Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs Exinda comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 10, 2024

The Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Exinda are strong competitors in the SD-WAN space. Exinda appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive features and better pricing and ROI.

Features: Aruba EdgeConnect offers dynamic path control, simplified network management, and user-friendly deployment. Exinda provides robust traffic shaping, application acceleration, and comprehensive traffic management solutions, giving it an edge in feature set.

Room for Improvement: Aruba EdgeConnect could benefit from better reporting capabilities, more third-party integrations, and refined financial analytics. Exinda needs improved configuration options, enhanced documentation, and a more intuitive user interface. Exinda’s ease of use limitations appear more impactful.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Aruba EdgeConnect offers a straightforward setup and responsive customer service, facilitating easier deployment and management. Exinda, while effective, demands more time and expertise for deployment due to complex settings and produces slightly less satisfactory customer service experiences.

Pricing and ROI: Aruba EdgeConnect has higher setup costs but delivers favorable ROI through high performance and reduced network complexity. Exinda offers competitive pricing with superior value-for-money reflected in user ROI reviews, with extra features justifying the price gap.

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Dean Barisic

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Advanced security reporting has protected high-traffic betting platforms from constant attacks

I don't see room for improvement to Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. One thing I don't know much about because we have a dedicated IT team for that, and I'm not involved with Cloudflare much anymore. But if I were to compare them to F5, I would like to see more features that F5 offers. F5 has an option to bring the whole infrastructure, the whole WAF and all their packages, Bot Management, and everything else on your infrastructure. You need to install certain services from their side, and then you can choose if you would like requests to hit your servers immediately or if requests need to be proxied through F5 backbone. That would be a nice addition because we have 90% of the traffic as legit traffic coming from whitelisted servers. If it comes from whitelisted servers, I don't need to go every request through the backbone; I could easily just IP whitelist everything. Then I could maybe have Bot Management on my infrastructure that drastically reduces the price of Cloudflare. I would like to see Push CDN more improved in the next release of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. And maybe something similar to Pushpin that Fastly has, which is an option where you can push messages that then can be scaled globally over the network. From our perspective, if we have a listener that listens for stock updates, I would just need to have one processor that pushes those updates to the Cloudflare API, and then Cloudflare would broadcast that message to all listeners. Cloudflare will check the order of the message, and if you, as a customer, are not connected or have some kind of network issue, when you reconnect, you will receive the latest state and missing updates.

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SatishKumar13

Deputy Manager at Savex Technologies Pvt Ltd

Reliable features and exceptional tech support enhance user experience

The Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is a fantastic solution based on my experience. The Zero-Touch Provisioning feature is one of the best features I have seen so far. While there are some aspects that need improvement on the technical side, when comparing it with other products and solutions, it performs well but still has room for enhancement.

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Marek Jaworski

Senior Engineer, Team Lead, Network Operations at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Allows us to have better control over our network by shaping traffic more gently

There might be room for improvement in the speed and throughput of some of their devices. They're getting a bit slow on some of the bigger devices. It would be helpful if there were some sort of an ISP model. Also, while I don't think it would be possible for them to do, it would be better if they had the Citrix support and the visualization to visualize your network. Besides that, it fits its purpose as a shaper and accelerator. Some people would say things like, "Add a firewall to it," but I disagree. I think a firewall's a firewall, and Exinda's a shaper and accelerator.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cloudflare is cheaper compared to Azure WAF, which I have considered before."

"The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's most valuable feature is its ease of configuration."

"There is a huge signature repository"

"The solution protects our application, which runs on the HTTP protocol, from DDoS attacks."

"The most valuable part of the solution for us overall is exactly that it is a Software-as-a-Service product."

"Cloudflare has positively impacted my organization by making it easier for me to handle and set up DNS for multiple clients; I can easily go in and access their accounts, make changes they need, and it's a one-stop shop."

"Some of the most valuable features of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall include its DNS zone setup and the zero trust policy."

"For us, the key feature of Cloudflare is DDoS protection and IP hiding, especially since we are a crypto company."

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"Silver Peak's devices, compared to Cisco Meraki, are the most practical to use and deploy and have less interface."

"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX are we can register our customers and they can receive free training and all the solutions features."

"I had to deal with them on a couple of issues, but the tool's technical support is top-notch...The product's initial setup phase is straightforward and the easiest."

"The best features of the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform are capacity management and network capacity management."

"Technical support is awesome, and transparency is there."

"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."

"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is the boost."

"The tool's most valuable feature is bandwidth optimization."

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"The most valuable features are the shaper, accelerator, and the reporting... it will shape the traffic better than, for example, a Cisco, because it's more gentle on the shaping side of things. Suppose you were selling a 20-meg link. Because you can shape to the nth degree of traffic, the 20-meg link feels like about a 30 to 40-meg link."

"You can use Exinda as a network orchestrator so you can be sure that the throughput is managed well and everything gets what it needs."

"It has the ability to prioritize, providing an automatic optimization. I can put it in a hierarchy and know that certain devices will be prioritized over others. It is able to identify the traffic. It can pick out whether if its a Zoom meeting (or something like that), then it's able to put that somewhere in the hierarchy based on the traffic type."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to provide very granular classes of service. That's important because it allows us to prioritize certain traffic types over others, to a very granular level."

"The benefit that we have seen is that if we turn it off, people notice that the applications are running slowly."

"Exinda can show you which product uses how much throughput and can help you manage it."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to create policies where we can tailor them to the customer. It enables us to prioritize apps and users for bandwidth."

"Customer Service: Top notchTechnical Support: Top notch"

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Cons

"They need to improve their support because getting a response for basic requests took around 48 hours, which is too long."

"The notification part could be improved. It's very much connected to Web Application Firewall, rate-limiting, and DDoS protection."

"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules."

"The ModSecurity core rules need to be updated."

"A key challenge arises when dealing with numerous integrations with HVAC systems. Depending on the specifics, there might be some configuration mismatches, which necessitate specific support."

"The reporting could be improved if it were more granular."

"Support can be challenging at times."

"The solution's learning curve can still be further reduced"

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"This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto."

"There are some functional limitations that could improve."

"When comparing it with Fortinet and Palo Alto, which are top players in the Indian market, we are currently lacking in that aspect."

"In future releases, I would like to see security features, so Aruba might need some firewalls, like other vendors."

"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."

"I would like to have a physical appliance to use with the orchestrator for managing all EdgeConnect appliances. Currently, it's a virtual appliance."

"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."

"Reporting is something that they can improve on."

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"More free training on the website for those just getting started."

"Creating the custom application is a bit awkward. I kind of have to guess my way through it sometimes."

"GFI's technical support for this solution could be better. It's hard to find information about Exinda, directly."

"It should improve the quality of service."

"The stability was terrible in version 7.0 but it's been good since version 7.2."

"What I don't like is the fact that I haven't purchased the overall management interface. That is the interface that allows you to manage multiple Exindas. Personally, I think Exinda should provide that for free. I think that if you buy more and more Exinda boxes, you shouldn't then have to incur a charge for the overall management software. While I can manage each Exinda separately, if they provided me with the overall management platform for free that would probably encourage me to buy more appliances."

"A lot of working with this solution is really intuitive. I have picked it up mostly on my own. I'm sure that there are some things that maybe I hadn't thought of or really hadn't considered, and I think it would be good just to promote some day courses. I don't really see a whole lot that comes out for Exinda as far as training or informational sessions through our normal resellers. It would be cool to know more about the solution by utilizing educational resources or even have Exinda promoted a bit better."

"Fundamentally sound with WAN acceleration, but needs to expand the range of accelerated applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions."

"The pricing model is very straightforward compared to the competition. You just pay per month for the product and usage."

"Cloudflare offers different types of subscriptions for businesses, enterprises, and personal users, and the pricing is negotiable."

"We pay $210 per month for CloudFlare WAF."

"The solution is expensive."

"What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe the pricing is not the best, but it's reasonable and acceptable. We also use the McAfee system in parallel. In terms of pricing, its okay - not great, but not bad either. It falls in the middle, which is acceptable. In terms of support licensing, last time, we were searching for a solution, and we considered products from resellers rather than directly from the cloud provider. However, the pricing we encountered was exceptionally high. As a result, we are inclined to select support from the reseller."

"It starts at $20 and can easily go up to $200 monthly"

"It is not too pricey."

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"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high, I rate the pricing around five to six."

"Compared to other solutions, I think it is a cheap product in the market."

"You have to negotiate when it comes to pricing and licensing."

"You can get both yearly and monthly options in licensing. It is not expensive."

"The price of Silver Peak VX is expensive compared to competitors. There are licenses, renewals, and support that need to be paid."

"The license could improve for Silver Peak VX."

"The licensing would be cheap if we compare it with the others, like Cisco."

"The license for Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is paid annually."

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"It is priced well for the market, for what it needs to do."

"The pricing and licensing are pretty fair and really competitive. There are other SD-WAN solutions that are pretty costly because they build in a service where they'll manage it for you, which is really great. I don't know if Exinda has that option as well. However, we are a small shop and cost-conscious. For things like this, we are accustomed to self-managing and this solution suits us just fine. For a tool that gives you, like the graphs and reporting, it has a fair price point."

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Also Known As

Cloudflare WAF

Silver Peak NX, Silver Peak VX, Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect

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Overview

Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting over 27 Million websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged or logged as per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premise or in the cloud. Analytics and Cloudflare Logs enable visibility into actionable metrics for the user.

Cloudflare

The EdgeConnect SD-WAN platform secures and powers a self-driving wide area network for cloud-first enterprises.

In today’s edge-to-cloud enterprise, user experience and security are not optional

Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN provides a secure network foundation for Zero Trust and SASE. It includes a first-class SD-WAN paired with a next-generation firewall delivering unmatched quality of experience and advanced security.

Best-of-breed SASE with no compromise

EdgeConnect SD-WAN enables a best-of-breed SASE architecture that meets the security requirements of today’s digital organizations. It provides comprehensive SD-WAN and security services including next-generation firewall, fine-grained segmentation, IDS/IPS, and tightly integrates with many SSE (Security Service Edge) solutions.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Exinda is designed to help Network Managers solve pressing IT problems in today's complex network. Our award winning technology combines interactive analytics, an intelligent recommendation engine and powerful actions like shaping and optimization, all in one solution.

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