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."It has a very good GUI."
"With other routing protocols, we have had to send team members to perform installations and configurations. There is a lot of work involved. However with SD-WAN, once it is installed it is fully automated, and we can do all other tasks remotely. We don't have to send staff out to the client's location. It's very independent, and we can establish SD-WAN connectivity easily. It is secure as well."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"I have found the performance and the Zero-Touch provisioning helpful which makes it easier for us to develop."
"The orchestration on the VPN connection between remote locations is a fantastic feature. I used it some time ago."
"It's a complete solution with many security features."
"There is minimum blind space in this solution."
"Troubleshooting is swift, allowing for fast turnaround times whenever we encounter an issue."
"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."
"It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"Cisco SD-WAN is not as easy to deploy as the Meraki and FortiGate solutions. The zero-touch deployment could be a lot better. The deployment and initial setup are complicated and could be better."
"We need them to start focusing on the SD-WAN compatibility with other environments and not being so vendor locked with Cisco environments."
"Cisco products are a little bit complicated, so making them a little bit easier would be an improvement."
"Cisco's router and voice gateway has not been available since the launch of SD-WAN."
"We have had some problems with the licensing model, and it is something that should be improved."
"An area for improvement lies in enhancing the integration with the security functions of the SD-WAN."
"The installation is not easy. If you have experience and it is not your first time doing the installation, it can be easier."
"The whole solution needs to be re-imagined. It's quite complex right now and really needs to be simplified to make it easier for those of us using it. It should offer more simplified management as well."
"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."
"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 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 4th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.0. 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 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, VMware SD-WAN, Cisco ACI and Juniper Session Smart Router.
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