Juniper Session Smart Router is different from other products in that the community is robust and active. The community is not almost down to zero, so Juniper Session Smart Router stands out positively in that regard. This does not change my overall impression about the product, so it is not that difficult to recommend.
Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8 out of 10 based on my experience with the product. I rate it an 8 out of 10 because the policy design complexity initially is not great and some of it requires a mindset shift from traditional routing concepts. Additionally, it is a smaller ecosystem compared to Cisco, Meraki, or Fortinet. My advice for others looking into using Juniper Session Smart Router is to build strong observability first, understand cloud connectivity, and train operations teams early. Juniper Session Smart Router is a great tool for practicing observability integration and other aspects moving towards SD-WAN and cloud networking, all relating to intent-based network operations. It is a great tool to understand cloud connectivity requirements beforehand.
My advice for someone considering Juniper Session Smart Router is to invest in learning early and understand the session-based routing because it is different from traditional WAN. I also recommend starting with a pilot test with a few branches before full rollout and defining the application policy early and clearly. The biggest value comes from the app-aware routing, so leverage automation because it saves time and scales. Additionally, train your team to reduce troubleshooting friction later. I would rate this solution an 8.5 out of 10.
Juniper Session Smart Router is a controller for managing devices. We have real-time analytics through the IBA Probes. For troubleshooting, we have direct access to them. As we use other vendors, we are running also the SASE with another provider. We have the response time, also latency and so on. There are other considerations, but I didn't think about everything right now. My overall rating for this product is 7.
Senior Solutions Specialist at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 13, 2023
My advice for others considering Juniper Session Smart Router is to improve the GUI-based management. Right now, it heavily relies on CLI, which can be less reliable and time-consuming. Overall, I would rate Juniper Session Smart Router as an eight out of ten. While it has some good new features, the overall performance could be better.
Pre Sales Engineer at Atlas Communications Technology
Real User
Feb 24, 2023
I give the solution a ten out of ten. Depending on the use case, whether we are in retail, banking, IT, or manufacturing, the deployments may differ depending on if we are on a digitization journey or moving workloads to the cloud. This solution is very good because it is scalable across all use cases, saving 30 percent of the bandwidth in its transport diagnostic and database. The solution is session-aware, rather than relying on external-based technology, so everything is seen as a session. We can run our SLA metrics on the session, rather than per source to destination, providing complete visibility of the session. Juniper Session Smart Router is also big in zero trust access. All in all, whatever we need is available, with a single pane of glass to see all the features. This makes it a great solution and it is easy to deploy, with both cloud-based environments and on-prem orchestration available.
My advice to anyone who wants to use this solution is to read the menu. Every customer who directly wants to administer and operate an SSR solution should obviously get in touch with a Juniper partner to get it set up right from the start of the project. That's because, with the configuration itself, there are so many things you have to keep in mind when moving on from MPLS or VPN to an SD-WAN solution. It isn't directly related to the SSR component, but it is related to switching over to an SD-WAN solution. I would rate Juniper Session Smart Router an eight out of 10.
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Juniper Session Smart Router is different from other products in that the community is robust and active. The community is not almost down to zero, so Juniper Session Smart Router stands out positively in that regard. This does not change my overall impression about the product, so it is not that difficult to recommend.
Juniper Session Smart Router is rated 8 out of 10 based on my experience with the product. I rate it an 8 out of 10 because the policy design complexity initially is not great and some of it requires a mindset shift from traditional routing concepts. Additionally, it is a smaller ecosystem compared to Cisco, Meraki, or Fortinet. My advice for others looking into using Juniper Session Smart Router is to build strong observability first, understand cloud connectivity, and train operations teams early. Juniper Session Smart Router is a great tool for practicing observability integration and other aspects moving towards SD-WAN and cloud networking, all relating to intent-based network operations. It is a great tool to understand cloud connectivity requirements beforehand.
My advice for someone considering Juniper Session Smart Router is to invest in learning early and understand the session-based routing because it is different from traditional WAN. I also recommend starting with a pilot test with a few branches before full rollout and defining the application policy early and clearly. The biggest value comes from the app-aware routing, so leverage automation because it saves time and scales. Additionally, train your team to reduce troubleshooting friction later. I would rate this solution an 8.5 out of 10.
Juniper Session Smart Router is a controller for managing devices. We have real-time analytics through the IBA Probes. For troubleshooting, we have direct access to them. As we use other vendors, we are running also the SASE with another provider. We have the response time, also latency and so on. There are other considerations, but I didn't think about everything right now. My overall rating for this product is 7.
On a scale of one to ten, I rate the solution nine.
My advice for others considering Juniper Session Smart Router is to improve the GUI-based management. Right now, it heavily relies on CLI, which can be less reliable and time-consuming. Overall, I would rate Juniper Session Smart Router as an eight out of ten. While it has some good new features, the overall performance could be better.
I give the solution a ten out of ten. Depending on the use case, whether we are in retail, banking, IT, or manufacturing, the deployments may differ depending on if we are on a digitization journey or moving workloads to the cloud. This solution is very good because it is scalable across all use cases, saving 30 percent of the bandwidth in its transport diagnostic and database. The solution is session-aware, rather than relying on external-based technology, so everything is seen as a session. We can run our SLA metrics on the session, rather than per source to destination, providing complete visibility of the session. Juniper Session Smart Router is also big in zero trust access. All in all, whatever we need is available, with a single pane of glass to see all the features. This makes it a great solution and it is easy to deploy, with both cloud-based environments and on-prem orchestration available.
My advice to anyone who wants to use this solution is to read the menu. Every customer who directly wants to administer and operate an SSR solution should obviously get in touch with a Juniper partner to get it set up right from the start of the project. That's because, with the configuration itself, there are so many things you have to keep in mind when moving on from MPLS or VPN to an SD-WAN solution. It isn't directly related to the SSR component, but it is related to switching over to an SD-WAN solution. I would rate Juniper Session Smart Router an eight out of 10.