Riverbed SteelHead vs. Symantec MACH5

Riverbed SteelHead

Riverbed SteelHead

18 Reviews and Ratings

Symantec MACH5

0 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Riverbed SteelHead	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	San Francisco based Riverbed Technology offers Steelhead, a WAN optimization solution, which includes the SteelHead CX/GX delivering optimization for Hybrid WANs, accelerating the performance of applications to improve productivity and reduce costs, and SteelHead SD combining SD-WAN and WAN Optimization, providing a single, unified orchestration and connectivity fabric across the entire distributed enterprise network with embedded security, optimization, and visibility.	N/A
Symantec MACH5	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Symantec MACH5, formerly from Blue Coat, is presented as a WAN Optimization solution that accelerates application performance, improves user experience and saves bandwidth for today’s business, cloud and web applications.	N/A

Pricing

Riverbed SteelHead

Symantec MACH5

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Riverbed SteelHead	Symantec MACH5
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

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Community Pulse
	Riverbed SteelHead	Symantec MACH5
Top Pros	Pro Microsoft exchange Pro Remote sites Pro Gives insight	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	Minus Traffic analysis Minus Dashboard capabilities	No answers on this topic

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	Riverbed SteelHead	Symantec MACH5
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User Ratings
	Riverbed SteelHead	Symantec MACH5
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Riverbed SteelHead	Symantec MACH5
Likelihood to Recommend	Riverbed Technology If you are dealing with large CAD files on a daily basis "remotely", Riverbed Steelhead makes your home office feel just like the office Incentivized KW Kevin Walgren Technology Lead Read full review	Broadcom No answers on this topic
Pros	Riverbed Technology Effectively improves data throughput over VPN WAN connections. Seamless operation. Optimizes a variety of applications. Including, HTTPS, Citrix, Netapp SM and SV, Exchange, etc. Incentivized Tim Slater Manager, Corporate Services and Information Systems Read full review	Broadcom No answers on this topic
Cons	Riverbed Technology A reduction in price is always welcomed Simplify and streamline advanced features and add-on pieces for more detailed traffic analysis Getting granularity into traffic behavior becomes confusing and very expensive Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Broadcom No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Riverbed Technology We tested Cisco eleven years ago in parallel with Riverbed in a PoC. The Cisco configuration was very complex and sticky based on the location. The Riverbed configuration is flexible based on the whole storage. A software client for devices like laptops or tablets is not available for Cisco WAAS, therefore we selected Riverbed based on a PoC. Incentivized Ralf Richter Senior Solution Architect Read full review	Broadcom No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Riverbed Technology Files now open a lot quicker, at near local speeds. We are able to respond to customers quicker as we can get access quicker. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Broadcom No answers on this topic
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