VMware VeloCloud and Meraki compete in the SD-WAN category, where VMware's superior link monitoring and optimization give it an edge in network performance. Meraki stands out in user-friendly features and deployment simplicity.
Features: VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN provides Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO) for real-time link quality management, zero-touch provisioning simplifying deployment, and cloud gateways for better scalability. Meraki SD-WAN offers an intuitive user dashboard, Auto VPN for easy network setup, and effective traffic prioritization for business environments.
Room for Improvement: VMware VeloCloud's security offerings need enhancement, and its global gateway presence could be more expansive. The integration with security vendors is limited. Meraki SD-WAN requires improved WAN optimization, better security features, and the high pricing model could be a barrier for smaller enterprises.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware VeloCloud offers deployment flexibility across various environments but suffers from inconsistent technical support. Meraki SD-WAN is praised for straightforward deployment, supported by a robust cloud-centric management interface, though its customer support faces delays due to supply chain issues.
Pricing and ROI: VMware VeloCloud pricing is higher, sometimes seen as cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses despite its network management features. Meraki also uses a costly subscription model reflecting Cisco's strategy, but provides cost-effective options compared to other high-end solutions, justifying costs with operational efficiencies improving ROI.
Software-defined WAN is a new approach to network connectivity that lowers operational costs and improves resource usage for multi-site deployments, allowing network administrators to use bandwidth more efficiently and ensure the highest possible level of performance for critical applications without sacrificing security or data privacy. For more information on deploying and configuring SD-WAN on the Meraki MX Security Appliance, see the Meraki SD-WAN Deployment Guide.
VMware Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a secure access service edge (SASE) platform that combines many types of software-based network technologies in an attempt to enable users to virtualize their wide area networks and reduce their reliance on hardware. In essence, this solution makes it possible for users to reliably access their applications from anywhere in the world by leveraging cloud technologies. Users can simply, efficiently, and completely control their network devices and traffic. It ensures that organizations are always able to use the best possible connection to their data centers. VMware SD-WAN steers traffic so that it is always using the most reliable connections and at the same time takes steps to remediate any problems that it detects in other network links. This guarantees that organizations can access high-priority applications at all times.
VMware SD-WAN Benefits
Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by deploying VMware SD-WAN include:
VMware SD-WAN Features
Reviews from Real Users
VMware SD-WAN is a solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Two major advantages it offers are its ability to automate the process of creating and maintaining a virtual local area network and its intuitive user dashboard.
Sami I., principal cloud architect at Loihe, writes, “One of the solution's most valuable features is the VMware core automation stack at an SDDC. It includes NSX, the VMware virtualization layer for the networks (the LAN virtualization), which works extremely well with the VMware SD-WAN solution and is the primary advantage over all the others. None of the other vendors could integrate with the virtual LAN, making it quite complicated and virtualized to be fully automated.”
Chih S., senior technical consultant at a tech services company, says, “The product has a very good user dashboard that is simple to navigate.”
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