We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"This product contributed to a huge benefit in our bottom line on operational costs."
"They're known for their ease of use and ubiquitous management platform that covers everything. Meraki really excels in plug-and-play solutions. You just plug it up, and everything works. All of the components—the firewall/router, the switches, the access points, the cameras—work very nicely together, and they all can be managed from one platform. That is probably their biggest selling point. Everything comes in one ubiquitous package, and you don't have to manage different components from different platforms. You can see everything from one platform."
"The solution is scalable."
"The Meraki interface is really well driven and very mature."
"We have found the product to be quite scalable."
"I can manage it very well and in a very easy way."
"The most interesting feature is the amount of information you can get from overseeing the system from a centralized place."
"The solution has many features available."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"This vendor has issues with the supply chain that need to be improved."
"The blocklist on the Cisco Meraki side isn't complete or very large. We'd like to see them update and expand this."
"The security and upgrading could improve in this solution."
"There could be more options for integration between other devices — sort of being able to more easily make everything integrated in one solution."
"You need to have internet access to configure the solution. You cannot do it locally, there should be a local option."
"The solution is scalable for mid-tier deployments, but not for major ones."
"I think they should enhance the security."
"Perimetral security for new requirements on financial networks and DRP systems, like SAP."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 4th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN. See our Juniper Contrail Networking vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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