Meraki SD-WAN vs Prisma SD-WAN comparison

"The management system is one of the best available."

"Zero touch configuration onsite based on the manager system's pre-configuration and the VPN automation set."

"The redundancy feature of Meraki SD-WAN has most significantly enhanced network performance."

"The solution has a great UI."

"The solution is scalable."

"I can manage it very well and in a very easy way."

"The most valuable feature is application awareness."

"A lot of our customers really enjoy the Meraki Dashboard."

"Overall, I would rate Prisma SD-WAN an eight out of ten."

"I like the link monitoring and analytics. These are the features that set Prisma apart from other products. Prisma works well with large, complex networks. One of my clients is a top bank in the United States, and Prisma has performed well for that customer."

"The gateway is available on the cloud which allows you access from anywhere and still connects to your home gateway."

"Prisma SD-WAN offers capabilities such as path selection based on Layer 7 attributes and application quality of service at the application level."

"The AI ops feature streamlines revisions and automates compliance."

"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass, especially since we have Palo Alto firewalls."

"Prisma's analytics provide a lot of valuable data. I like the internet health chart that shows latency, dropped packets, MOS for data quality, etc. It also runs a continuous speed test in the background. I've used it multiple times to troubleshoot internet connections when the service provider has attempted to claim nothing is wrong with the circuit. It gives me data to send them showing we're not getting the speed we should, or there is constant packet loss."

"Prisma SD-WAN is an absolutely stable solution."

"If Meraki obtains the technology to provide network assistance, then it can implement it manually in Meraki SD-WAN."

"This solution can only support up to two WAN ports."

"Warm spare is a good failover solution but Meraki could do something more to handle failovers better."

"The only area for improvement in Meraki SD-WAN is its licensing model, as well as its cost structure."

"The integration with other tools must be improved."

"The security and upgrading could improve in this solution."

"The tool has challenges with features like multiple-link support, which currently only supports up to three links. Additionally, it doesn't offer router integration, and forward error correction is another missing feature. The scalability of Meraki SD-WAN is good, but there are limitations to the performance of the concentrator devices, especially in larger deployments. While the cloud scale is not an issue, the performance of the devices in branches and data centres is limited."

"It should be easier to install BGP and it should have a better backup."

"Accessibility could be improved. Any new person attempting to access Prisma will have difficulty. It doesn't have CLI available."

"We are incorporating their zone-based firewalls. Prisma SD-WAN has limited documentation on how it manipulates traffic, e.g., how it is interacting with TCP and UDP. We recently had some traffic that was black holing. We literally had to do packet captures to see that the new zone-based firewall, which runs on top of Prisma SD-WAN, was causing issues."

"The pricing for Prisma SD-WAN needs improvement."

"Prisma SD-WAN requires a more seamless integration with other Palo Alto solutions, like Prisma Access."

"Prisma SD-WAN requires a more seamless integration with other Palo Alto solutions, like Prisma Access."

"There are two parallel things that we want Palo Alto to work on. First, customers want a unified appliance that does the work of all firewalls in addition to SD-WAN. Second, the cloud presence should be completely automated. If I purchase the SASE architecture, I shouldn't worry about deployments in Prisma Access or on Prisma SD-WAN. It should be deployed in one go."

"If Palo Alto could open the platform to manage other SD-WANs, it would be beneficial."

"Sometimes, during the product's initial setup phase, bypass pair or couple ports don't come up normally, and it requires an hour and a half to troubleshoot to reset the box from Prisma SD-WAN to factory default."

"From the perspective of the customer, the price is not terribly cost-effective."

"I don't have information on the exact cost of Meraki SD-WAN, but I'd rate it a three out of five just because the licensing model is very much associated with the Meraki solution."

"The licensing fees are approximately $1,000 USD annually."

"The product's price falls under the mid-range category, especially if we consider the new licensing model. The tool is not cheap anymore."

"The solution's pricing is in line with what we expected."

"There are no licensing costs for the product subscription."

"If you purchase a Meeraki box, you have to purchase a license, and it's already the basic license, you will have you SD-WAN included."

"The solution is a bit expensive when compared to other products."

"Prisma SD-WAN is a pretty expensive solution."

"If you're already invested in a Palo Alto product, it would be logical to use this solution. If not, there might be some other solutions that are more viable in terms of pricing."

"This solution stood out because it cost considerably less than the other SD-WAN solutions out there from Cisco."

"It is more expensive than Fortinet."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."