We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Big Switch Networks, Juniper 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."
"Meraki SD-WAN is a scalable solution because changes are being made to the solution, enabling it to work in different environments."
"The Meraki SD-WAN solution is simple to deploy."
"This product contributed to a huge benefit in our bottom line on operational costs."
"The solution has a great UI."
"The most valuable feature is application awareness."
"I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good."
"Using Meraki just solves a lot of problems."
"Having to set up a closed system singlehandedly and a lifetime guarantee on the equipment is a valuable part of this solution."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"This solution can only support up to two WAN ports."
"There should be a few more options for security parameters. It is currently not very customizable. It should be a little bit more customizable."
"With Meraki, it's more of a basic connectivity. It doesn't have all the feature sets that a Cisco SD-WAN solution has. It's limited."
"Technical support could be more knowledgeable and responsive."
"Some of the on-premise security features of Meraki SD-WAN are on the cloud and some of my customers do not want to use the cloud. They should have on-premise security features for those that do not want to use the cloud."
"There is a point in a very large organization where you hit the VPN limit, or tunnel limit."
"A run optimization feature is needed to reduce the bandwidth for any uploaded content."
"We have had some problems doing the implementation."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Cisco SD-WAN, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, APCON and Cumulus Networks, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN.
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