's most valuable features."
"I think they ask for a fair price."
"I am very satisfied with the technical support."
"The product needs to have more understanding staff in their support team. The tool needs to provide support in every stage of deployment. We did not get the expected support from their team. The product is also not easy to use."
"The cost is too high for certain countries, for example, those in Africa. The solution needs to be more cost-effective."
"This solution could be improved with a simpler implementation process and licensing model."
"All of the configurations are based on templates, and we need to spend a lot of time doing the templates. It's good because that means that all of the configurations will be equal in the network. However, we need to spend a lot of time implementing the templates and doing the customizations."
"Some competitors are much faster in providing out-of-the-box solutions, more innovative solutions. In terms of innovation, in many cases, they're lagging behind."
"Cisco SD-WAN could improve on the ease of integration, the configuration should be easier. At the moment the process is more command line based and it would be better if it was able to be done through an interface."
"The solution is expensive and could be cheaper."
"The licensing model needs to be improved."
"The product itself is very good, but Dell needs to work on product visibility in their advertising."
"User interface could be improved."
"The product's technical support services could be improved."
"SonicWall's reporting isn't good. Reports should be part of a data plan. The login mechanism should be improved. It would be helpful if the client could use an agent to log in. An agent-server model would improve the performance of the RDB, which consumes a lot of bandwidth."
"This is an expensive solution and I think that the price could be improved."
"The solution could integrate better with other platforms."
"The problem is that when combined with what the client already has, there are two different logins and two different management systems, and these should be consolidated into a single interface."
"The only thing that they could try to improve is the support for enterprise customers. Normally enterprises and SMBs can create a ticket, but for enterprises, SonicWall SMA needs to provide a global view, and this is what's currently missing. It's not even a question of timing. It's a question of the global vision because currently, it's lacking. They concentrate on the topic, but not on the means and not on the global picture. In most cases, there's something wrong with the integration of SonicWall SMA with other products, so that could also be improved."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while SonicWall SMA is ranked 2nd in Universal Access Gateways with 14 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while SonicWall SMA is rated 8.2. 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 SonicWall SMA writes "It allows us to provide CML-based access to any user, but the reporting could be better". 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, whereas SonicWall SMA is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, SonicWall Netextender, Peplink SpeedFusion, Ivanti Connect Secure and Check Point Remote Access VPN.
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