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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) vs. Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco ACI

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is network virtualization technology.N/A

    Cisco SD-Access

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACisco's Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) provides automated end-to-end segmentation to separate user, device and application traffic without redesigning the network. Cisco SD-Access automates user access policy so organizations can make sure the right policies are established for any user or device with any application across the network.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco ACICisco SD-Access
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
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    Cisco ACICisco SD-Access
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco ACICisco SD-Access
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco ACI
    Cisco ACI is more a complementary solution to separate the underlay and overlay network than VMware NSX.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    NSX-T and ACI both are definitely awesome products. I tend to use ACI in networks that have more barebone and/or alternative hypervisors. NSX still works best in VMware heavy networks. Another consideration is where the network is managed, by which team. If the network is …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco SD-Access
    Unfortunately I haven't tested similar solutions from other vendors.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco ACICisco SD-Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (83 ratings)
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    6.2
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)