We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Steelhead based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Optimization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX is the flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the long-distance performance of the application storage is easy and effective."
"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak VX is the overall performance."
"I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We had several clients that were paying $7,500 a month for an MPLS line for one single 10 megabit circuit and we were able to take that from $7,500 a month down to $500 a month for two 10 megabits circuits that added redundancy where before they did not have redundancy and it gave them a much better throughput."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX are we can register our customers and they can receive free training and all the solutions features."
"I find the most valuable to be the compression and exchange replication."
"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."
"The compression of Riverbed is very powerful. It can also handle large quantities of traffic."
"It is very easy to install the solution."
"TCP optimization... caches a particular TCP connection and the next time a user uses that connection he will reach the destination easily."
"The connectivity to speed is the valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities."
"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."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors."
"In future releases, I would like to see security features, so Aruba might need some firewalls, like other vendors."
"If compared with Cisco, then Aruba's pricing is very aggressive."
"Reporting is something that they can improve on."
"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."
"They should include a network switch in a future release."
"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"
"Application response time and network performance could be improved."
"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."
"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."
"One area for improvement is related to monitoring and visibility."
"The application response time of the solution can be improved."
"The product should offer more integration capabilities."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 1st in WAN Optimization with 19 reviews while Steelhead is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 22 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Steelhead is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Steelhead writes "Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN and Juniper Session Smart Router, whereas Steelhead is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, WAAS, Citrix SD-WAN, Noction IRP and Cisco SD-WAN. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Steelhead report.
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