We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and Juniper Session Smart Router based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"It allows you to combine two asymmetrical connections."
"The best feature is the backup capability, where all of the users' computers are tied into a central data repository."
"The VPN and the load balancing are the most valuable features."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The reliability of connectivity is most valuable."
"We are using it widely for the local record for SaaS-based applications. Another valuable feature is a local breakout."
"As compared to the other major vendors in the SD-WAN market, such as VeloCloud, Cisco, and others, the tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel."
"The solution is especially Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"I would like to see more customization to adjust for the WAN lock-out due to our unexpected power outages."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"The communication around the life cycle would have been really helpful. The main issue we have had is related to the life cycle because some of the things that we are using were discontinued. They were discontinued within a year after we had purchased it, which is a bit painful. If we had known that, we would've made some other decisions."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"Given that Citrix SD-WAN solved all our problems by providing us with everything we needed to unify communications with our branches and data centers, I cannot suggest anything further in terms of improvements."
"Citrix SD-WAN's knowledge base has a few missing things, so you may need to seek help from support."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"The UI of the SSR conductor is the main part where improvements can be done. Today, for every configuration step, you have to do a series of clicks. What we are missing there are wizards. For example, I have two applications, and I want one application to be prioritized against the other. In such a case, a wizard for assigning policies to a service without configuring each step by hand would be very helpful. There should be an overhaul of the GUI of the conductor. The functionality they have got in the Mist portal should be baked into the conductor itself. It would be really great, but as we all know, that won't happen."
"Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance."
"Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices and add additional Sassy deployments."
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 9th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Juniper Session Smart Router is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 3 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Session Smart Router writes "Tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, and as a partner, we get good support from them". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Juniper Session Smart Router is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, NFX Series Network Services Platform, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Prisma SD-WAN. See our Citrix SD-WAN vs. Juniper Session Smart Router report.
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