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Fortinet Secure SD-WAN vs. Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)

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    Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AFortinet Secure SD-WAN supports cloud-first, security-sensitive, and global enterprises, as well as the hybrid workforce. Its Secure Networking approach uses one operating system and consolidates SD-WAN, next-generation firewall (NGFW), advanced routing, and ZTNA application gateway functions.N/A

    Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASilver Peak's WAN Optimization brand and appliances were discontinued after the company's acquisition in 2020 by HPE. Similar capabilities are supplied now under HPE's Aruba brand.N/A
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    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    9.0
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    Usability
    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Fortinet Secure SD-WANSilver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortinet
    In the past Firewall and Traffic Routing tasks would have to be done on different interfaces, however, with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN all this is unified into one central console. We can get more productivity and also can optimize LAN & WAN IT Operations. We are also able to cut a lot of cost by moving from old MPLS technology to BB
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    This is well suited when you need to deploy a virtual router to provide SD-WAN services across multiple sites. This works great for small businesses since they added firewall services. The price and feature set are also great for mid-sized enterprises due to the ability to manage multiple appliances with templates, central reporting, and ability to provide high availability of the appliances with VRRP.
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    Pros
    Fortinet
    • Consolidated User Interface for Firewall, Routing and ZTNA
    • Optimization of WAN applications and traffic
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    • WAN Acceleration.
    • Improves application performance.
    • Reduce bandwidth costs.
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    Cons
    Fortinet
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    • Managing more and more routers can add complexity with templates.
    • Documentation around internal routing protocol they use is confusing.
    • Boost add-on was oversold by pre-sales team and not helpful during testing.
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    Usability
    Fortinet
    As mentioned earlier, since all features are pretty much available in one console, it is very user friendly and it becomes very easy for the Admin to just drag and drop a Plugin or a Tool that is required to perform a specific task. It's one of the most well designed layout to be honest.
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    Support Rating
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    They need to improve their Spanish communication.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortinet
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    We currently have almost all Cisco Meraki and would have loved to keep the product portfolio the same. Silver Peak was far cheaper and offered far more features. A lot of our evaluation showed that NGFW offers SD-WAN but it is not a full-featured deployment. Silver Peak is by and large better at being able to use both links at once, offer failover, QoS, and central reporting.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortinet
    • 18% improvement in Productivity
    • 25% reduction in cost
    • Almost zero down time.
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    • Able to get rid of MPLS
    • No more router hardware costs
    • Able to use both WAN links instead of one being only failover
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