Best WAN Optimization Solutions 2025

WAN Optimization Solutions are the processes of maximizing, accelerating, or also virtualizing an enterprise WAN, achieved with software for analyzing and adjusting along parameters known to influence performance or with physical appliances and hardware as needed.

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Cisco Routers
Rating: 8.9 out of 10
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8.9 out of 10
272 Reviews and Ratings
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Cisco routers support secure, reliable enterprise connections. These enterprise routers help users implement an intent-based, future-ready WAN that is constantly learning, adapting, and protecting. Deploy routers for the branch, cloud, co-location, or the data center with any type of connectivity, ...
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Riverbed SteelHead
Rating: 8.1 out of 10
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8.1 out of 10
18 Reviews and Ratings
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San Francisco based Riverbed Technology offers Steelhead, a WAN optimization solution, which includes the SteelHead CX/GX delivering optimization for Hybrid WANs, accelerating the performance of applications to improve productivity and reduce costs, and SteelHead SD combining SD-WAN and WAN ...
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Untangle SD-WAN Router
Rating: 8 out of 10
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8 out of 10
1 Reviews and Ratings
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As part of Untangle’s Network Security Framework, Untangle SD-WAN Router with advanced routing capabilities and stateful firewall, provides the ability for businesses to build a Software-Defined Network. Untangle SD-WAN Router software provides interoffice connectivity across sites, optimizes the ...
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NitroAccelerator
Rating: 8.2 out of 10
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8.2 out of 10
2 Reviews and Ratings
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NitroAccelerator installs as a device driver to endpoints to optimize TCP-based connections.The solution is software-based and does not rely on third party proxies, distributed caching, lateral data-movement, or hardware appliances. The vendor states that NitroAccelerator is EPL Certified and ...
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Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Rating: 8 out of 10
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8 out of 10
7 Reviews and Ratings
Live Demo
Cisco's Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a WAN optimization option.
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Silver Peak NX
Rating: 9 out of 10
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9 out of 10
11 Reviews and Ratings
Silver Peak NX appliances are WAN optimization solutions, sized for the smallest of branch offices to the world's largest data centers and disaster recovery sites, supporting up to 5 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) of WAN capacity and 512,000 simultaneous flows. Silver Peak is now part of Aruba, since ...
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Silver Peak VX
Rating: 7.1 out of 10
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7.1 out of 10
3 Reviews and Ratings
Silver Peak VX virtual WAN optimization software combines virtualization with Silver Peak's WAN optimization technology. Silver Peak VX virtual appliances support the full list of Silver Peak WAN optimization features for functionality, including data reduction, path conditioning and traffic ...
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Juniper Mist WAN Assurance
Rating: 9 out of 10
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9 out of 10
1 Reviews and Ratings
The Juniper Mist WAN Assurance cloud offering aims to enable simpler operations, better visibility into end-user experiences, and shorter mean time to repair of SD-WAN issues. By combining Mist AI, Session Smart Routers and/or SRX Series gateways Juniper provides automation and insight for the best ...
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SonicWall WXA 5000
Rating: 0 out of 10
0 Reviews and Ratings
SonicWall WXA 5000 is a WAN optimization appliance.
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Aruba Orchestrator
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
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6.5 out of 10
4 Reviews and Ratings
Aruba Orchestrator (formerly Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator) allows organizations to assign business intent policies to secure applications across the WAN.Since the September 2020 acquisition by HPE, Silver Products are now under the Aruba Networks' brand.
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Aruba Boost
Rating: 0 out of 10
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Aruba Boost (formerly Silver Peak Unity Boost) is a performance pack for edge deployments.Silver Peak was acquired by HPE in September of 2020, and formery Silver Peak products are now under the Aruba Networks brand.
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FatPipe WAN Optimization
Rating: 10 out of 10
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10 out of 10
1 Reviews and Ratings
With FatPipe WAN Optimization, from FatPipe Networks in Salt Lake City, users can boost your Wide Area Network performance through application acceleration, better utilization of WAN infrastructure to save dollars on additional hardware, as well as software and bandwidth costs. FatPipe WAN ...
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Secucloud SASE (ECS2)
Rating: 0 out of 10
0 Reviews and Ratings
Secucloud boasts a proven SASE platform that combines a global private backbone, a network security stack, and support for cloud resources and mobile devices. Now from Aryaka (acquired May, 2021), Secucloud offers solutions for small business, homes, but also enterprises,including their suite of ...
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Expereo SD-WAN Performance Optimization
Rating: 0 out of 10
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Expereo is a managed Internet network services provider offering SD-WAN, SASE, and Cloud Connectivity optimization solutions provider for global enterprises. Expereo’s flagship SD-WAN Performance Optimization provides users enhanced SD-WAN connectivity delivered by a strengthened network underlay.
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Streamgroomer
Rating: 4.4 out of 10
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4.4 out of 10
2 Reviews and Ratings
Streamgroomer, acquired by Austrian company Automic in 2014 which in turn was acquired by CA Technologies in 2017, is a WAN optimizer and communications monitor. It is now supported by Streamcore, headquartered in France.
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Citrix SD-WAN (discontinued)
Rating: 8 out of 10
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8 out of 10
12 Reviews and Ratings
Live Demo
Citrix SD-WAN (formerly Netscaler SD-WAN) was a software-defined WAN solution, featuring WAN optimization. The product is not part of Citrix's plans going forward.
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Aryaka SmartConnect
Rating: 9.8 out of 10
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9.8 out of 10
3 Reviews and Ratings
SmartConnect is an on-demand, fully managed and end-to-end SD-WAN connectivity service for enterprises, offering global, regional, and local as well as cloud connectivity. The solution connects branches, remote locations, data centers and cloud service providers, using Aryaka's SD-WAN platform.
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Allot NetEnforcer
Rating: 4 out of 10
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4 out of 10
2 Reviews and Ratings
NetEnforcer from Israeli company Allot Communications is a WAN optimization option.
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Circadence MVO 1200 WAN Optimization Suite
Rating: 6 out of 10
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6 out of 10
1 Reviews and Ratings
Circadence in Boulder, Colorado offers the MVO 1200 WAN Optimization Suite.
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Ipanema SD-WAN (discontinued)
Rating: 8 out of 10
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8 out of 10
2 Reviews and Ratings
French company Ipanema was acquired in April 2015 by InfoVista, to expand that company's offerings into WAN optimization and became part of Extreme Networks portfolio, after the acquistion in late 2021. But the product line is discontinued, and no longer supported or sold.
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Symantec MACH5
Rating: 0 out of 10
0 Reviews and Ratings
Symantec MACH5, formerly from Blue Coat, is presented as a WAN Optimization solution that accelerates application performance, improves user experience and saves bandwidth for today’s business, cloud and web applications.

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This can be achieved with both software for analyzing and adjusting along parameters known to influence performance or with physical appliances and hardware as needed.

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