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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure CDN

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers a content delivery network, Azure CDN.N/A

    Cisco WAAS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACisco's Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a WAN optimization option.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
    Small Businesses
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Azure CDNCisco WAAS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure CDN has at hand an infinity of applications and tools to implement in your system and have better control of your data in a clean and secure platform on the web, we recommend this program since the percentage of solutions provided by this program is very high and find a way to make each user's job easier.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    WAAS works best for cookie cutter and some unique network design implementations. is best suited for an all Cisco network infrastructure. however, a number of 3rd party network devices can be used and supported when using this product. it's easier with all Cisco. It is priced pretty high to get into and medium to enterprise organizations is best suited to implement this in
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • I found the CDN very easy to setup and configure within the Azure Portal.
    • Being Azure, there are plenty of free tools that allow you to manage the CDN from a UI that is not the portal. This was especially handy when I trained end users how to manage content within their specific realm.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • Network file and application optimization
    • VOIP telephony optimization
    • Citrix application optimization
    • Standardized user experience for networking usage
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Tough learning curve--you have to be comfortable with the Azure Cloud logic and UI to use it easily
    • Special or uncommon use cases' pricing can be hard to forecast/follow
    • Can be expensive for simple use cases
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    Cisco
    • Administrator GUI user interface is archaic and very dated
    • Admin GUI lacks a bunch of feature support options you have to do via CLI
    • Some endpoint functionality needs to be done at each site instead of from the central admin tool. so redundant effort and can cause site config drift
    • Admin GUI lacks some monitoring and reporting options that would be helpful for support and trouble resolution
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I give it 9/10 rating because it solved my problem by Caching my website content on global servers to load faster.
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    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Great support from the team whenever we're stuck. Very proactive in resolving issues and also making changes as per the requirements of the organization.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    More user friendly and it’s so easy to learn, the prices may be close to each other, but the service is excellent.
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    Cisco
    We are already a Cisco organization for network and security products. Cisco provided us discounting competitors just couldn't get to. competitors required more hardware and more complex setup requirements over this product due to our network design. The end result when comparing WAAS to others were going to be the same speed, experience, and pretty much the same administration requirements from IT. The added cost savings won us over.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Azure CDN reduced origin instance load by removing the need to constantly serve large numbers of static files, meaning applications can be deployed with smaller/fewer instances.
    • Azure CDN reduces apparent load times to customers by serving cached files out of POPs in the local region of those clients, instead of requiring those clients to make multiple, lengthy requests through to the origin servers.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    • saves monthly internet service costs
    • seamless network experience for all users at all sites
    • ok troubleshooting admin portal so some IT skills are required to manage this
    • is costly to purchase
    • somewhat complex to set up but easy to administer once working
    Incentivized
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