Peplink SpeedFusion offers robust LTE connectivity, a virtual VPN concentrator on AWS, and seamless WAN disconnection handling for efficient communications, making it ideal for large organizations.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Peplink SpeedFusion | 3.6% |
| Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN | 10.7% |
| Fortinet FortiGate | 9.5% |
| Other | 76.2% |
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| Category | Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions | Jun 22, 2026 | Download |
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| Comparison | Peplink SpeedFusion vs Fortinet FortiGate | Jun 22, 2026 | Download |
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| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiGate | 4.2 | 9.5% | 92% | 592 interviewsAdd to research |
| Cloudflare One | 4.3 | 3.7% | 100% | 23 interviewsAdd to research |
Peplink SpeedFusion is essential for connecting branches to headquarters through SD-WAN, enhancing site-to-site connectivity, and ensuring stable file transfers. Supporting dual ISPs for load balancing, SpeedFusion offers network resilience and is favored for VPN capabilities, often using Balance hardware models and cloud-based fusion hubs.
What key features does Peplink SpeedFusion provide?Peplink SpeedFusion is widely implemented in municipal offices, enhancing collaboration and communication across buildings and vehicles. It ensures uninterrupted video and audio broadcasting, stabilizes operations for internal applications, and efficiently manages redundancy across different locations by leveraging dual ISPs for optimal load balancing.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| IT Officer at Department of Education - Philippines | 5.0 | I use Peplink SpeedFusion in the Philippines for effective VPN connectivity in my organization, promoting collaboration and remote updates. It needs better bandwidth aggregation and scalability. Despite some needs, it's cost-effective, enhancing prompt report submissions and minimizing manpower. |
| Field data engineer at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees | 4.5 | I find Peplink SpeedFusion ideal for managing site networks with its valuable virtual VPN concentrator on platforms like AWS. However, it needs better heat dissipation for improved stability. It's user-friendly, providing long-term ROI despite room for improvement. |
| Senior Technical Engineer at Netplay Inc | 4.5 | We use Peplink SpeedFusion for stable connections between our headquarters and branch offices. Its link-bonding feature ensures uninterrupted file transfers. Although it needs improved security features, its SD-WAN profile effectively addresses packet loss and latency concerns. |
| Product Development Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees | 4.0 | I find Peplink excellent for robust LTE connectivity, unique bandwidth bundling, and stable failover, ideal for flexible branch-to-HQ connections. However, it lacks advanced security features like a next-gen firewall compared to competitors. |
| Network & Security Engineer, Team Lead at Crescendo Technology Ltd. | 4.0 | I am happy with this solution, which uses SpeedFusion for high availability and increased bandwidth across dual ISPs. It's easy to deploy and offers great value, though hardware support could be improved. I rate it an eight out of ten. |
| CEO at DeepBlue | 4.0 | I recommend Peplink SpeedFusion for connectivity, praising its core SpeedFusion feature, stability, and scalability. Setup is easy, support good. My main concerns are the high pricing and the need for application-based policies and stronger firewall. |
| Business Analyst & IT Advisor at a consultancy with 51-200 employees | 4.0 | I reduced my enterprise's connectivity costs from $0.43M to $0.23M and boosted speed using this user-friendly technology. Setup was easy; ROI is under 1.5 years. It's a superior, cost-effective alternative. |
| Director Of Sales And Business Development at a tech services company with 1-10 employees | 5.0 | I find Peplink SpeedFusion's features like van moving, bonding, aggregation, and hot failover impressive for ensuring network resilience. While the enterprise segment could improve, the current solutions are modern, and I'm eager to explore specialized mobility options. |
I use Peplink SpeedFusion for VPN purposes.
In the Philippines, VPN usage may not be widely known, but we leverage VPN effectively within my organization. I've shared our in-house systems with other district offices, as I cover fifteen municipalities and cater to the entire province. This platform is a valuable tool for us, enabling collaborative work, and allowing us to update our services remotely.
The product needs to aggregate the bandwidth of different ISPs. It needs to improve scalability as well.
I have been working with the product for more than a year.
I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten.
I rate Peplink SpeedFusion's scalability a nine out of ten. My company has 300 users, who use it daily.
The technical team is very responsive.
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I rate the product's deployment a ten out of ten. Its management and maintenance is easy. The deployment team consisted of two supplier resources and my staff. You need two resources to handle the maintenance.
A supplier helped us with the solution's deployment.
The product is worth its money. Regarding value, our ability to submit reports on time is crucial, especially since it's implemented in a government office where the benefit isn't monetary. The device brings the advantage of reduced hassle and fast report submission. I rate its ability to get ROI a ten out of ten. The product minimizes the need for manpower.
I rate Peplink SpeedFusion's pricing an eight out of ten.
I recommend the product because it is highly effective in the Philippines setup, especially when the Internet connection is intermittent. I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
The primary use case for Peplink SpeedFusion is to manage sites. For example, Where I may have a cellular satellite or a do-away solution, and I'm gonna switch over for redundancy.
Peplink SpeedFusion sure beats Sierra Networks VPN solution and is easier for most people that don't understand VPN or SD-WAN. So through the solution's management, we only have to click and drag, and it'll automatically set up the VPN tunnel for somebody that's not familiar with it. The biggest thing is for people that aren't familiar with command line configuration. Some of the new IT people are lacking in some skill sets and the solution helps because they don't have to understand it. All they need to do is point, click, and drag to the other device and Peplink SpeedFusion sets up the VPN for them.
The most valuable feature is the virtual VPN concentrator. We can put it on AWS or Google Web Services, and we can run it on Hyper V. That was one of the biggest things in the early two thousand that I liked that a lot of people didn't have at the time.
The cost per feature that is included makes Peplink SpeedFusion a better choice.
Peplink SpeedFusion needs a thin rail model for industrial solutions.
The stability has room for improvement. Peplink SpeedFusion needs to have a heavy-duty heat sink on the case to perform better. Generally, what I found is that devices that have a heat sink on a case or, more weight on a case to absorb the heat, perform a little better. I get some areas where I'm right at the hundred and fifty degrees. So I've had a few failures not many, but I found more failures than a Cisco ISO eleven or a Moxa router. Those solutions have more mass to absorb the heat. Most failures have a lot to do with the case. That's why a lot of people have a hard time pushing Peplink SpeedFusion, and they want to move to Cradlepoint because they have a much more ruggedized case.
I have been using the solution for 16 years.
The solution is not stable.
I give the scalability of the solution a six out of ten.
The clients that installed the solution back in 2008 are still using it and they like it because it is easy for them to use. They were nontechnical people with some communications skills, but they weren't network administrators, and they were able to configure Peplink SpeedFusion and do it well. Fifteen years later, they are still using Peplink SpeedFusion and there is definitely a return on investment.
The cost is in the middle, a five out of ten. Peplink SpeedFusion has stuff that is less expensive, and they have stuff more expensive, but they're pretty much in the middle. There is a good balance between values and features, and we can buy some of the gateway devices for half the cost of other solutions.
I give the solution a nine out of ten. Peplink SpeedFusion itself if we have the license in the product and that product supports the Peplink SpeedFusion port, which is basically two tunnels built up, and then they changed the routing, it actually works really well.
Peplink SpeedFusion added BGP and OSPS in the virtual appliance. This is great because it gives me more options for routing and network configuration. Peplink SpeedFusion ran its own version of the routing protocol, so those features and the VLANs inside of the virtual appliance were unavailable to me. But they've since added it, so now I can use them.
Peplink SpeedFusion is definitely one of the few solutions that have really good documentation, to where I've never had to call for support unless we have a feature not working. I was using Peplink SpeedFusion routing at the time, and their VP didn't have the BGP in their VPN concentrator for the virtual VPN appliances. Now Peplink SpeedFusion has all that stuff. So back then, between 2008 and the present times, the way people scale out their SD-WAN solutions changed. These new IT people are a bit different, and they want it one way - pretty much the Cisco way. They're not going to use other solutions.
Peplink SpeedFusion is a cost-effective solution for someone who may have less skill set and or it's new to doing SD-WAN solutions. Peplink SpeedFusion is cost-effective, and it's easy to deploy and easy to manage. But all vendors claim that every last one of them has a solution now, and they pretty much CreatePoint has copied Peplink. We have Mushroom networks which were at the time their main competitor, but more than twice the cost. CreatePoint is trying to get into that area as well. There are so many solutions out there. It's unbelievable.
We host our internal application and require stable connections to our branch offices, each equipped with a minimum of two ISPs. In our headquarters, we have three. A notable feature of the solution is its link-banding. Unlike other VPNs, it ensures uninterrupted file transfers even if the primary connection or tunneling is disrupted, eliminating downtime in downloading or uploading files.
The valuable feature is that, after reading about its capabilities and using it for a while, Peplink SpeedFusion employs eight technologies within its SD-WAN profile, addressing issues like packet loss and latency. This comprehensive approach significantly reduces concerns from both customers and employees regarding communication and application.
There is room for improvement in enhancing security features, such as incorporating intrusion detection blocking capabilities and integrating artificial intelligence to bolster security aspects on the device. However, regarding security, it's worth noting that it is a full-fledged SD-WAN device, not a firewall.
We have been using the solution since 2018.
The solution is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten.
Currently, our entire organization relies on the connectivity provided by PepLink SpeedFusion in terms of SD-WAN technologies. Approximately, we have around a hundred people spread across our sites - 60 in the head office, 20 in the first branch, and another 20 in the second branch. We use it daily for all our systems, and the interconnectivity through our Peplink SpeedFusion SD-WAN device is centralized, ensuring excellent connectivity for all.
The support team gives quick response and efficient local support.
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Our vendor deployed the solution for us.
If your headquarters hosts critical applications and you have multiple sites, Peplink SpeedFusion SD-WAN technology proves efficient and effective in prioritizing these crucial applications over VPN.
Our primary use case is for connecting the other SD-WAN. It's used for connecting from branches to headquarters. Peplink is very strong in the device for connecting within the LTE, within the SIM console. Peplink can deploy on everything, on the building, the vehicle, mobile transportation; it's very flexible.
An advantage of the solution is Peplink is very strong if we want to use it as an LTE connection.
A disadvantage for Peplink maybe the features are not as strong as those of their competitors. For example, the security itself, still uses very light web filtering and a firewall. They don't have a next-generation firewall, UTM, like the other competitors. That's the disadvantage.
I have been using the solution for the last two years.
My impression is that the solution is stable. The solution has four key features, that maybe the other competitors don't have yet. The first is a secure VPN. It's like IPsec, but their system can be more secure and already comply with PCI DSS, so we can use the Peplink solution in banking. Yeah. And then the second is if we have two or more uplinks running on Peplink and one of the links is down or broken. It'll be automatic over without breaking any session for the internet.
The third is WAN smoothing. WAN smoothing is the feature from Peplink to ensure the latency is quite low. It's very useful for a broadcasting company that needs low latency. And the latest is the bandwidth bundling, which I don't think the other competitors have these features yet. So if we have two uplinks with 10 megabits per second and 20 megabits per second, it can be bundled in two 30 megabits per second. Maybe not really 30, but maybe 28 or 27 megabits per second. It can be combined, if we bundle for the uplink. That is definitely the beauty of the feature of Peplink.
As far as the initial setup, I think all SD-WAN companies will have deployment as simple as possible. The SD-WAN itself, already has zero-touch provisioning technology. We will do the pre-configuration before we send a box out with the device. After the device arrives at the location, they just power on, plug in the internet connection, and the device will load the configuration automatically, based on what we did in the pre-configuration. Peplink already adopted zero-touch provisioning. It's very simple for onboarding.
For the licensing, I think Peplink has mostly perpetual licensing, which is good for customers that don't want an annual or subscription-based license. Any additional license that Peplink offers is perpetual-based. Maybe only extended warranty, to extend per year or per two years.
Other competitors that I have hands-on experience with are Nuage Networks from Nokia, Fortinet SD-WAN, and also the latest is Versa Network. Versa has broad features for the NG Firewall, for the UTM, for SASE, and so on. The features are very enriched for Versa. But Peplink has another feature that Versa doesn't have; it's the bandwidth bundling itself. So comparing Versa and Peplink, I think it depends on the customer itself. If the customer needs a device that has many embedded LTE slots, Peplink will match and comply with the solution. But if the customer needs a very rich feature for the SD-WAN, Versa will comply with the requirement.
When I offer the Peplink solution to a customer, I will ask how much throughput they will use for the branches and the office, and how many uplinks. What kind of uplink, and how many users are at the branch and at the head office. Based on that information, I will calculate and find the suitable device for what they need. I make a product by bundling with many services in the telecom.
My advice that I would say to potential customers is if the customer wants to build the SD-WAN, consider the security. Consider the uplink, the LTE for the bandwidth that can be upgraded, or the bundling; Peplink is the solution. But if the customer is looking for a solution with rich security, next-generation firewall, or can be moved to SASE solution, Peplink cannot do that.
I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
We're implementing this solution on all our sites. Basically, we want to utilize both ISPs that we have. In the past, we've only used active standby. Whenever we have outages, we want it to be seamless to be able to use the other connection with the other one being down.
We have two different models that we use. For the offices, we use Balance 380, and for our data center, we use Balance 710. We also have a fusion hub installed in the cloud for Azure and AWS.
Right now, it is sitting in front of our firewalls. All of our sites have dual ISPs. So, we are load balancing the internet traffic, and we are using SpeedFusion between the sites.
It allowed us to be able to use both ISP connections at pretty much double the bandwidth. It also provided us the high availability. If one ISP goes down, it is usually transparent, so the users don't notice.
The SpeedFusion feature is good. It allowed us to move away from IPsec between the sites. It is also a really easy product to deploy.
Their hardware support isn't the greatest. We've had one unit go down, and it took a while for them to replace it. It was in the Caribbeans, so it might be a location-related issue.
I have been using this solution for a year or so.
It is not bad.
I can't really answer that. We do have multiple sites, but we have devices at each site, and I don't see any problems adding more sites to it. Our deployment is not too complicated, basically just combining the ISPs and using Speedfusion. Through our sites, we have about 300 to 400 users.
We have two sites left on which we would like to implement the Peplinks, and we've already migrated all of our other sites.
Their support has been okay. It's just the hardware support that needs to be better. It took a while for them to replace a unit.
This is our first SD-WAN type solution.
It is fairly easy to set up. Our first deployment took about two months from purchase to implementation. We had to reconfigure the firewall so that the Peplinks sit in front of it, and we moved the IPsec connections from the firewall to the Peplinks to handle IPsec, and then we enabled the load balancing and SpeedFusion.
We just use Google and their support pages. We currently have a team of seven for its deployment and maintenance.
The return on investment is having gained the additional bandwidth without having more expenses because we were already paying for them anyway. We pretty much cut it in half if we were to double it.
Its licensing fee is on a yearly basis. For the price, it is actually pretty good value.
It is probably one of the better values out there as compared to the other solutions. Although we haven't evaluated the other ones, the cost itself is what drove us to the solution. So far, we're happy with it.
I would rate Peplink SpeedFusion an eight out of ten.
We use it for site-to-site connectivity and for video and audio broadcasting.
The SpeedFusion feature is the most valuable.
Its pricing is the main issue. The pricing could be improved.
I would like to see an outbound policy based on the application. It is a very good feature, and most of the customers are looking for that. They can also include stronger firewall features. This would help the customers in choosing this product as the only device for the SD network.
I have been using Peplink SpeedFusion for more than ten years.
It is perfect.
Its scalability is very good. We have had around 300 users. Most of them are IT managers.
Their technical support is very good.
We did not try other solutions.
The initial setup is very straightforward.
We deploy it ourselves. We are a systems integrator and reseller.
It has lifetime licensing. Its pricing is high for most of the markets.
I would recommend this solution. I would advise starting with the trial version of Peplink SpeedFusion, and if it meets the requirements, you can buy the product.
I would rate Peplink SpeedFusion an eight out of ten.
What is special in this device is that it can handle situations if there are any disconnections on one of the WAN connections.
Also, it is so user-friendly and there are lots of monitoring system features.
In our enterprise, we have more than 80 branches and also an HQ that needs to have a 24/7 connection. Before they were using MPLS connections for all of the branches and the HQ, so the price was really high, i.e., around 0.43$ million per year for 4 Mbps for the HQ, 512 kbps for the biggest branch and 256 kbps for all the other branches. With this technology, we were able to reduce expenses from 0.43$ million to 0.23$ million per year.
Also, the speed was increased (x5) by changing expensive MPLS to a simple, low-price connection like ADSL and using the cellular data network as a backup connection.
There is a clear light at the end of the tunnel with this technology, by adding some other options just in the monitoring system and reducing the prices.
I have been using this technology for about eight months for an enterprise.
We just had some simple problems with other partners (they were not experts and also not organized for proof of concept, POC).
There were no stability issues.
There were no scalability issues.
Customer service is fine, but over these months we did not have many problems.
Technical Support:Some of the partners, especially in the Middle East, are not fine.
This is a new technology for this purpose altogether.
The setup is completely easy and straightforward.
We have implemented it both with a vendor team and in-house. A vendor (Advantesco) is really expert in this technology and we have also set up the devices in-house, too.
This project is really huge, but with all the ROI calculations, it will be less than 1.5 years.
Do all WAN calculations and prepare the future network diagram to reduce unnecessary expenses.
We had tried some of the available similar solutions, like Cisco, Citrix, etc., but they are so complex and expensive.
It is easy and useful; you can reduce your connectivity expenses with this technology.
We find the technology for van moving, van bonding, van aggregation, and hot failover, and all these exciting features provide network resilience and connectivity. We are excited to present them to our customers.
Overall, all the features are excellent, and we look forward to showcasing them.
I believe there could be some enhancements in the enterprise segment, offering greater options or something similar. I'm not entirely certain. The current offerings are quite up to date, and now we're venturing into the specialized mobility space, so that's something we are looking forward to.
We've been a distributor for over five or six years now, promoting this technology and its associated products since then.
It is a very stable product. I would rate it ten out of ten wherever it is deployed. It works wonders. So I would give it a perfect score.
It works wonders. So I'll give it a perfect ten.
The product is available on an order basis. So, on a scale of ten, I would rate it nine. It's highly scalable.
I would rate it a nine out of ten.
Technical support is readily available. If there are any issues, we can easily reach out to the OEM for assistance. So that hasn't been an issue.
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The initial setup is easy. The solution can be deployed both on-prem and cloud. It can be deployed in both ways. If we have on-premises devices, then it's on-premises. If not, it's through the cloud using FusionHub and other tools. That's how it gets deployed.
I would say it's not cheap, but it is highly competitive. It leans towards the higher end in terms of pricing, but it justifies the cost.
There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees like warranties. The product comes with a default one-year warranty. After the initial one year, an additional warranty can be purchased, which incurs an additional cost for the customer.
I would rate it a perfect ten. It's an excellent product. My advice would be that this technology is robust and highly exciting. If you need supercharged and unbreakable connectivity, incorporating SpeedFusion into your network planning is essential. It is a wonderful technology that performs well and is easy to deploy.
