We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Juniper Contrail Networking 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."The product helps to aggregate network links. The tool increases security and makes it possible for you to have remote workers."
"The regular net routing is a good feature."
"It's a complete solution with many security features."
"The most valuable features of Cisco SD-WAN include the DIA and its integration with Cisco Umbrella for DNS security."
"The solution is great at aggregating the traffic and then sending it in one direction."
"It's a scalable solution."
"It's very easy to manage and monitor the network's health and security using the solution."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"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."
"Contrail automates the excellent communication between virtual appliances."
"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."
"I would recommend better-integrated management."
"In the next release, Cisco should focus on simplifying the configuration of SD-WAN. SD-WAN has a lot of room to grow."
"It should also be much more affordable for a larger number of customers."
"Cisco products are a little bit complicated, so making them a little bit easier would be an improvement."
"Since Cisco acquired Viptela, the stability of this solution has given problems since it is quite new."
"The user interface needs improvement. Users should be able to find various features faster without much tweaking."
"The user interface needs to be more friendly."
"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 Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Concerns were raised about the complexity of involving networking components like MX routers, which often required expertise beyond the scope of software engineers. As a result, users encountered challenges in achieving comprehensive understanding and troubleshooting of networking issues within the Contrail environment."
"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."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.4. 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 Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". 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, whereas Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, VMware SD-WAN and HPE SDN.
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