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.
"The advantage you have with Cisco Meraki is that they take a lot of that complexity out of the backend."
"The most valuable feature is the single management plane dashboard. Our organization has a global site, we have separated the area, and we have more than five hundred small sites around the world."
"The solution has a great UI."
"Tech support is willing to go the extra mile to resolve issues."
"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."
"As long as the LAN is well structured, installations and setup can be complete within forty-five minutes."
"Because it's a cloud-based network infrastructure, everything is done in the cloud, so I don't need to be on-site physically to be able to troubleshoot or resolve an issue. I can be anywhere and resolve an issue."
"The solution is a whole vertical solution, so it doesn't need any other components in order to provide basic features."
"The most valuable feature is the dynamic multipath optimization."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"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."
"This solution is as stable as most firewalls. VMware is a reputable vendor."
"When extra capacity is needed, we can get it very quickly."
"Has an optimization feature that acts to ensure the quality of the services running on the overlay to be most valuable."
"The product’s most valuable feature is DMPO."
"Feature-wise, VMware SD-WAN is a really strong cloud web security product."
"The port density should be improved because this solution is limited to two."
"The product could be improved by being made more simple to use. We had some issues integrating our MPLS with Meraki SD-WAN."
"Meraki SD-WAN could improve on the lead time, but this is not a problem only with Cisco. there's a global shortage of chipsets. Additionally, the solution has limited features. It's quite a standard product and not very easily upgradeable or stackable."
"There is a point in a very large organization where you hit the VPN limit, or tunnel limit."
"The solution lacks a certain amount of functionality and features."
"The adoption of endpoint services or endpoint security should be developed in future releases."
"Warm spare is a good failover solution but Meraki could do something more to handle failovers better."
"Meraki SD-WAN could improve by adding wireless access time-scheduled and overall capabilities."
"They need to start focusing on the security functionality. They should find a way to embed the next-generation firewall functionality within the architecture. They should move more into applying SASE tenants to what they're doing."
"VMware SD-WAN is complicated to configure."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
"In the future, we would like to have more capacity using this solution as there are limitations on the VCE. For example, only 50 tunnels can be supported currently but we would like to have 200 tunnels using the VeloCloud VCE device."
"The product should have on-demand tunnels instead of fixed tunnels."
"VeloCloud could improve its integration capabilities with other solutions."
"In an upcoming release, they should allow customers the flexibility to use mobile applications where they can go and check on the information about their networks. A lot of vendors, such as Meraki, have a lot more integration with the use of portals to a mobile application. Having this feature as an alternative to logging into a laptop would be beneficial. If you are a SaaS-based company why not make a mobile application as well. You might not be able to do configurations but at least monitor while away or on vacation."
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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