We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"SD-WAN is a complete enterprise solution for securing traffic."
"In my experience, Meraki is very easy, simple, and clear to set up and use."
"The centralized console manageable from the cloud is one of the advantages."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution's ability to prioritize traffic is its most valuable feature."
"We have found the product to be quite scalable."
"As long as the LAN is well structured, installations and setup can be complete within forty-five minutes."
"I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"There is still some work to do when it comes to AI."
"The area I think this solution should improve is the pricing."
"Some systems use some applications with the wrong data application. It bypasses the network, and you need to block that application on Meraki. We first try to put in passwords to do it and the network is not really safe. It's not 100%, the network can be bypassed."
"The security and upgrading could improve in this solution."
"The solution lacks controllers."
"Meraki is more or less intelligent load balancing, although a lot of features are missing that our SD-WAN solutions will have."
"I would like to see more functions added to the next release of Meraki SD-WAN."
"It's a matter of cost and expenses that we may take some issue with."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco ACI and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Versa Cloud Services Gateway. See our Juniper Contrail Networking vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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