Juniper Session Smart Router pros and cons

4.3 out of 5

4 reviews
100% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Juniper Session Smart Router offers tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology, distinguishing it among SD-WAN solutions. Its AI-driven, application-aware features enhance performance and allow customizations to meet specific needs. The unique SDR channel is highly valuable. While customer service is prompt, improvements in software performance and user-friendly configurations are needed. Integration with Wi-Fi devices is beneficial, but expanding Sassy deployments could further boost its capabilities, providing a more comprehensive solution for tech buyers.

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PROS

The tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is a major unique selling point.

Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based features are highly valuable.

The unique SDR channel is considered the most valuable feature.

Juniper Session Smart Router can be customized according to specific requirements.

Customer service is very prompt.

CONS

Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices.

Additional Sassy deployments should be added to Juniper Session Smart Router.

Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance.

There is a need to explore further improvements for Juniper Session Smart Router.

Juniper Session Smart Router Pros review quotes

Sascha Bülow

Technical Architect at Plusnet

Mar 29, 2022

As compared to the other major vendors in the SD-WAN market, such as VeloCloud, Cisco, and others, the tunnel-free and secure vector routing technology is its major USP, which gives plenty of room to discuss with the customer why IPSec from 1998 is a bit outdated.

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Imran Taiyeb Ali

Senior Solutions Specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Nov 13, 2023

The most valuable feature of Juniper Session Smart Router is its unique SDR channel.

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Ajay Kollipara

Pre Sales Engineer at Atlas Communications Technology

Feb 24, 2023

The solution is especially Session's smart, application-aware, AI-based.

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SRI GANESH PHANIYAPPA

Sub Divisional Engineer NOC Bangalore at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Jan 22, 2025

They provided us with a customized product according to our requirements.

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Sascha Bülow

Technical Architect at Plusnet

Mar 29, 2022

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.

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Imran Taiyeb Ali

Senior Solutions Specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Nov 13, 2023

Juniper Session Smart Router could be better in terms of software performance.

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Ajay Kollipara

Pre Sales Engineer at Atlas Communications Technology

Feb 24, 2023

Juniper Session Smart Router can improve the integration for Wi-Fi devices and add additional Sassy deployments.

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