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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vs Peplink SpeedFusion comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN's customer service is praised for responsive, knowledgeable support, despite occasional delays and outsourced assistance issues.
No sentiment score available
Peplink SpeedFusion customer service is praised for quick responses and efficient support, though hardware support delays unit replacements.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN needs better pricing, easier setup, enhanced security, improved documentation, flexible licensing, user-friendly interface, and advanced features.
Sentiment score
7.0
Peplink SpeedFusion needs better pricing, hardware support, advanced firewall, scalability, and security features for industrial and enterprise users.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is highly scalable and integrates well with other Cisco products, suitable for various sectors.
Sentiment score
6.7
Peplink SpeedFusion is scalable, supports many users, simplifies adding sites/devices, and is praised for flexibility, reliability, and performance.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is costly but valued for reliability, quality, and comprehensive features despite a complex licensing model.
No sentiment score available
Peplink SpeedFusion offers a balanced value with higher costs, appealing lifetime licensing, and flexible pricing structures for customer preferences.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is generally reliable and effective, though some users encounter occasional bugs and suggest improvements for reliability.
Sentiment score
9.7
Peplink SpeedFusion is praised for stability, secure VPN, failover, WAN smoothing, and seamless connectivity, ideal for broadcasting and banking.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN offers ease of management, enhanced security, scalability, cloud integration, reliable failovers, and strong technical support.
Sentiment score
8.6
Peplink SpeedFusion offers robust LTE, VPN, bonding, aggregation, and hot failover, ensuring network resilience and effective communication.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Ranking in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
2nd
Ranking in WAN Edge
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (5th)
Peplink SpeedFusion
Ranking in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
11th
Ranking in WAN Edge
11th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

MOHAMEDELSHERIF - PeerSpot reviewer
Good centralization and manageability for edge routers but quite expensive
The setup is quite straightforward and the solution is easy to deploy. Deployment time depends on the size the customer or enterprise. Each customer has its own use case so it is difficult to give a time estimate. In any case, the work is straightforward with no obstacles or challenges.
Samuel Romero - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly, easy to install, and scalable
Peplink SpeedFusion needs a thin rail model for industrial solutions. The stability has room for improvement. Peplink SpeedFusion needs to have a heavy-duty heat sink on the case to perform better. Generally, what I found is that devices that have a heat sink on a case or, more weight on a case to absorb the heat, perform a little better. I get some areas where I'm right at the hundred and fifty degrees. So I've had a few failures not many, but I found more failures than a Cisco ISO eleven or a Moxa router. Those solutions have more mass to absorb the heat. Most failures have a lot to do with the case. That's why a lot of people have a hard time pushing Peplink SpeedFusion, and they want to move to Cradlepoint because they have a much more ruggedized case.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
43%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
10%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco SD-WAN?
When considering the most valuable features of Cisco SD-WAN, the decoupling of self-monitoring stands out significantly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco SD-WAN?
The product pricing is high. Fortinet is cheaper than Cisco. I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
What do you like most about Peplink SpeedFusion?
In the Philippines, VPN usage may not be widely known, but we leverage VPN effectively within my organization. I've shared our in-house systems with other district offices, as I cover fifteen munic...
What needs improvement with Peplink SpeedFusion?
The product needs to aggregate the bandwidth of different ISPs. It needs to improve scalability as well.
 

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Cisco SD-WAN
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