We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Huawei Enterprise Routers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco is an industry leader, so customers have a high level of trust with the brand more-so than with some newcomers that might have some more revolutionary solutions, but no name recognition."
"The first part that we like is that we can reuse certain hardware, which is a valuable asset. You can use hardware SKUs that already exist in the network. The second part that we like is the integration with the cloud and the measurement of the cloud's quality. These are the two values that this solution gives as compared to other implementations that we have seen."
"The integration of Layer 3 and application routing is great."
"The most useful feature for our organization is the combination of on-prem and cloud-based deployments. We connect securely to our hybrid cloud using transit VPCs and cloud on-ramp for fast deployments."
"The user experience is pretty good."
"Cisco SD-WAN's most valuable feature is the ease of transition."
"Cisco SD-WAN's best features are the development of network links, application control, and bandwidth monitoring."
"I have found the solution's main features are its ability to be customized, network traffic classification, and has a wide range of features that can be set."
"The product has valuable support services."
"Internet access is a good feature."
"The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"The setup is simple."
"It is a robust and efficient solution."
"The solution offers good customer support and good performance."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"The product's application delivery feature needs improvement."
"The solution is very costly."
"When it comes to adding more security features, you need to add more RAM."
"Cisco SD-WAN could improve on the ease of integration, the configuration should be easier. At the moment the process is more command line based and it would be better if it was able to be done through an interface."
"Some configurations or procedures could be more user-friendly. Adding a bandwidth management feature would make Cisco SD-WAN more scalable and less resource-intensive."
"We have found that their SD-WAN has a lot of scope for improvement."
"The initial setup is complex and can be improved."
"Cisco SD-WAN doesn't have automation capabilities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and isn't IOT-based."
"Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it."
"We have encountered issues while integrating the product with Enterprise Management Systems. Huawei platform is good for Huawei but we face issues when we integrate it with other models."
"Syntax in the implementation process could be easier to understand for a new user or someone who doesn’t have prior experience using the product."
"The configuration is complex and should be simplified."
"The internet speed reduces throughout the day. The tool is not stable."
"Huawei Enterprise Routers can improve by enhancing their security. The software architecture and the operating system that runs on their router and the security capability are not as strong when compared to Cisco."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
"There isn't really any scalability potential."
Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 2nd in WAN Edge with 86 reviews while Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Citrix SD-WAN, whereas Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper MX Series Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch. See our Cisco SD-WAN vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers report.
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