We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and Cisco SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Juniper, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a good product."
"It is very stable."
"There have been no issues with stability."
"The solution has great scalability."
"I like the feature that lets you transfer from old devices to new devices without changing the hardware and subscription."
"Using SD-WAN to combine services can result in better up time, higher speeds, and much lower costs."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a very good product."
"Encryption, which is native to the solution, is a valuable feature. Also, central management, onboarding of devices, QS, and routing applications are all okay."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"We recently found some bugs."
"They should enhance the reporting because, as it is today, they need more executive-level reports."
"The solution needs to be more flexible around legacy devices."
"I would like to see revision cycles to be more stable."
"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."
"Its license model needs to be improved. They always make the license model too complex. There are too many license models and too many options. They should have a flexible license model. They can improve a lot of things in terms of scalability, templates, and automation, mainly automation for onboarding a number of sites. If you want some new features, it can take quite a long time. If you want a feature and it is not yet developed, you need to have the support of the business units to have the feature developed. If the feature is not on their roadmap, it can take quite some time before you get the feature."
"The solution could be more secure. Security is always a priority for us."
"It should also be much more affordable for a larger number of customers."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, APCON, VMware NSX and Cumulus Networks, whereas 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.
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