We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN 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."SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a good product."
"The solution provides good consolidation, centralization, and manageability for edge routers."
"The regular net routing is a good feature."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a very good product."
"Using SD-WAN to combine services can result in better up time, higher speeds, and much lower costs."
"The reliability is high and we have only had to restart it once or twice over the years."
"The most valuable features are manageability, scalability, and simplicity."
"The analytics is the most valuable feature because it was very granular and very comprehensive, although a little complicated to use. If you're really interested in knowing what's happening on your network, it's a very good solution. That was the .NET Profiler part of the solution."
"They should enhance the reporting because, as it is today, they need more executive-level reports."
"The cost is too high for certain countries, for example, those in Africa. The solution needs to be more cost-effective."
"One area for improvement in Cisco SD-WAN is reporting. The report needs to give more visibility to the customer. The security feature in Cisco SD-WAN also needs improvement, particularly if Cisco wants to challenge other brands, such as Fortinet."
"The deployment is complex."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward, but it gets easier the more deployments you complete."
"This solution should include a fully functional firewall at no extra charge."
"The Cisco way of thinking is to create umbrella-like solutions. I would prefer it if this solution was separate from the entire monstrous Cisco portfolio."
"I would recommend better-integrated management."
"The routing scalability needs improvement. We have run into a lot of limitations and also primarily from a routine perspective, things like RSPs line support. It was supportive but not really supportive."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is ranked 24th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN 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 SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN writes "Analytics feature is very granular and comprehensive, although complicated to use". 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 SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is most compared with Steelhead.
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