We performed a comparison between SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions."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."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"This solution is as stable as most firewalls. VMware is a reputable vendor."
"One of the standout features is its ability to dynamically manage enterprise networks based on applications."
"When extra capacity is needed, we can get it very quickly."
"Some of the best features are the SD-WAN platform for VMware and the NSX network virtualization."
"Initially, we had a scattered environment, but VMware SD-WAN helped us achieve centralization, which was beneficial."
"VMware has been chosen by many of our customers who do not want to do a lot of complex routing in their environment and want a very easy-to-use solution. The most valuable features are simple troubleshooting, Dynamic Multipath Optimization (DMPO), and cybersecurity."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"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."
"I would like to improve the tool’s cloud security features. I would like to see high-throughput hardware requests in the product’s next release. The solution should also support multiple gigs which could be around ten."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
"There should be more automation and self-service features."
"The solution needs improvement on security features and should include two firewalls. Cloud VPN can’t support any link. The solution needs to also improve the availability of centralized internal management. It needs to have debug detection and Deep Packet Detection features as well. The documentation for VMware is also hard to find."
"The solution doesn't offer failover between their own devices. If I want to, I should be able to put the two devices at the side, so there can be a failover."
"There is still room for improvement in support and security, especially in enhancing the SASE aspect of the platform."
"VMware SD-WAN can improve on the security features."
"Its integration with the security systems would be a nice implementation. They can also consider using a management platform for both network and security operations. This would be a great improvement."
SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is ranked 25th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 50 reviews. SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is rated 7.0, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN writes "Analytics feature is very granular and comprehensive, although complicated to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is most compared with Steelhead, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform.
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