We performed a comparison between Citrix SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN 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."They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"It allows us to use additional VPNs, offering more options compared to other VPN solutions."
"Downtime for branch offices is now almost zero. We have 100% real-time visibility into all of our lines. MPLS links have been replaced with lower-cost links, saving a larger percentage of line costs. Overall, I see SD-WAN as a must. And the Citrix SD-WAN product has delivered on expectations and exceeded them. (With later firmware updates we now have good firewall capabilities in the product too)."
"The SD-WAN solution as it is already is quite feature-rich and the upgrade process is very simple."
"The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission."
"The zero-touch deployment is most valuable for us."
"The product is consistent and is one of the best despite the competition."
"It can be used for load balancing and load sharing. It's easy to use and customizable."
"I love the solution because of its many features like cluster and cloud VPN."
"There are 400 functionalities of the system."
"The initial configuration and deployment are quite easy."
"SD-WAN is cloud-based and you can manage multiple sites within one single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is manageability."
"I like VMware SD-WAN's automation and zero-touch provisioning. Its main advantage is simplicity. Anyone can use this gateway."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
"Citrix should continue to offer a perpetual licensing model because it is very important to us."
"I would like to either see the price reduced or have it packaged with other products to give better value for the money."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"Citrix SD-WAN's knowledge base has a few missing things, so you may need to seek help from support."
"Enhancements are needed to improve the stability."
"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."
"Reporting is an area that can be improved, as there are some features that are lacking with the reporting aspect."
"They need to start focusing on the security functionality. They should find a way to embed the next-generation firewall functionality within the architecture. They should move more into applying SASE tenants to what they're doing."
"In the future, we would like to have more capacity using this solution as there are limitations on the VCE. For example, only 50 tunnels can be supported currently but we would like to have 200 tunnels using the VeloCloud VCE device."
"There is still room for improvement in support and security, especially in enhancing the SASE aspect of the platform."
"The cost of VeloCloud could be lowered."
"Security is a challenge. I would like to see VMware add things like IPS, IDS, and web filtering. These features are the future of security, and most competing firewalls have them."
"If you don't have an Internet connection, you can’t control it."
"I would like to see more features added to increase visibility."
Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 9th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 3rd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 50 reviews. Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. 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 VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Cato SASE Cloud Platform, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Citrix SD-WAN vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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