Cisco SD-WAN User Experience
June 09, 2022

Cisco SD-WAN User Experience

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Modules Used

  • Cloud OnRamp
  • vMange Dashboard
  • vAnalytics
  • Security
  • Application Aware routing

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco SD-WAN

We used Cisco Viptela SD-WAN to provide customer solutions, mostly customers are using SD-WAN for two reasons in Sri Lanka: 1. Direct internet access to access their cloud servers and SaaS applications such as O365, SAP, and 2. Single pane of glass management with full visibility of their MPLS network.

Pros

  • Direct internet access.
  • Single pane of network management.
  • Application aware routing.
  • Edge security.
  • Cloud on ramp SaaS / IaaS.

Cons

  • Integration with third-party application such as Active Directory.
  • User base policy impose.
  • Single sign-on.
  • IPsec tunnel survival via private links (MPLS VPN).
  • Centralised management dashboard.
  • Zero-touch provisioning.
  • There is a significant impact on ROI in the long run, such as no need to invest for security, not requiring a third-party dashboard for the centralised management like legacy network.
  • Direct internet breakout option reduced the demand for MPLS bandwidth for branch internet.
  • Further, customers can make financial decisions based on the analytics functions with 1-year historical data (i.e. BW requirement for a particular branch).
All the products are providing similar functions in terms of SDWAN perspective. Furthermore, according to their origination and expertise they differ as follows: Cisco is strong on routing and switching domain, Fortinet is strong on security domain. According to customer needs we can select the vendors.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN again?

Yes

If the customer has complex network infrastructure probably Cisco SD-WAN is the suitable option and also if the customer is dealing with complex routing functions.

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