We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"Contrail automates the excellent communication between virtual appliances."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"We have found the scalability to be good."
"The solution is scalable."
"Meraki can react fast to emerging trends."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki SD-WAN is its simplicity. I also like its manageability."
"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."
"I have found the dashboard very useful, you can configure all of your devices at the same time by just changing some menus."
"The solution is pretty easy to configure."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"Concerns were raised about the complexity of involving networking components like MX routers, which often required expertise beyond the scope of software engineers. As a result, users encountered challenges in achieving comprehensive understanding and troubleshooting of networking issues within the Contrail environment."
"I'm not too familiar with the Meraki environment, but I suppose more automation is always a good thing."
"I would like to see more functions added to the next release of Meraki SD-WAN."
"Some systems use some applications with the wrong data application. It bypasses the network, and you need to block that application on Meraki. We first try to put in passwords to do it and the network is not really safe. It's not 100%, the network can be bypassed."
"The interface in the VPN management system can be a bit complex for users to understand."
"The tool has challenges with features like multiple-link support, which currently only supports up to three links. Additionally, it doesn't offer router integration, and forward error correction is another missing feature. The scalability of Meraki SD-WAN is good, but there are limitations to the performance of the concentrator devices, especially in larger deployments. While the cloud scale is not an issue, the performance of the devices in branches and data centres is limited."
"Meraki SD-WAN had trouble prioritizing traffic for VoIP calls."
"They need to offer proper integration of the security features."
"The integration with other tools must be improved."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.4, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, Cisco SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Aviatrix. See our Juniper Contrail Networking vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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