We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and VMware NSX 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."Any technical support we needed was great."
"The primary advantage we've observed is the simplification of deployment, leading to decreased IT costs and enhanced operational efficiency."
"Troubleshooting is swift, allowing for fast turnaround times whenever we encounter an issue."
"Initial setup is easy."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a good product."
"If I have to give a neutral view of all the SD-WAN platforms that I have known so far, Cisco is good in routing."
"We would recommend this solution to customers looking to implement it on a global scale. We recommend the solution, not only because of the functionality or the technical support, but also because of the delivery of the solution, and the docking and upgrading capabilities."
"It is very stable."
"The ability to scale from different clouds. At the moment, the scalability of the product is the number one thing that I saw."
"To be able to do the DR and SRM migrations from datacenter to datacenter, we're able to do them with SRM with VXLAN, with the NSX product."
"The migration methods are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"It operates on a logical level, providing a comprehensive and centralized way to manage your network resources."
"The most valuable features are stability and low cost."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"This is a good firewall and overall it is rich in features."
"I am impressed with the tool's protection."
"The installation is not easy. If you have experience and it is not your first time doing the installation, it can be easier."
"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."
"I would like them to add some more SD-WAN ports. We have seen one implementation where there were four ISPs. Currently, we have a maximum of two ports for ISP in this device. Therefore, we cannot connect directly, and we need other switches. There should be some option to have more than two ports for SD-WAN."
"The solution is expensive and could be cheaper."
"What I find should be improved is the possibility of really separating the software layer from the hardware layer since today the current offer is not well adopted by the service providers"
"The solution needs to be more flexible around legacy devices."
"The product's application delivery feature needs improvement."
"This solution is expensive so pricing is a concern."
"I think that one of the more important things to see better integrated into the NSX product would be an IDS/IPS type solution."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"Nowadays, NSX supports the KVM and ESXi hypervisors only. It should also support Hyper-V and Citrix hypervisors."
"Our technical team is always looking for the solutions that they work with to offer more convenient integrations."
"There is room for improvement in VMware NSX's workload management, particularly in the orchestration layer and in managing workloads across multiple clouds."
"The price is rather high."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"Despite being somewhat behind in the cybersecurity field, VMware should develop a cloud and a red team to continuously monitor for new malware and ransomware."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. 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 VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Aviatrix, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Nexus.
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