We performed a comparison between Juniper Contrail Networking and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides proactive alerting in a single dashboard solution."
"Contrail automates the excellent communication between virtual appliances."
"After we finished setting Contrail up, it seemed stable enough. Still, we never tested it in a real environment, so we don't have enough information to say whether it's stable with a given number of users and appliances. We have tested it in a lab environment, but we haven't tested enough to say that the platform is stable."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is a stable solution."
"The most interesting feature is the amount of information you can get from overseeing the system from a centralized place."
"The tool is easy to use."
"The solution is pretty reliable."
"The management system is one of the best available."
"Having to set up a closed system singlehandedly and a lifetime guarantee on the equipment is a valuable part of this solution."
"The best feature we're using is the packet shaping."
"The most valuable features of this solution are load balancing and the security possibilities you have."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki SD-WAN is its simplicity. I also like its manageability."
"Juniper needs to address the market's specific requirements, such as the SME sector, and offer more lower-priced products like a lower-end segment switch."
"Concerns were raised about the complexity of involving networking components like MX routers, which often required expertise beyond the scope of software engineers. As a result, users encountered challenges in achieving comprehensive understanding and troubleshooting of networking issues within the Contrail environment."
"Juniper Contrail Networking is difficult if you do not have a certificate for Juniper. Juniper is a different type of configuration or operation than Cisco."
"Visibility, especially for the top of the platform, is a nightmare. The top was documented incorrectly and really complex to complete. In the end, it worked but only after several weeks of work with the support of a Juniper solution engineer in Holland."
"Meraki offers the client basic security, it is not the same as what FortiGate is offering."
"The solution could be improved if it added more features, especially monitoring and reporting features."
"The blocklist on the Cisco Meraki side isn't complete or very large. We'd like to see them update and expand this."
"I'm not too familiar with the Meraki environment, but I suppose more automation is always a good thing."
"Some of the on-premise security features of Meraki SD-WAN are on the cloud and some of my customers do not want to use the cloud. They should have on-premise security features for those that do not want to use the cloud."
"It's a matter of cost and expenses that we may take some issue with."
"The default classes should be expanded."
"They need to offer proper integration of the security features."
Juniper Contrail Networking is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 4 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Juniper Contrail Networking is rated 7.4, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Contrail Networking writes "Smart configuration management eliminates the need to worry about managing the network's configurations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Juniper Contrail Networking is most compared with Tungsten Fabric, VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, Cisco SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Aviatrix. See our Juniper Contrail Networking vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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