We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Cisco SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"The platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is the boost."
"The tool is easy to configure due to the existing pre-configured templates. It is easy to manage compared to legacy systems, which takes time. We can complete a site within 30 minutes. The tool's best feature is outdoor onboarding. You need to bring the box to the site with the internet. It is a simple plug-and-play. The solution offers a zero-touch procedure."
"I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"We had several clients that were paying $7,500 a month for an MPLS line for one single 10 megabit circuit and we were able to take that from $7,500 a month down to $500 a month for two 10 megabits circuits that added redundancy where before they did not have redundancy and it gave them a much better throughput."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"There is minimum blind space in this solution."
"Cisco SD-WAN's collaborative features are unique and sustainable. I also like the protocols, which use two SD-WAN."
"Cisco SD-WAN is a good product."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are zero-disk provisioning and link load balancing on an application basis."
"Customizing SD-WAN is very easy because you can define two colors. You can define two different operators. You can deploy a partial mesh, a full mesh, or hub-and-spoke totally differently. If you want to do this on a DMVPN solution, that's really hard."
"The segmented traffic it provides is the best in the industry right now."
"The solution can scale. We haven't had any issues doing so."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors."
"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."
"The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"Reporting is something that they can improve on."
"The solution is very costly."
"The solution is expensive and could be cheaper."
"The Cisco way of thinking is to create umbrella-like solutions. I would prefer it if this solution was separate from the entire monstrous Cisco portfolio."
"Since Cisco acquired Viptela, the stability of this solution has given problems since it is quite new."
"Some competitors are much faster in providing out-of-the-box solutions, more innovative solutions. In terms of innovation, in many cases, they're lagging behind."
"The security features could be improved."
"It is the best solution that I ever had, but there might be something better than this in the future."
"What I find should be improved is the possibility of really separating the software layer from the hardware layer since today the current offer is not well adopted by the service providers"
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Steelhead, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Prisma SD-WAN. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Cisco SD-WAN report.
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@Diyaspino, all three are overpriced.
Depending on what are you looking for, you may look at Fortinet or even check the latest Sophos offering.
There is a number of different postings on SD-WAN in the last few years. Once people learned that SD-WAN is an old VPN with a new user interface, they moved to a new buzzword.