We performed a comparison between Meraki SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, users of both solutions feel that the security deserves more attention. Meraki SD-WAN differs from the VMware SD-WAN solution because users say it has a seamless end-to-end setup that’s easier to deal with than other solutions. In addition, while Meraki SD-WAN users share mixed opinions on their experience with support, VMware SD-WAN users are happy overall.
"The solution is stable."
"Meraki makes you believe that anything is possible."
"I have found the dashboard very useful, you can configure all of your devices at the same time by just changing some menus."
"The solution is scalable."
"This is a high availability solution that is easy to configure and has a nice GUI."
"If there are multiple network connectivities in an organization, Meraki creates an AutoVPN. It creates a channel automatically."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki SD-WAN is its simplicity. I also like its manageability."
"Meraki SD-WAN is user friendly."
"The product is consistent and is one of the best despite the competition."
"It is very simple to configure. When you use the cloud to configure the equipment, it has zero-touch provisioning."
"I like VMware SD-WAN's automation and zero-touch provisioning. Its main advantage is simplicity. Anyone can use this gateway."
"Increases the performance of applications and is easy to deploy."
"I find the application-aware routing feature to be the most valuable."
"In my experience, the setup process has been fairly straightforward."
"I have found the dynamic multipoint protocol(DNPO) most useful because it can tell you which is the best circuit to use for different types of traffic."
"Has an optimization feature that acts to ensure the quality of the services running on the overlay to be most valuable."
"Scalability could be improved. Yes, you can add more than 300 or 400 sites onto it, but because it's not a true SD-WAN and, effectively, it's just a Multi-VRF, it's all hub and spoke at that point. That's the nature of the design, but that's what keeps it simple to administer. So, it's a trade off."
"I would like to see more flexibility in our choices of customization for our needs."
"The VPN client could be improved."
"The product should be able to support more than three internet lines."
"Overall, we are satisfied with the support, although I cannot state this unequivocally."
"The solution is scalable for mid-tier deployments, but not for major ones."
"The only area for improvement in Meraki SD-WAN is its licensing model, as well as its cost structure."
"Warm spare is a good failover solution but Meraki could do something more to handle failovers better."
"The prep time and understanding what you want to do and how much bandwidth you'll need and how you're going to configure it on the network, that's more of an issue than anything else."
"The solution is pricey. It could be cheaper."
"There are a number of customers we have that require a fully mashed SD-WAN on VeloCloud that is not available currently."
"The solution needs improvement on security features and should include two firewalls. Cloud VPN can’t support any link. The solution needs to also improve the availability of centralized internal management. It needs to have debug detection and Deep Packet Detection features as well. The documentation for VMware is also hard to find."
"The dashboards could be improved."
"The cost is a little bit high."
"VMware SD-WAN is harder than Cisco. It is complex, and we must take many steps to get the service. I think it would be beneficial if obtaining licenses could be simplified. Currently, numerous options and integrations are bundled together, which can make it quite complex."
"The only thing that I'm having issues with is on one of the sites, I can't see the location on the map."
Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 51 reviews. Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. 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 VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud, Prisma SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform.
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