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We performed a comparison between Cisco Piston Enterprise OS and Cradlepoint NetCloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."

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"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automatic failover.""It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it.""Cradlepoint NetCloud is very stable."

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"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."

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"The performance of group-based clouds should be enhanced.""In our situation, the initial setup was complex.""It is missing important settings options."

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  • "Cradlepoint's prices are on par with similar solutions."
  • "The annual cost is less than $200,000 yet more than $150,000.00."
  • "Yearly licenses are available."
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    Top Answer:It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it.
    Top Answer:They should change some of the configuration settings to enable it to act more as an SD-WAN box to view the traffic and who's connected to it and what they are doing it.
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    Piston Enterprise OS
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    Overview

    Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) is an enterprise grade cloud operating system meeting the security and governance needs of enterprises wanting to use OpenStack for their infrastructure services. pentOS is an OpenStack distro that builds on top of the OpenStack codebase adding some proprietary features to meet the security and governance needs of the enterprise customers.

    Cradlepoint’s NetCloud is an integrated platform that connects modern enterprises from the Edge to the cloud to ensure pervasive connectivity and greater availability. It combines advanced Enterprise Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Software-Defined Perimeter (SD-P) technologies that enable dynamic connectivity and network management of fixed branch locations, vehicles, and M2M/IoT deployments within one pane of glass platform.

    Sample Customers
    Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    City of San Antonio, Statue Cruises, Tour Dubai, St. David's Foundation, JBT, DSC Dredge
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    Government13%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Retailer9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 51st in Cloud Management while Cradlepoint NetCloud is ranked 18th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 3 reviews. Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0, while Cradlepoint NetCloud is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Piston Enterprise OS writes "A simple interface and helpful support for a solution that grows with us". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cradlepoint NetCloud writes "Simple to install and reliable, but technical support should improve their response time". Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with Abiquo, whereas Cradlepoint NetCloud is most compared with Peplink SpeedFusion, Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN and Abiquo.

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