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Cisco Wide Area Application Services vs. NitroAccelerator

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco WAAS
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Cisco's Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a WAN optimization option.N/A
NitroAccelerator
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
NitroAccelerator installs as a device driver to endpoints to optimize TCP-based connections. The solution is software-based and does not rely on third party proxies, distributed caching, lateral data-movement, or hardware appliances. The vendor states that NitroAccelerator is EPL Certified and approved to run on DoD networks with no known vulnerabilities or direct-competing vendors and is currently accelerating and securing enterprise-level connections all over the world.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Wide Area Application ServicesNitroAccelerator
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco WAASNitroAccelerator
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—First year Maintenance & Support (M&S) are included in the license price. For the second year on, annual M&S will be charged at 20% of the original license price.
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Community Pulse
Cisco Wide Area Application ServicesNitroAccelerator
Considered Both Products
Cisco WAAS
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Anonymous
Chose Cisco WAAS
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 …
NitroAccelerator

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Routers
Cisco Routers
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cisco Routers
Cisco Routers
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Routers
Cisco Routers
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cisco Routers
Cisco Routers
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Wide Area Application ServicesNitroAccelerator
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Cisco Wide Area Application ServicesNitroAccelerator
Likelihood to Recommend
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
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If you have an analytics-supporting SQL Server instance on a VM or bare metal, this is for you. Any large queries will get a massive speed-up. If you're using a DBaaS, then you would need to set up a proxy VM to see the benefits. If you have a transactional-only database, you won't likely see any benefits.
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SVP Data Operations
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Pros
  • Network file and application optimization
  • VOIP telephony optimization
  • Citrix application optimization
  • Standardized user experience for networking usage
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Cons
  • 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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Alternatives Considered
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
  • 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
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