Aryaka SmartConnect vs Azure Virtual WAN

Likelihood to Recommend

It integrates nicely with AWS (in regions other than China). The provisioning support is pretty good.

Principal Architect

SAP ConcurInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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.

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Pros

Relatively easily to implement

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Jeff Stockamp

Principal Architect

SAP ConcurInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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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.

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Cons

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

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Jeff Stockamp

Principal Architect

SAP ConcurInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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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.

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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

Starting Price

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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

Starting Price

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Alternatives Considered

We didn't really evaluate many other SDWAN providers as very few operate inside of China. Our alternative was to build VPN connectivity ourselves.

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Jeff Stockamp

Principal Architect

SAP ConcurInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees

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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.

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