We performed a comparison between Meraki SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Big Switch Networks, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."They're known for their ease of use and ubiquitous management platform that covers everything. Meraki really excels in plug-and-play solutions. You just plug it up, and everything works. All of the components—the firewall/router, the switches, the access points, the cameras—work very nicely together, and they all can be managed from one platform. That is probably their biggest selling point. Everything comes in one ubiquitous package, and you don't have to manage different components from different platforms. You can see everything from one platform."
"Having to set up a closed system singlehandedly and a lifetime guarantee on the equipment is a valuable part of this solution."
"The management system is one of the best available."
"The most interesting feature is the amount of information you can get from overseeing the system from a centralized place."
"Zero touch configuration onsite based on the manager system's pre-configuration and the VPN automation set."
"The solution operates via zero-touch configuration."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki SD-WAN is its simplicity. I also like its manageability."
"The best feature we're using is the packet shaping."
"There are great security and ops features without the need for having a different box for security."
"The product has a dynamic VPN feature for SD-WAN."
"The necessary enhancement pertains to the controller segment, specifically addressing the issue of frequent flapping when a link is left. In the case of Versa Unified, if a link experiences frequent flapping within an entire branch, it triggers instability. Hence, it is imperative that the overall routing system is not contingent solely upon the active dial branches."
"The flexibility is a great feature."
"It's very powerful, especially for engineering teams."
"The solution is stable and suitable."
"Overall, it's nice and very user friendly. That's what makes it so successful. They give you complicated features but with a very simple user interface, and that's been a big success for them."
"Our organization finds the application routing features extremely useful."
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"The solution is scalable for mid-tier deployments, but not for major ones."
"An area for improvement would be to add 4G bonding and allow Meraki devices to support dual 4G SIM cards."
"Perimetral security for new requirements on financial networks and DRP systems, like SAP."
"Meraki is lagging behind in using a single pipe from service providers. That is, it would be good if they could use both the internet leased line and broadband connectivity."
"The solution lacks controllers."
"They need to offer proper integration of the security features."
"They stopped doing WAN optimization as a feature set, which is lacking. They need to relook at that and consider WAN optimization as an option."
"There could be more options for integration between other devices — sort of being able to more easily make everything integrated in one solution."
"The support needs to be improved."
"The UTM features can be improved. It should offer better functionality."
"I heard about them for the first time just before I started working on Versa. They do have blogs for information, but they could publicize more about the documentation and architecture. It doesn't seem to have that much exposure, and they should work on their customer base more."
"The web interface can be improved."
"The solution lacks a mobile version where small, manageable platforms can be developed."
"Another thing that should be improved in Versa are their firewall features."
"We've had the odd occasional stability issue with software upgrades."
"We are thinking about how to make customers consolidate the loads to an SD-WAN network so that the customers can have bigger chunk from the SD-WAN side so that customers can have critical data be transferred with NPS VPN and non-critical data or some labeled traffic can be transferred by the SD-WAN network. I think it's a very important direction for digital transformation."
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Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is ranked 8th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 20 reviews. Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform writes "A flexible, stable and scalable solution ". Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Citrix SD-WAN, whereas Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange.
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