Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) vs Citrix SD-WAN (formerly Netscaler SD-WAN)

Likelihood to Recommend

Have remote sites and need them to feel local? Want to get all your locations virtually on the same network? This is the way. And if you're like us and need an easy way to manage all your remote locations in one place this is the tool you want to use.

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Manager in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Any organization with a robust IT support network and with 100+ users, all the way up to international conglomerates with millions of workers. The only situation I can see where it might be harder is if you have a very small business with limited technical know-how. Otherwise, it's honestly the no-brainer choice.

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Clinton Verley

Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

An intricate system of connections that make it seem like your outside sites are all on one single LAN
Well priced in their category as others are a bit pricier for the same services
Aruba is backed by a well staffed support team that can get you through your issues

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Verified User

Consultant in Marketing

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Excellent integration with the Citrix Cloud Connector makes it a breeze to use.
Access control is locked down with biometric security and easy password creation.
License usage is always 100% secure.

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Clinton Verley

Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

The right support team for your product can be difficult to get ahold of
Integration with Cisco is not as super tight as integration with Aruba devices
Some of the advanced features are difficult to use

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Sometimes the interface is a bit slow to load. That's honestly about it!

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Clinton Verley

Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

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After a lengthy vendor selection process we determined that CloudBridge was the best solution—although as always with demos it was difficult to tell if we'd really made the right decision. Since selecting CloudBridge—hough I have had lots of input from colleagues who use other systems—I feel very happy with our choice. The feature set alone is just far superior.

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Clinton Verley

Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Changed the way we manage remote sites
Saved us funds in the LAN budget
Created new opportunities to roll out functions at these sites

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Tremendous savings from high uptime percent.
Keeping our remote users engaged and stable at work means we can hire anywhere on earth.
Access control keeps our IT team from constantly being tied up with password resets.

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Clinton Verley

Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No