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We performed a comparison between Huawei Enterprise Routers and Steelhead based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Huawei Enterprise Routers vs. Steelhead Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"Overall we have found the solution to be satisfactory.""I use the product to connect to various access points to extend my network.""There is a lot of information available about routers and how to configure Huawei Routers right now.""The most valuable features for us are NAT, ATS, server capabilities, VPN tunneling, and management.""The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives.""We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS.""The product has valuable support services.""The scalability is good."

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"I find the most valuable to be the compression and exchange replication.""The connectivity to speed is the valuable feature.""It is very easy to install the solution.""The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities.""TCP optimization... caches a particular TCP connection and the next time a user uses that connection he will reach the destination easily.""Scalable data referencing is a great feature.""SteelHead works from the application. I use it to optimize traffic from Amazon. It is mainly used for customers who need to increase the traffic to 33K. For other users, it has been more of an operation.""Steelhead is stable, and it can even help you avoid service interruption in the event of a power outage. If your hardware fails, technical support will replace your device quickly."

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Cons
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better bandwidth management, more granular web filtering, and portal authentication.""The product’s performance could be better.""Syntax in the implementation process could be easier to understand for a new user or someone who doesn’t have prior experience using the product.""Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it.""They should include features like IPS for security and response.""There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks.""It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed.""We have found we have to restart the routers or reconfigured them a lot of the time, this issue should improve. The quality of the hardware needs to be more durable."

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"One area for improvement is related to monitoring and visibility.""Steelhead's handling of encrypted traffic could be improved because it requires some complex configuration to optimize encrypted traffic, especially when working with Microsoft protocols for mail servers and VPN services""The application response time of the solution can be improved.""They should include a network switch in a future release.""The solution needs to have alert notifications.""The product should offer more integration capabilities.""If we load a primary firewall, the secondary firewall usually handles all the active connections, but in Riverbed, this isn't the case. We lose all the active connections at the moment of failure.""I would like to see improvement in the solution’s configuration and protocol aspects. We have got some configurations that are not set. I would also like to simplify the call detection of some protocols."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
  • "These routers are not too expensive."
  • "There is no licence for this solution, but the solution could be cheaper."
  • "The price of the solution is fair."
  • "There are additional licensing costs. I am aware of additional licenses and which services are added to the router."
  • "The tool's licensing is yearly."
  • "The solution's price is reasonable."
  • "The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
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  • "The solution is expensive and the service contacts are costly too. The cost of the device makes the value proposition borderline acceptable for us. The service contract fees we pay is approximately $30,000 annually."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS.
    Top Answer:Huawei Enterprise Routers’s cost is average. I rate its pricing a five out of ten.
    Top Answer:The solution's technical support could be improved. Huawei should find some local engineers who don't have time limitations.
    Top Answer:We just did an assessment for our 47 datacenters around North America. The top two enterprise-level network monitoring solutions were ExtraHop first, Riverbed SteelCenter second. Their negotiated cost… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities.
    Top Answer:The application response time of the solution can be improved.
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    Also Known As
    RIverbed Steelhead
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    Overview
    Huawei Enterprise Routers AR G3 Series Routers, the AR G3 all-in-one router series integrates multiple services including; routing, switching, 3G, WLAN, voice, and security functions in one device.

    Steelhead is the leading network optimization and application performance solution chosen by over 30,000 organizations worldwide. The performance of networks and applications directly impacts business productivity. Riverbed draws from nearly two decades of experience in driving network and application performance over Wide Area Networks with its flagship offering, SteelHead. SteelHead delivers the underlying technology that helps enterprises of all sizes maximize the efficiency and performance of the networks and applications used to run modern business. 

    SteelHead is proven to dramatically speed up the performance of applications anywhere in the organization while delivering the best end-user experience even under sub optimal network conditions. Reduce bandwidth utilization by up to 95%, deferring costly network bandwidth upgrades. Increase performance by up to 100x for on-premises applications.

    Sample Customers
    Bus Online, VisionChina Media Inc. (VisionChina), China Network Television (CNTV), Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, ABC, BovenIJ hospital
    ElAraby, SFK Leblanc, Bobst Group, Northwest Pipe Company, Halkbank, Tradebridge, EFG Hermes
    Top Industries
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    Engineering Company25%
    Educational Organization17%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    University7%
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    Government25%
    Energy/Utilities Company19%
    Construction Company6%
    Non Tech Company6%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Company Size
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    Huawei Enterprise Routers vs. Steelhead
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Huawei Enterprise Routers vs. Steelhead and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 23 reviews while Steelhead is ranked 15th in WAN Edge with 22 reviews. Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8, while Steelhead is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Steelhead writes "Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly". Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN and Juniper MX Series Routers, whereas Steelhead is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, WAAS, Citrix SD-WAN and Noction IRP. See our Huawei Enterprise Routers vs. Steelhead report.

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