We performed a comparison between Juniper Mist Edge and VMware SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable aspect of Mist Edge lies in its ability to provide comprehensive visibility into all network packets."
"The visibility of the information that's available about APs through their cloud portal and some of the AI features are most valuable."
"It can be used for load balancing and load sharing. It's easy to use and customizable."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SD-WAN is flexibility. It is more flexible than other vendors."
"The most valuable features are the orchestration layer, plug and play capabilities, and also the fact that you can either configure it as a full mesh or hard install."
"Proactively detects where problems might arise."
"The most valuable feature is the dynamic multipath optimization."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"When extra capacity is needed, we can get it very quickly."
"I would like to see improvements in ensuring government compliance for Mist Edge."
"The one area that we're specifically looking into is their outdoor APs. The development of their outdoor APs is lagging as compared to their internal APs."
"VMware SD-WAN could improve if the hardware could integrate the interface using ICP. Additionally, if VMware SD-WAN is used with SSE providers that use tunnels there are some issues prioritizing traffic because it cannot decrypt."
"The firewall can be more advanced."
"There is still room for improvement in support and security, especially in enhancing the SASE aspect of the platform."
"The prep time and understanding what you want to do and how much bandwidth you'll need and how you're going to configure it on the network, that's more of an issue than anything else."
"The initial setup could be simplified for beginners."
"The initial setup of VMware SD-WAN was simple. However, it took six days to complete."
"I would like to see more features added to increase visibility."
"In an upcoming release, they should allow customers the flexibility to use mobile applications where they can go and check on the information about their networks. A lot of vendors, such as Meraki, have a lot more integration with the use of portals to a mobile application. Having this feature as an alternative to logging into a laptop would be beneficial. If you are a SaaS-based company why not make a mobile application as well. You might not be able to do configurations but at least monitor while away or on vacation."
Juniper Mist Edge is ranked 16th in WAN Edge with 2 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in WAN Edge with 51 reviews. Juniper Mist Edge is rated 7.6, while VMware SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper Mist Edge writes "Stands out by offering insight into client data but is costly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Juniper Mist Edge is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate and Juniper Contrail SD-WAN, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Juniper Mist Edge vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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