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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs. Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

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    Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Catalyst SD-WAN is a software-defined wide area network solution designed to simplify and optimize enterprise network connectivity in complex digital landscapes. It enables organizations to connect any user to any application, whether on-premises, in data centers, or across multiple clouds, with integrated capabilities for multicloud support, security, predictive automation, and enhanced network visibility—all built on a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)-enabled…N/A

    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meraki SD-WAN is a cloud-managed solution that simplifies and secures wide area networking across branch, campus, and remote locations. Built on Meraki’s dashboard, it delivers centralized visibility, automation, and traffic optimization without the complexity of traditional WAN deployments. The solution improves application performance by dynamically routing traffic based on real-time conditions, integrating advanced security, and providing seamless multicloud connectivity. With support…N/A
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    Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Meraki SD-WAN is overall simpler to deploy and manage, but don't have the features like multi-tenancy as in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Silver Peak is a pretty solid product as well. It does not offer as many customizations, but that also makes onboarding significantly easier. It's a tradeoff between the amount of supported features and the complexity of the dashboard. Similarly if you are willing to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is more sophisticated and has a wider range of functionalities than the Meraki SD-WAN solution. For Meraki SD-WAN you cannot configure all policies that it is possible for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. Meraki SD-WAN is more as plug and play solution. For Cisco …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Actually quite well, I will say. Like I said, I think the one thing that is probably holding us back is what do we need to do to clean up our environment now if we're able to do that right now, I think we wouldn't even be in this RFP process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    When we analyzed Meraki it was clear for us, that our company complexity and need required another level of maturity that was not present for there but it was for Viptela SDWAN now Cisco SDWAN.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Complex networks, segmentation and scalability
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Efficient enterprise solution for multi-cloud environments with optimum support and a company which has been leader in the market and keep up to date with latest tendencies, appropriate solution providers in network world
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    We compared Cisco WD-WAN with several other vendors, including service providers. We are already a Cisco shop, so that gave Cisco and Meraki a leg up. With our hope to expand this beyond Telecommuters to actual sites, we wanted to maintain an in-house solution rather than a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Por ahorro de costos en enlaces MPLS de bajo ancho de banda

    For cost-savings on low-bandwidth MPLS links
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Cisco Meraki auto-VPN works great and easily in SMBs. Meraki has few limitations that won’t make it as number 1 choice for big customers. Cisco vip tela solution is more inclusive. It has all the integration's capability
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    For certain environments, Meraki SD-WAN fits the purpose and easier than other solutions to deploy and support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    The facility for the management
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is easy to manage and configure
    Incentivized
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    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 Catalyst SD-WANCisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (105 ratings)
    8.9
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (22 ratings)
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    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.3
    (15 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (73 ratings)