We performed a comparison between Meraki SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, users of both solutions feel that the security deserves more attention. Meraki SD-WAN differs from the VMware SD-WAN solution because users say it has a seamless end-to-end setup that’s easier to deal with than other solutions. In addition, while Meraki SD-WAN users share mixed opinions on their experience with support, VMware SD-WAN users are happy overall.
"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."
"This is a high availability solution that is easy to configure and has a nice GUI."
"t is very stable based on our experience and the application performance has been superb."
"The solution has a great UI."
"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."
"The solution is pretty reliable."
"The product does have a variety of features we can work with."
"Using Meraki just solves a lot of problems."
"The initial configuration and deployment are quite easy."
"The service they provide is very stable and is the main influencer of why customers purchase this solution."
"It can be used for load balancing and load sharing. It's easy to use and customizable."
"I find the application-aware routing feature to be the most valuable."
"There are 400 functionalities of the system."
"Has an optimization feature that acts to ensure the quality of the services running on the overlay to be most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The most valuable features are the orchestration layer, plug and play capabilities, and also the fact that you can either configure it as a full mesh or hard install."
"People are struggling a little bit with the lead times right now. It’s hard to actually get the hardware."
"A run optimization feature is needed to reduce the bandwidth for any uploaded content."
"The blocklist on the Cisco Meraki side isn't complete or very large. We'd like to see them update and expand this."
"You need to have internet access to configure the solution. You cannot do it locally, there should be a local option."
"With Meraki, it's more of a basic connectivity. It doesn't have all the feature sets that a Cisco SD-WAN solution has. It's limited."
"They stopped doing WAN optimization as a feature set, which is lacking. They need to relook at that and consider WAN optimization as an option."
"Technical support could be more knowledgeable and responsive."
"The default classes should be expanded."
"The dashboards could be improved."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
"VeloCloud could improve its integration capabilities with other solutions."
"In an upcoming release, the solution can be more functional and have additional features."
"There is one feature that would set VMware SD-WAN apart from others solutions, and that is what I call inter-cloud connectivity. All the solutions regarding VMware are good because for example, If I go from my workplace to a retail office and I want to use my applications in the Cloud, that is possible. Perhaps we have customers who have their IT partial environments hosted in different cloud locations, such as Amazon and Azure, and the interconnection between the clouds, this is not possible. If it was possible it would be a market game-changer. Having the SD-WAN solution that is good at optimizing and facilitating traffic between different cloud providers would be great."
"There might be potential enhancements in better integration with other platforms, increased stability, and heightened security."
"I would like to see more features added to increase visibility."
"The firewall can be more advanced."
Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 51 reviews. Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud, Prisma SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform.
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