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Juniper Contrail SD-WAN vs Juniper Session Smart Router comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Juniper Contrail SD-WAN offers high scalability for large enterprises but faces challenges with feature sets and security scaling.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.5
Users value Juniper Contrail SD-WAN for centralized management, automation, network visibility, ease of deployment, traffic steering, and integrated security.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.7
Juniper Contrail SD-WAN faces usability, training, support, integration, cost, deployment challenges, lacks a next-gen firewall, and complex provisioning.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
4.8
Juniper is praised for its stability, with mixed reviews on Juniper Contrail SD-WAN due to limited usage experience.
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Customer Service

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Juniper Contrail SD-WAN receives high praise for responsive technical support, enhanced by Marvis AI, from both Juniper and partners.
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Setup Cost

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Juniper Contrail SD-WAN's flexible licensing and longer lifespan offer mid-range pricing and enhanced ROI for larger enterprises.
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Categories and Ranking

Juniper Contrail SD-WAN
Ranking in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
14th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
WAN Edge (14th)
Juniper Session Smart Router
Ranking in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Routers (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions category, the mindshare of Juniper Contrail SD-WAN is 1.0%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper Session Smart Router is 3.4%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
 

Featured Reviews

Luis Corrochano - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and scalable solution that helps to cut cost by reducing MPLs
My customers use the solution to have better control and knowledge about the applications inside ONE Access. It also helps them cut costs by reducing MPLs and using better internet access from FTTH.  The solution is expensive. Its support can be better.  The tool is stable.  The solution is more…
Sascha Bülow - PeerSpot reviewer
Tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, and as a partner, we get good support from them
The UI of the SSR conductor is the main part where improvements can be done. Today, for every configuration step, you have to do a series of clicks. What we are missing there are wizards. For example, I have two applications, and I want one application to be prioritized against the other. In such a case, a wizard for assigning policies to a service without configuring each step by hand would be very helpful. There should be an overhaul of the GUI of the conductor. The functionality they have got in the Mist portal should be baked into the conductor itself. It would be really great, but as we all know, that won't happen. Besides that, there are so many things we are discussing with the engineers and the product management of 128T or Juniper. I'm pretty sure that every feature that will come in the next half-year or three-quarters of a year would be influenced directly by us.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
33%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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

What do you like most about Juniper Contrail SD-WAN?
I've worked with several SD-WAN solutions over the past few years, and the product felt more like an automated provisioning tool. Unlike solutions from Palo Alto or other SD-WANs orchestrated by a ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Contrail SD-WAN?
My advice regarding setup costs, pricing, and licensing for Juniper Contrail SD-WAN would be to carefully evaluate and position the solution in line with competitive offerings, especially consideri...
What needs improvement with Juniper Contrail SD-WAN?
Implementing new branches or changing existing ones in Juniper Contrail SD-WAN wasn't as straightforward as with other solutions like Meraki SD-WAN, which is almost plug-and-play with its zero-touc...
What do you like most about Juniper Session Smart Router?
The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Session Smart Router?
Juniper Session Smart Router is not significantly cheaper than, for example, Cisco.
What needs improvement with Juniper Session Smart Router?
Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance. Sometimes, there are glitches, especially with MTU issues that affect application communication, although this seems t...
 

Also Known As

Contrail SD-WAN
128T Networking Platform, 128 Technology SD-WAN, Juniper SSR Series
 

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Sample Customers

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