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Cisco SD-WAN
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126 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall
Cisco SD-WAN
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
9.5
Untangle NG Firewall
95%
Untangle NG Firewall ranks higher in 11/11 features
Untangle NG Firewall ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
5 Ratings
Visualization Tools
N/A
0 Ratings
9.4
94%
5 Ratings
Content Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings
9.8
98%
5 Ratings
Policy-based Controls
N/A
0 Ratings
9.4
94%
5 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP
N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
5 Ratings
Firewall Management Console
N/A
0 Ratings
9.9
99%
5 Ratings
Reporting and Logging
N/A
0 Ratings
9.8
98%
5 Ratings
VPN
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
5 Ratings
High Availability
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
4 Ratings
Stateful Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings
9.6
96%
5 Ratings
Proxy Server
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
100%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cisco SD-WAN is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
- Untangle NG Firewall is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
Cisco SD-WAN
97%
42 Ratings
9.5
Untangle NG Firewall
95%
8 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Cisco SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Untangle NG Firewall
100%
1 Rating
Usability
9.1
Cisco SD-WAN
91%
1 Rating
Untangle NG Firewall
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
7.3
Cisco SD-WAN
73%
36 Ratings
8.2
Untangle NG Firewall
82%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN is well designed for organizations that want to have full control or make their cloud and digital transformation easily. [Cisco] SD-WAN gives adaptability to use various transport links like 4G, 5G, or internet dedicated line, and WAN links can be used effectively. The troubleshooting is very fast and efficient and saves us lots of time, energy, and costs.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employeesUntangle NG Firewall
Untangle is very strong in the "traditional" sense of security. That means an edge appliance that either works with an existing router or is the router itself (recommended). This approach has also been adapted well to cloud environments in order to protect virtual servers and VDI workstations.As mentioned earlier, many schools are using cloud-based filtering for their 1:1 solutions for their students. This is an area where Untangle is unable to serve. Some have used an instance of Untangle in the cloud with VPN to serve their remote needs, but it is not the same as solutions that are designed for cloud-based filtering of devices without VPN.
IT Director
Legacy Christian AcademyPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees
Pros
Cisco SD-WAN
- Cisco SD-WAN provides ultra-modern analytics, monitoring, and automation for any associate networking.
- Cisco SD-WAN helps our organization fulfill optimal speeds and the best staging speed boost-up.
- One of the major reasons to buy this application is that it empowers major augmentation in cybersecurity while also reducing overhead costs and simplifying operations, etc.
- SD-WAN provides elucidation to our organization that cuts out high-priced routing and drags back on hardware costs while contributing to our business the elasticity to access multi-cloud services.
Sr. Software Data Associate | Pharmabridge
Softronic Systems (Pvt) LimitedComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Untangle NG Firewall
- Web Filtering is strong, and can also do application fingerprinting to allow Facebook, but not Facebook games. Secondly, a separate partition called a "rack" can be set up to give one subnet or group of users different web filtering policies than another. For example, teachers would get more freedom to browse the web than students at a school.
- Built-in SD-WAN connectivity as part of your license. IPSEC tunnel creation is also amazingly easy.
- Will install on any x86 hardware created in the last 5-10 years. Ram and processor requirements per user are very low.
- Reporting is phenomenal, however you can get death by details very easily.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 1001-5000 employeesCons
Cisco SD-WAN
- The minimum subscription time is three years, which makes the initial investment of the projects more expensive.
- The types of subscriptions that determine the accumulated bandwidth of the transport links generate a limitation to the additional solution that the hardware supports.
- Access to the Vmanage administration console must be from a previously established IP address, which removes flexibility of access to the cloud.
Ingeniero de preventa
BVS Technology SolutionsTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
Untangle NG Firewall
- The full suite can be expensive for business but will be powerful enough.
- The full suite for home or small office isn't that bad of a price but may be out of reach for most home users but remember the basics are FREE so anyone can get started with it.
- I would like to see it promoted for mid to large businesses as I think it can handle it.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 11-50 employeesPricing Details
Cisco SD-WAN
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Cisco SD-WAN Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Untangle NG Firewall
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$25 per month
Untangle NG Firewall Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
z4 appliance | $2991 |
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z4w appliance | $3291 |
z4 Plus appliance | $399.001 |
z6 appliance | $1199.001 |
z12 appliance | $1999.001 |
z20 appliance | $3499.001 |
- one-time purchase
SaaS Edition
Open Source Firewall | $0.001 |
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NG Firewall Complete | $25.002 |
- free under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco SD-WAN
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Untangle NG Firewall
Untangle NG Firewall 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Service renewal is in Feb 2021. We will be renewing!

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesUsability
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN 9.1
Based on 1 answer
It is the best solution on the market.
managing director latam
expereoTelecommunications, 201-500 employees
Untangle NG Firewall
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN 7.3
Based on 36 answers
Al ser soluciones integradas del portafolio de soluciones de Cisco, el soporte es transversal a cada uno de los componentes implementados, teniendo el cliente la capacidad de resolver sus inconvenientes bajo una misma infraestructura que está totalmente homologada, satisfacciendo de esta manera, las necesidades del cliente asi como permitiendo, que este se concentre en su negocio. Since the Cisco SD-WAN tools are a part of Cisco’s broader portfolio of solutions, support cross-cuts to each of our deployed components, with our company as the customer having the ability to solve our problems through the same, approved infrastructure. Their support team easily satisfies the customer’s needs so that they continue to focus on business functions.
Gerente
OvnicomTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
Untangle NG Firewall
Untangle NG Firewall 8.2
Based on 3 answers
I haven't used them much, but they did answer my question quickly.
Owner
Ingram Computer ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN is the simplest to implement with graphical user interface full configuration. There [are] also many automated parts of [the] configuration, like tunnels configurations and routes propagation. Cisco also brings its SD-WAN solution as a complementary solution to users already using Cisco equipment like Meraki and Firepower firewalls. This could be an advantage also.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Networking Company, 1001-5000 employeesUntangle NG Firewall
NG Firewall was much more friendly in terms of layout and ease of use, the apps section is familiar to anyone and the config while in a sort of odd order is very clearly laid out. I also appreciate Untangle's endless educational videos and the support can't be beat. Overall it was more of a complete package

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Retail Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Cisco SD-WAN
- Managing to use business applications efficiently causes us to get more value from our cloud subscriptions
- Able to use streaming services improved employees' morale and increased their performance
- Able to combine multiple connections, helped reduce costs, and prevented us from investing in only the most expensive WAN supplier
- Instead of relying on one supplier when one connection was down, we managed to carry on with another broadband solution
IT Administrator
Avesoro HoldingsMining & Metals, 501-1000 employees
Untangle NG Firewall
- The positive is the savings in time the IT department has recouped by not having to continuously clean and maintain end point computers. Not to mention helping end user use their time more wisely by not wasting time on non-work related web activities.
- The only negative is complaints from end users about the restrictions.
Systems Technician
Preston Memorial HospitalHospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees