Aruba Orchestrator vs SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN comparison

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We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator and SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The technical support services are excellent.""The most valuable feature is optimization.""Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned.""The product has reduced OpEx expenditure.""The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature."

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"The analytics is the most valuable feature because it was very granular and very comprehensive, although a little complicated to use. If you're really interested in knowing what's happening on your network, it's a very good solution. That was the .NET Profiler part of the solution."

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Cons
"The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users.""Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security.""They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality.""The solution lacks sufficient security features.""The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment."

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"The routing scalability needs improvement. We have run into a lot of limitations and also primarily from a routine perspective, things like RSPs line support. It was supportive but not really supportive."

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  • "I think it is quite expensive compared to other vendors in the market because it depends on what kind of features you really want to acquire in the product."
  • "The solution's licensing costs are yearly. It is not expensive, and I rate it around three to four out of ten."
  • "I rate the platform’s pricing a five out of ten."
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    Also Known As
    Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator, Unity Orchestrator
    SteelConnect, Riverbed SteelConnect
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    Overview

    Aruba Orchestrator has an intuitive interface that allows you to centrally define, assign, and enforce policies across the WAN. Network managers experience the highest quality of experience to:

    Centrally define, assign and enforce policies based on business intent to secure and control all application traffic across the WAN.

    Orchestrator dashboards provide real time visibility into SD-WAN health and performance in a single screen, monitoring traffic throughput along with loss, latency and jitter across overlays and underlays.

    Maintain the highest levels of application performance by automatically assigning application and security policies across 100s or 1000s of sites, including automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    Central orchestration of network functions including SD-WAN routing, firewall, segmentation, WAN optimization, application visibility and control, and automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    Accelerate business velocity with enterprise-class SD-WAN. As enterprises and organizations adopt more cloud and SaaS applications to support an increasingly distributed workforce, the hybrid networks connecting it all have been more complex, less predictable and less secure.

    Riverbed SteelConnect EX is a powerful enterprise SD-WAN solution that integrates best-in-class routing, application acceleration, network visibility, and security services – a flexible and complete WAN Edge platform that gives you what you need to modernize your network and propel your business in the digital age.

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    Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 15th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 5 reviews while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is ranked 24th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.6, while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Reduces OpEx expenditure but needs improvement in security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN writes "Analytics feature is very granular and comprehensive, although complicated to use". Aruba Orchestrator is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and VMware SD-WAN, whereas SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is most compared with Steelhead, Cisco SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN.

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