SD-WAN Vendors
SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) is hybrid solution to connect multiple data centers or branch offices over a broad geographic region. +Show More
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Cisco Meraki SD-WAN |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Cisco Meraki SD-WAN offers software-defined WAN features for all MX Security Appliances.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
200-300 case studies
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
7m-8m followers
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Cisco SD-WAN |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Cisco SD-WAN gives users the ability to manage connectivity across their WAN from a single dashboard that simplifies day to day monitoring and operations. Cisco SD-WAN can be cloud-managed or deployed on premise offering comprehensive routing, security and policy control, along with advanced analytics with the flexibility to connect to multiple clouds with greater speed, reliability, and efficiency. It can be deployed across a small number of locations or easily scales to thousands of locations across all major industries, globally.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
7m-8m followers
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Cato Networks |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Cato is the world’s first SASE platform, converging SD-WAN and network security into a global, cloud-native service. Cato optimizes and secures application access for all users and locations. Using Cato, customers easily migrate from MPLS to SD-WAN, optimize connectivity to on-premises and cloud applications, enable secure branch Internet access everywhere, and seamlessly integrate cloud datacenters and mobile users into the network with a zero-trust architecture. With Cato, the network, and your business, are ready for whatever’s next.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Number of case studies
50-100 case studies
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
Total funding
$1-1bn
# of funding rounds
8
Latest funding date
September 19, 2023
Last funding amount
$100-250m
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2015
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Bigleaf |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Bigleaf Networks provides internet connectivity without complexity, making it easy for IT pros and their organizations to conduct business on the internet with confidence. Bigleaf’s unique network optimization solution adapts traffic to circuit conditions in real time to preserve application performance and optimize user productivity despite circuit degradations or outages. The Bigleaf solution integrates seamlessly with established firewalls, ISPs, and applications, takes only minutes to install, and works unattended to provide immediate relief and value. Founded in 2012 in Portland, Oregon, Bigleaf Networks is investor-backed and provides service across North America and Europe.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
50-100 employees
Company's social media followers
5k-10k followers
Total funding
$10-50m
# of funding rounds
4
Latest funding date
October 22, 2023
Last funding amount
$5-10m
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2012
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FortiGate SD-WAN |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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FortiGate SD-WAN replaces separate WAN routers, WAN optimization, and security devices with a single solution that is application-aware, offers automatic WAN path control and multi-broadband support. It improves application performance, reduces WAN Operating expenses and minimizes management complexity.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
10k-20k employees
Company's social media followers
1m-2m followers
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SD-WAN |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
5k-10k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Barracuda's Cloud Generation Firewalls redefine the role of the Firewall from a perimeter security solution to a distributed network optimization solution that scales across any number of locations and applications, connects on-premises and cloud infrastructures, and helps organizations transform their business.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
2k-3k employees
Company's social media followers
50k-100k followers
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Forcepoint NGFW |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Connecting and protecting distributed enterprises and government agencies is more important than ever before. Defending your people and critical assets starts at the new edge. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall combines true enterprise-class SD-WAN, advanced intrusion prevention, and seamless integration with cloud-based SASE security to keep your people and data safe—all at global scale. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall provides: - Proactively detect and discover advanced threats - Keep people and data safe with a human-centric approach to SASE security - Protect distributed enterprises and government agencies using secure branch networking and SD-WAN
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
1k-2k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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CloudGuard Connect |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Check Point Harmony Connect redefines SASE by making it easy to access corporate applications, SaaS and the internet for any user or branch, from any device, without compromising on security. Built to prevent the most advanced cyber attacks, Harmony Connect is a cloud-native service that unifies multiple cloud-delivered network security products, deploys within minutes and applies Zero Trust policies with a seamless user experience. For more info, visit: https://www.checkpoint.com/harmony/connect-sase/
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
5k-10k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
# of funding rounds
2
Latest funding date
January 1, 2014
Company
Type of company
public
Founding year
1993
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Oracle SD-WAN |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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The Oracle SD-WAN delivers a reliable high performing network for business critical Services. Business outcomes are highly dependent on availability and performance of enterprise critical services that span across geographies. Employee productivity is dependent upon constant availability and responsiveness of remote services from their location. In order to provide the highest customers satisfaction, services are highly dependent on the ability to deliver the services consistently and reliably even when infrastructure is compromised. The cost of operating and maintaining business critical infrastructure is highly corelated to the infrastructure’s ability to self maintain and self heal. The Oracle SD-WAN reduces the operational burden of provisioning, administrating, and monitoring the IT networks, as well as providing a safe and secure network from clouds to data centers to the edge.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
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“-”: AIMultiple team has not yet verified that vendor provides the specified feature. AIMultiple team focuses on feature verification for top 10 vendors.
Sources
AIMultiple uses these data sources for ranking solutions and awarding badges in SD-WAN vendors:
SD-WAN Vendors Leaders
According to the weighted combination of 4 metrics
What are SD-WAN vendors
customer satisfaction leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current SD-WAN vendors customer satisfaction leaders:
Which SD-WAN vendors solution provides the most customer satisfaction?
AIMultiple uses product and service reviews from multiple review platforms in determining customer satisfaction.
While deciding a product's level of customer satisfaction, AIMultiple takes into account its number of reviews, how reviewers rate it and the recency of reviews.
- Number of reviews is important because it is easier to get a small number of high ratings than a high number of them.
- Recency is important as products are always evolving.
- Reviews older than 5 years are not taken into consideration
- older than 12 months have reduced impact in average ratings in line with their date of publishing.
What are SD-WAN vendors
market leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current SD-WAN vendors market leaders:
Which one has collected the most reviews?
AIMultiple uses multiple datapoints in identifying market leaders:
- Product line revenue (when available)
- Number of reviews
- Number of case studies
- Number and experience of employees
- Social media presence and engagement
What are the most mature SD-WAN vendors?
Which one has the most employees?
Which SD-WAN vendors companies have the most employees?
1,092 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 1,069 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 42 companies with >10 employees are offering sd-wan vendors. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 300k employees. The largest company in this domain is Dell EMC with more than 100,000 employees. Dell EMC provides the SD-WAN vendors solution: Virtual Edge platform 4600
Insights
What are the most common words describing SD-WAN vendors?
This data is collected from customer reviews for all SD-WAN vendors companies. The most positive word describing SD-WAN vendors is “Easy to use” that is used in 9% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 4% of all the SD-WAN vendors reviews.
What is the average customer size?
According to customer reviews, most common company size for SD-WAN vendors customers is 51-1,000 employees. Customers with 51-1,000 employees make up 48% of SD-WAN vendors customers. For an average IT/Tech solution, customers with 51-1,000 employees make up 31% of total customers.
Customer Evaluation
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all SD-WAN vendors. SD-WAN Vendors are most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Likelihood to Recommend".
Where are SD-WAN vendors vendors' HQs located?
Trends
What is the level of interest in SD-WAN vendors?
This category was searched on average for 1.1k times per month on search engines in 2024. This number has decreased to 0 in 2025. If we compare with other it/tech solutions, a typical solution was searched 1.1k times in 2024 and this decreased to 0 in 2025.