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Offers an effective, user-friendly solution that's particularly well-suited for small business deployments
Meraki SD-WAN simplified branch network management for the organization. It's practically a set-and-forget solution. It just works. Once it's... Read more →
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  • "Meraki solutions come with a choice of several different subscription options including one year, three years, five years, seven years, and ten years."
  • "The licensing fees are approximately $1,000 USD annually."
  • "The pricing is fair, but if they can make it less it would be even more attractive."
  • "Any license you buy until January 2021 gets you an extra year for that purchase."
  • "like everything else, it's negotiable."
  • "If you purchase a Meeraki box, you have to purchase a license, and it's already the basic license, you will have you SD-WAN included."
  • "This solution is more expensive than competitors."
  • "From the perspective of the customer, the price is not terribly cost-effective."

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    What do you like most about Meraki SD-WAN?
    Top Answer:It's made managing our client's networks extremely easy, regardless of my location. Being able to hop on my cell phone to see what's happening on a client's network makes everything much more… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Meraki SD-WAN?
    Top Answer:For a pure SD-WAN solution, the pricing is competitive. However, our clients are on the lower tier in terms of budget, viewing IT more as a necessary expense rather than integral to their business… more »
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    What needs improvement with Meraki SD-WAN?
    Top Answer:It is effective and easy to set up, although a bit expensive, but it gets the job done with a simple configuration. However, Meraki isn't as flexible for more unique needs but works excellently within… more »
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    Overview
    IBM Networking Services for SDN help you design, deploy and manage virtualized, software defined networks for better agility, security and cost efficiency. IBM Networking Services for Software-defined Networks (SDN) help you transform your hardware and device-centric network to a virtual, software-defined network for improved agility, security and cost efficiency. It offers an unbiased approach to network transformation across multiple SDN technologies with network design, deployment and management services to build networks that support your application requirements and business needs. Key features include the following: Assess your network and develop a SDN strategy, Monitor and manage your network proactively, Deploy virtualized software-defined networks and Build, integrate and test SDN solutions.

    Software-defined WAN is a new approach to network connectivity that lowers operational costs and improves resource usage for multi-site deployments, allowing network administrators to use bandwidth more efficiently and ensure the highest possible level of performance for critical applications without sacrificing security or data privacy. For more information on deploying and configuring SD-WAN on the Meraki MX Security Appliance, see the Meraki SD-WAN Deployment Guide.

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    Educational Organization19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider10%
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    Comms Service Provider26%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm9%
    Educational Organization9%
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    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise41%
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    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    IBM SDN is ranked 14th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews. IBM SDN is rated 0.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". IBM SDN is most compared with VMware NSX and Aviatrix, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN.

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