We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and VMware NSX 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."It is very simple to deploy. It's a point-and-click type of deployment, so it's fairly simple."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco SD-WAN is its compatibility and integration with the rest of the infrastructure."
"Any technical support we needed was great."
"The initial setup is quite simple."
"From my observations, Cisco has been rolling out new features every other day, so I would say their speed of innovation is one of the most valuable aspects for me."
"Load balancing is a feature that allows us to take the best of our links and distribute the load intelligently, always with an eye on the end-customer experience."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a highly stable solution."
"The most valuable features are zero-disk provisioning and link load balancing on an application basis."
"VMware NSX offers some of the best features for security, such as micro-segmentation."
"The alert features are the most valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward. You just have to click it and follow the manuals."
"I have found the solution to be stable."
"One of the big improvements between the NSX-V and NSX-T is that in NSX-T you are no longer dependent on V-Center anymore."
"Any administrator with basic networking knowledge, in a couple of days, can be in full control of their networking without going through a networking engineer."
"Overall, for me, it's a good solution and has been working well."
"This is the most scalable product of its type."
"This solution should include a fully functional firewall at no extra charge."
"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."
"When it comes to adding more security features, you need to add more RAM."
"This solution could be improved with a simpler implementation process and licensing model."
"I would like to see revision cycles to be more stable."
"The solution needs to be more flexible around legacy devices."
"The initial setup is complex and can be improved."
"The solution is very costly."
"Since most people are very much used to physical networking, they find it difficult to use VMware NSX in the initial stage."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"There were some issues with finance and other accounting."
"I want to see the solution expand to more than just the network, for example, perhaps it could provide some VLAN technologies."
"VMware NSX could improve by having more compatibility with other none Window-based operating systems."
"The technical support could use some improvement."
"I would like to have automating reporting built into common service management platforms, such as JIRA, Serviceaide, and ServiceNow."
"Occasionally the licensing is not very clear. They should make it easier to understand."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 94 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. 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 VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Aruba Orchestrator, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI and Cisco Nexus.
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