Aryaka SmartConnect vs. Azure Virtual WAN

Aryaka SmartConnect

Aryaka SmartConnect

3 Reviews and Ratings

Azure Virtual WAN

Azure Virtual WAN

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Aryaka SmartConnect	Score 9.8 out of 10	N/A	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.	N/A
Azure Virtual WAN	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft's Azure Virtual WAN connects global branch offices, point-of-sale locations, and sites using Azure and the Microsoft global network. With it the user can plan, configure, and seamlessly deploy new connections.	N/A

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Azure Virtual WAN

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Aryaka SmartConnect	Azure Virtual WAN
Free Trial
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Community Pulse
	Aryaka SmartConnect	Azure Virtual WAN
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Site to site Pro Site vpn Pro End to end
Top Cons	Minus Ticketing system	Minus Learning curve Minus Steep learning curve Minus Integrations are limited

Best Alternatives
	Aryaka SmartConnect	Azure Virtual WAN
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Cisco Routers Score 8.6 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Routers Score 8.6 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Aryaka SmartConnect	Azure Virtual WAN
Likelihood to Recommend	3.0 (1 ratings)	8.5 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Aryaka SmartConnect	Azure Virtual WAN
Likelihood to Recommend	Aryaka Networks It integrates nicely with AWS (in regions other than China). The provisioning support is pretty good. Incentivized Jeff Stockamp Principal Architect Read full review	Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN provides single functional interphase for routing, monitoring, connectivity and security operations. The connection of hubs in Azure virtual WAN makes it simple for us to use Microsoft as the pillar of our spoke connectivity. The platform provides us with robust connectivity features that allow for transitive connectivity across different spokes. However, you should always ensure you have understood your total cost of ownership to avoid potential price bombshells. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Aryaka Networks Relatively easily to implement Incentivized Jeff Stockamp Principal Architect Read full review	Microsoft It offers a seamless experience while connecting Virtual networks and Workloads via Azure Hub. Lot of connectivity options present - site to site VPN/Express route etc. Very easy connectivity and migration with on-premise sites and Azure Hub. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Aryaka Networks Support is very inconsistent, no real trouble-ticketing system when you have issues Very expensive for what you get Not much advance notification for maintenance events Unclear if Aryaka connectivity into China meets Chinese M.I.I.T. laws Incentivized Jeff Stockamp Principal Architect Read full review	Microsoft Integrations are limited within Azure. It is difficult to carry out multi-cloud integrations. If you haven't understood your monthly cost you can receive price shocks. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Aryaka Networks We didn't really evaluate many other SDWAN providers as very few operate inside of China. Our alternative was to build VPN connectivity ourselves. Incentivized Jeff Stockamp Principal Architect Read full review	Microsoft As we were already using Azure as a cloud platform, it was easy setting up a Virtual WAN inside Azure as users/developers and DevOps engineers were familiar with the user interface and functioning as compared to going to some other portal for just the VWAN solution. The umbrella of features provided by Azure Virtual WAN made it the right choice for our infrastructure. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Aryaka Networks Enabled us to deploy infrastructure into new regions quickly Cost of Aryaka connections (especially in China) is excessive Incentivized Jeff Stockamp Principal Architect Read full review	Microsoft Automatic troubleshooting solves incidents without costing our operational time. We are able unify all our operational activities. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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