We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Cisco SD-WAN 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."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."
"The platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is the boost."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"The solution includes features for SD-WAN and WAN such as batch conditioning and optimization."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak VX is the overall performance."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product helps to aggregate network links. The tool increases security and makes it possible for you to have remote workers."
"SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself."
"The best feature of this technology that is available to us is the ability to do better load-balancing."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"The technical support is very responsive."
"It is very simple to deploy. It's a point-and-click type of deployment, so it's fairly simple."
"You can easily scale the product."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time."
"If compared with Cisco, then Aruba's pricing is very aggressive."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"We had some issues with Cisco SD-WAN but somehow we troubleshot it and things are going well. The issues have not been a large problem."
"The initial setup was not very straightforward, but it gets easier the more deployments you complete."
"They have taken away our ability to do what we are good at, which is working on the CLI, the interface right on the router. They have limited the commands so much that troubleshooting is nearly impossible."
"Cisco SD-WAN could improve on the ease of integration, the configuration should be easier. At the moment the process is more command line based and it would be better if it was able to be done through an interface."
"The solution is a bit complicated."
"One area for improvement in Cisco SD-WAN is reporting. The report needs to give more visibility to the customer. The security feature in Cisco SD-WAN also needs improvement, particularly if Cisco wants to challenge other brands, such as Fortinet."
"It would be better if it provided more visibility. At present, we can't troubleshoot in real time."
"The initial setup is complex and can be improved."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 8th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 11 reviews while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 42 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.4, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Very unique that SD-WAN and WAN optimization can be used for any hardware or software". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "The initial setup is complex, and the price is high, but it is scalable and stable". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Steelhead and Cato Networks, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, VMware SD-WAN and Cato Networks. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Cisco SD-WAN report.
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@Diyaspino, all three are overpriced.
Depending on what are you looking for, you may look at Fortinet or even check the latest Sophos offering.
There is a number of different postings on SD-WAN in the last few years. Once people learned that SD-WAN is an old VPN with a new user interface, they moved to a new buzzword.