We performed a comparison between Juniper Session Smart Router and VMware 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."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technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated."
"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."
"I love the solution because of its many features like cluster and cloud VPN."
"There are 400 functionalities of the system."
"Increases the performance of applications and is easy to deploy."
"VMware SD-WAN is scalable."
"VeloCloud developed DMPO to increase performance and connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SD-WAN is security. Additionally, the integration and configuration are easier to do than with other solutions, such as Cisco."
"The initial configuration and deployment are quite easy."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"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."
"Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance."
"The security of the firewall should be improved. It would be a good idea to have a standalone product with better security."
"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."
"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 is harder than Cisco. It is complex, and we must take many steps to get the service. I think it would be beneficial if obtaining licenses could be simplified. Currently, numerous options and integrations are bundled together, which can make it quite complex."
"There is room for improvement with respect to security."
"Can't execute commands quickly when troubleshooting. The graphic user interface is slow."
"VMware SD-WAN is complicated to configure."
Juniper Session Smart Router is ranked 14th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 3 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 51 reviews. Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8.4, while VMware 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 VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Juniper Session Smart Router is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, Fortinet FortiGate, NFX Series Network Services Platform and Cato SASE Cloud Platform, 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. See our Juniper Session Smart Router vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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