We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions."The solution provides good consolidation, centralization, and manageability for edge routers."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a highly stable solution."
"The solution is great at aggregating the traffic and then sending it in one direction."
"The tool is stable, and its troubleshooting capabilities are good. It helps us identify and fix any issues. It simplifies VPN setup for both side-to-side and multisite connections. This allows for easier data sharing between main and branch offices, creating a local network feel even for distant sites."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The technical support is very responsive."
"The availability of services and combining different connections is most valuable."
"The best feature of this technology that is available to us is the ability to do better load-balancing."
"The ability to scale from different clouds. At the moment, the scalability of the product is the number one thing that I saw."
"Overall, for me, it's a good solution and has been working well."
"VMware NSX's overlay network is its most valuable feature, as it aligns with any network philosophy and allows for efficient addressing mechanisms. Additionally, the ability to extend the on-premise network into the provider space is beneficial. There are many features provided."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"The dashboard is comprehensive and easy to use."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"I have found VMware NSX to be easy to use."
"The most valuable features for us at this early stage are the interface and the integration with existing VMware solutions."
"Its license model needs to be improved. They always make the license model too complex. There are too many license models and too many options. They should have a flexible license model. They can improve a lot of things in terms of scalability, templates, and automation, mainly automation for onboarding a number of sites. If you want some new features, it can take quite a long time. If you want a feature and it is not yet developed, you need to have the support of the business units to have the feature developed. If the feature is not on their roadmap, it can take quite some time before you get the feature."
"The user interface needs to be more friendly."
"I would like to see revision cycles to be more stable."
"Customers require features that are secure for endpoints, on-premises, and for the cloud."
"Cisco's router and voice gateway has not been available since the launch of SD-WAN."
"It would be better if it provided more visibility. At present, we can't troubleshoot in real time."
"It is the best solution that I ever had, but there might be something better than this in the future."
"Cisco products are a little bit complicated, so making them a little bit easier would be an improvement."
"The integration with other brands is not the best."
"Some configuration maximums are limiting to the user, especially when it comes to the deployment of very, very large environments."
"There are sometimes mismatch in the control, the details and what you actually see on the transport note."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"The next release of NSX should try to make Kubernetes and container integration a little easier than it is now. It's quite a complicated process."
"It lacks full knowledge of physical side of the network topology."
"Since most people are very much used to physical networking, they find it difficult to use VMware NSX in the initial stage."
"We would to have a reverse proxy. This would add great value to the solution."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 2nd in Network Virtualization with 93 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Cradlepoint NetCloud, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Nutanix Flow Network Security, Illumio, Cisco ACI, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager.
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