We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Citrix SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Optimization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Silver Peak VX is the overall performance."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The tool is easy to configure due to the existing pre-configured templates. It is easy to manage compared to legacy systems, which takes time. We can complete a site within 30 minutes. The tool's best feature is outdoor onboarding. You need to bring the box to the site with the internet. It is a simple plug-and-play. The solution offers a zero-touch procedure."
"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."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"The tool's most valuable feature is bandwidth optimization."
"I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"The platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"The reliability of connectivity is most valuable."
"The stability is the main feature of Citrix SD-WAN. You can also upgrade the data packages or have less transmission."
"The most valuable feature is security, as it gives me the port bindings that cannot be accomplished using other solutions."
"They have a zero downtime failover mechanism, where, when there's a link failure or a link weakness, or bad link conditions, they provide the ability to fail back seamlessly."
"It allows us to use additional VPNs, offering more options compared to other VPN solutions."
"It lowered our Internet costs and gave me the flexibility to choose providers based on each location's connectivity."
"The solution is brilliant, the way it calculates its paths and trails is great."
"The most valuable feature of Citrix SD-WAN is customization. You are able to customize the solution to your needs."
"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."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement."
"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."
"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."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"The price is the only thing that could be improved. Citrix is not a cheap solution."
"Given that Citrix SD-WAN solved all our problems by providing us with everything we needed to unify communications with our branches and data centers, I cannot suggest anything further in terms of improvements."
"Citrix SD-WAN does not have the SD-WAN with one optimization in a single license. Other competitors have this option and it should be added to this solution."
"I would like to either see the price reduced or have it packaged with other products to give better value for the money."
"Even though the monitoring is pretty good, there is some room for improvement there."
"There are a few things that can be improved, are domain-based routing and the slowness of virtual parts, and it may be due to the wrong configuration, which we have been unable to find out."
"The price could be improved, it's an expensive solution."
"Overall, network security and next-generation firewall features are areas that they can improve on."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 1st in WAN Optimization with 19 reviews while Citrix SD-WAN is ranked 3rd in WAN Optimization with 21 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Citrix SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Citrix SD-WAN writes " A scalable solution for MCN controller but lacks technical supports, upgrades". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN and Cradlepoint NetCloud, whereas Citrix SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Steelhead, Meraki SD-WAN and Exinda. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Citrix SD-WAN report.
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