Aruba Orchestrator vs Juniper Session Smart Router comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
HPE Aruba Networking Logo
301 views|184 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
Juniper Logo
2,501 views|1,588 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator and Juniper Session Smart Router 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Aruba Orchestrator vs. Juniper Session Smart Router Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"The technical support services are excellent.""The product has reduced OpEx expenditure.""The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature.""The most important feature is WAN optimization.""Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned.""The most valuable feature is optimization."

More Aruba Orchestrator Pros →

"As compared to the other major vendors in the SD-WAN market, such as VeloCloud, Cisco, and others, the tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated.""The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel.""The solution is especially Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based."

More Juniper Session Smart Router Pros →

Cons
"The management menu should be simplified.""The solution lacks sufficient security features.""The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment.""The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users.""They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality.""Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security."

More Aruba Orchestrator Cons →

"Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance.""The UI of the SSR conductor is the main part where improvements can be done. Today, for every configuration step, you have to do a series of clicks. What we are missing there are wizards. For example, I have two applications, and I want one application to be prioritized against the other. In such a case, a wizard for assigning policies to a service without configuring each step by hand would be very helpful. There should be an overhaul of the GUI of the conductor. The functionality they have got in the Mist portal should be baked into the conductor itself. It would be really great, but as we all know, that won't happen.""Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices and add additional Sassy deployments."

More Juniper Session Smart Router Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I think it is quite expensive compared to other vendors in the market because it depends on what kind of features you really want to acquire in the product."
  • "The solution's licensing costs are yearly. It is not expensive, and I rate it around three to four out of ten."
  • "I rate the platform’s pricing a five out of ten."
  • More Aruba Orchestrator Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "We are currently renegotiating the offer for the licenses and the license bundle model. The license for an ISP has to be different from the license for an end customer. This is something we are currently renegotiating with Juniper, but, of course, the pricing for the licensing is always an issue when you want to get more customers."
  • "It is a simple bandwidth-based license and the orchestration comes bundled with the solution by default."
  • More Juniper Session Smart Router Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions are best for your needs.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The technical support services are excellent.
    Top Answer:They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality. At present, we refer to available documentation and YouTube videos for the same. It is a time-consuming process.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel.
    Top Answer:Juniper Session Smart Router is not significantly cheaper than, for example, Cisco.
    Top Answer:Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance. Sometimes, there are glitches, especially with MTU issues that affect application communication, although this seems to… more »
    Ranking
    Views
    301
    Comparisons
    184
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    424
    Rating
    8.5
    Views
    2,501
    Comparisons
    1,588
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    769
    Rating
    8.3
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator, Unity Orchestrator
    128T Networking Platform, 128 Technology SD-WAN, Juniper SSR Series
    Learn More
    HPE Aruba Networking
    Video Not Available
    Overview

    Aruba Orchestrator has an intuitive interface that allows you to centrally define, assign, and enforce policies across the WAN. Network managers experience the highest quality of experience to:

    Centrally define, assign and enforce policies based on business intent to secure and control all application traffic across the WAN.

    Orchestrator dashboards provide real time visibility into SD-WAN health and performance in a single screen, monitoring traffic throughput along with loss, latency and jitter across overlays and underlays.

    Maintain the highest levels of application performance by automatically assigning application and security policies across 100s or 1000s of sites, including automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    Central orchestration of network functions including SD-WAN routing, firewall, segmentation, WAN optimization, application visibility and control, and automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    The 128T Networking Platform (128T) natively provides network-based security, control, and insight across data centers, wide-area networks (WAN), and edge locations for enterprises, service providers, and cloud companies alike. 128T is reshaping the way organizations design, deploy, and operate real-world networks by making them dramatically simpler, smarter, and more secure — it’s going to fix the router — and ultimately the network — as we know it.

    Sample Customers
    Information Not Available
    Revation Systems
    Top Industries
    No Data Available
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise63%
    Buyer's Guide
    Aruba Orchestrator vs. Juniper Session Smart Router
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Aruba Orchestrator vs. Juniper Session Smart Router and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 15th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 6 reviews while Juniper Session Smart Router is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 3 reviews. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.4, while Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Reduces OpEx expenditure but needs improvement in security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Session Smart Router writes "Tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, and as a partner, we get good support from them". Aruba Orchestrator is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Juniper Session Smart Router is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, NFX Series Network Services Platform, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Versa Cloud Services Gateway. See our Aruba Orchestrator vs. Juniper Session Smart Router report.

    See our list of best Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions vendors.

    We monitor all Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.