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."You can easily scale the 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."
"The solution is great at aggregating the traffic and then sending it in one direction."
"There have been no issues with stability."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Installation is easy."
"The product's brand recognition is one of the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"Any technical support we needed was great."
"NSX extends Layer-2 scalability on Layer 3, covering the vRO and extending the capability on Layer 3 by decapsulating using a new mechanism. NSX-V was designed to use with VMware products and Success 360, providing more flexibility toward different levels of cloud, containers, and components. NSX-T gives you the ability to stretch your network across different view locations. If you have multiple sites, you can connect them using NSX-T."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create, develop, and deploy servers in minutes to hours, rather than days."
"During our experience, the solution has been stable."
"Some of the key features I find most valuable are the highly graphical user interface, virtualization of networks, and Microsoft application compatibility. It has all the functionality that we require."
"The installation is straightforward, it took a couple of hours."
"It gives more security and micro-segmentation. It helps to set network configurations in an easy way."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It follows a certain structure and you won't miss a step. It's all on the same level, step by step."
"It has reduced the number of people on the network team along with the system engineer involved in the security process. So, it is valuable."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward, but it gets easier the more deployments you complete."
"We need them to start focusing on the SD-WAN compatibility with other environments and not being so vendor locked with Cisco environments."
"Compresson deduplication should be added."
"The user interface needs improvement. Users should be able to find various features faster without much tweaking."
"I would like them to add some more SD-WAN ports. We have seen one implementation where there were four ISPs. Currently, we have a maximum of two ports for ISP in this device. Therefore, we cannot connect directly, and we need other switches. There should be some option to have more than two ports for SD-WAN."
"The security features could be improved."
"An area for improvement lies in enhancing the integration with the security functions of the SD-WAN."
"It should also be much more affordable for a larger number of customers."
"They have some limitations in the firewall features as compared to the on-prem or dedicated hardware appliance. They can add more features, such as IPS and IDS, to the cloud firewall."
"Our technical team is always looking for the solutions that they work with to offer more convenient integrations."
"There is room for improvement in VMware NSX's workload management, particularly in the orchestration layer and in managing workloads across multiple clouds."
"If there are other solutions already in place, it can be difficult to implement."
"The initial establishment can be complex."
"The solution is only sold as part of a bundle and not as an individual product."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"It's not feature-rich."
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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