"Some clients only want DNS security, while others want more of the advanced features that it has available."
"Provides dependable DNS monitoring of external devices."
"Cisco Umbrella is absolutely stable."
"Helps block personal email accounts."
"It is a good cloud-based solution for DNS security."
"Overall, it is a very good solution. It is a simple solution and very easy to set up."
"It enables us to go granular in the customization of blocking some categories on the DNS."
"Web proxy adds an effective layer for security."
"The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"I haven't had any trouble, and practically forget that I'm using it."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation."
"It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything."
"The scalability is quite good."
"It's a pretty straightforward solution."
"The service they provide is very stable and is the main influencer of why customers purchase this solution."
"VMware has been chosen by many of our customers who do not want to do a lot of complex routing in their environment and want a very easy-to-use solution. The most valuable features are simple troubleshooting, Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO), and cybersecurity."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is manageability."
"I would absolutely recommend VeloCloud because it's user-friendly and because the integration is easier than with other solutions."
"The cloud gateway is a very good feature for scaling purposes, etc."
"VMware SD-WAN is a complete solution."
"It is very simple to configure. When you use the cloud to configure the equipment, it has zero-touch provisioning."
"They have a lot of built-ins. There are so many applications defined inside the solution. It makes it so that we don't have to create some policies. Each and every application is already defined in it."
"The price could be better. The price is definitely a bit high, but we have to pay a premium for Cisco products."
"One of the issues with Umbrella is as you get into endpoint detection and response, such as EDR point solutions, some of them will not integrate well with Umbrella. Sometimes when you want to use technology, such as Always On VPN, it will not work. There are some looming issues as one type of technology starts to crossover with Umbrella. That is the challenge and Umbrella should find a way to be more compatible with some of the endpoint response solutions that are coming out on the market."
"User interface could be a little smoother and more intuitive."
"It could be more secure. It would be better if they provided a transferring proxy as an add-on and more integration."
"The reporting could be improved by way of the information that's displayed. For example, when you pull a report, it shows an internal employee going to many websites, but you can spin that right down by saying a lot of it is being cached."
"Actually, we recently switched over to Zscaler because it has more features and it's more scalable than Cisco Umbrella."
"There are cheaper solutions in the market"
"I would like to see more integration between Cisco Umbrella and Cisco DNA Center."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"The price could be better."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do."
"We would like the product to continue to improve its security."
"The firewall can be more advanced."
"VeloCloud could improve its integration capabilities with other solutions."
"It needs better security."
"In the future, we would like to have more capacity using this solution as there are limitations on the VCE. For example, only 50 tunnels can be supported currently but we would like to have 200 tunnels using the VeloCloud VCE device."
"There is no security included, which is something that should be improved."
"The security of the firewall should be improved. It would be a good idea to have a standalone product with better security."
"In an upcoming release, they should allow customers the flexibility to use mobile applications where they can go and check on the information about their networks. A lot of vendors, such as Meraki, have a lot more integration with the use of portals to a mobile application. Having this feature as an alternative to logging into a laptop would be beneficial. If you are a SaaS-based company why not make a mobile application as well. You might not be able to do configurations but at least monitor while away or on vacation."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
Cato Networks is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 6 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 3rd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 24 reviews. Cato Networks is rated 9.2, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cato Networks writes "Easy to deploy, easy to manage, and helpful for network stability and reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "Scalable, has DMPO to ensure data integrity, good technical support, and zero-touch set up". Cato Networks is most compared with Zscaler SASE, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, Netskope CASB and Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN, Meraki SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Skyhigh Security. See our Cato Networks vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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