Cisco Wide Area Application Services vs. NitroAccelerator
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Cisco WAAS | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Cisco's Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a WAN optimization option. | N/A |
 NitroAccelerator | Score8.2 out of 10 | Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees) | NitroAccelerator installs as a device driver to endpoints to optimize TCP-based connections. The solution is software-based and does not rely on third party proxies, distributed caching, lateral data-movement, or hardware appliances. The vendor states that NitroAccelerator is EPL Certified and approved to run on DoD networks with no known vulnerabilities or direct-competing vendors and is currently accelerating and securing enterprise-level connections all over the world. | N/A |
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| Editions & Modules | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | ||||||||||||||
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | First year Maintenance & Support (M&S) are included in the license price. For the second year on, annual M&S will be charged at 20% of the original license price. | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.0 | 9.1 |