We performed a comparison between Juniper Session Smart Router and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about MikroTik, Cisco, Juniper and others in Routers."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution is especially Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel."
"As compared to the other major vendors in the SD-WAN market, such as VeloCloud, Cisco, and others, the tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated."
"I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good."
"The most valuable features of this solution are load balancing and the security possibilities you have."
"Meraki SD-WAN is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is application performance monitoring and being able to browse packets dynamically based on priorities."
"The auto VPN feature is important because it automates many tasks, making things simpler and faster. It helps with setting up devices and changing configurations without manual effort."
"Because it's a cloud-based network infrastructure, everything is done in the cloud, so I don't need to be on-site physically to be able to troubleshoot or resolve an issue. I can be anywhere and resolve an issue."
"The best feature we're using is the packet shaping."
"The solution's ability to prioritize traffic is its most valuable feature."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance."
"The UI of the SSR conductor is the main part where improvements can be done. Today, for every configuration step, you have to do a series of clicks. What we are missing there are wizards. For example, I have two applications, and I want one application to be prioritized against the other. In such a case, a wizard for assigning policies to a service without configuring each step by hand would be very helpful. There should be an overhaul of the GUI of the conductor. The functionality they have got in the Mist portal should be baked into the conductor itself. It would be really great, but as we all know, that won't happen."
"Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices and add additional Sassy deployments."
"I would like to see more flexibility in our choices of customization for our needs."
"Technical support could be more knowledgeable and responsive."
"There could be more options for integration between other devices — sort of being able to more easily make everything integrated in one solution."
"People are struggling a little bit with the lead times right now. It’s hard to actually get the hardware."
"Perimetral security for new requirements on financial networks and DRP systems, like SAP."
"There are currently issues with NAT-Unfriendly situations on G4 networks that should be resolved."
"An area for improvement would be to add 4G bonding and allow Meraki devices to support dual 4G SIM cards."
"Meraki SD-WAN could improve by adding wireless access time-scheduled and overall capabilities."
Juniper Session Smart Router is ranked 9th in Routers with 3 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8.4, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Session Smart Router writes "Tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, and as a partner, we get good support from them". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Juniper Session Smart Router is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and NFX Series Network Services Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN.
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