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Cisco SD-WAN

7.5 /10

What is Cisco SD-WAN?

Cisco solutions provide customers secure access with end to end visibility when connecting to cloud applications—while also reducing costs. Features such as transport independence that includes 5G helps connect businesses to the cloud, while true zero-touch provisioning simplifies setup and lowers operating costs. Cisco also offers an unmatched set of service offerings around the globe to ensure customers and partners receive the right level of support to generate a strong ROI from their deployment. Cisco SD-WAN gives customers the flexibility, visibility and control they need to ensure long-term success.

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Cisco SD-WAN Ratings

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81 Likeliness to Recommend

84 Plan to Renew

67 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco SD-WAN?

1% Negative

20% Neutral

79% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Respectful
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Ease of Troubleshooting

Load Sharing

Flexible Deployment

Multiple Connection Type Support

Adaptive Traffic

Resilience

SD-WAN Security

Simple Administration

Quality of Service

Application Optimization

Dynamic Routing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Cisco SD-WAN Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Irakli B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

An amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cisco SD-WAN from other similar products?

It is a bit pricey but has a lot of features and capabilities compared to other products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has a very modern user friendly interface and is very simple to manage.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a bit pricey

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Forget the price and go for it. It's Worth every cent!

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Patrick H.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2020

Easy to implement; eliminates micromanaging drama

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco SD-WAN from other similar products?

It eliminates the need to micromanage my apps for intermittent slowdowns

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I would say the best part is its hands-off nature

What do you dislike most about this product?

Obviously the cost, since we are a smaller company

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would just recommend you compare your options with different vendors before deciding, and get outside help to do so

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation

Cisco SD-WAN

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Cisco SD-WAN Ratings

81 Likeliness to Recommend

84 Plan to Renew

67 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco SD-WAN?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Troubleshooting The simplicity of administration and of troubleshooting issues across the SD-WAN​.

Load Sharing Ability to load-share WAN traffic across multiple connections​.

Flexible Deployment Ability to deploy wherever broadband connectivity exists​.

Multiple Connection Type Support Support of various broadband connection types, including TCP/IP, MPLS, frame relay, and LTE wireless.

Adaptive Traffic Data traffic across the SD-WAN being adaptive to conditions across the Internet​.

Resilience Connectivity resiliency due to the ability to leverage multiple connections .

SD-WAN Security Security of the SD-WAN by support of VPN and network security protocols​.

Simple Administration Ease of network administration across the Wide Area Network​.

Quality of Service Traffic prioritization and optimization for specific network services​.

Application Optimization Optimization of the performance of applications and services across the Wide Area Network​.

Dynamic Routing Dynamic path selection across the broadband networks across the Internet​.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Cisco SD-WAN Reviews

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Irakli B.

An amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Patrick H.

Easy to implement; eliminates micromanaging drama

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Ease of Troubleshooting

Load Sharing

Flexible Deployment

Multiple Connection Type Support

Adaptive Traffic

Resilience

SD-WAN Security

Simple Administration

Quality of Service

Application Optimization

Dynamic Routing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration