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    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

    Untangle SD-WAN Router

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAs part of Untangle’s Network Security Framework, Untangle SD-WAN Router with advanced routing capabilities and stateful firewall, provides the ability for businesses to build a Software-Defined Network. Untangle SD-WAN Router software provides interoffice connectivity across sites, optimizes the internet over existing infrastructure, and prioritizes business critical applications to maximize employee productivity. The Untangle SD-WAN Router eSeries appliances feature WiFi and LTE connectivity…

    $30

    per month

    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Virtual Appliance
    $30
    per month
    e3 appliance
    $199.00
    one-time purchase
    e3w appliance
    $249.00
    one-time purchase
    e6 appliance
    $499.00
    one-time purchase
    e6w appliance
    $599.00
    one-time purchase
    e6wl appliance
    $799.00
    one-time purchase
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)Untangle SD-WAN Router
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—discounts available for annual contract terms.
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    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
    Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)Untangle SD-WAN Router
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Silver Peak WAN Optimization (discontinued)Untangle SD-WAN Router
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Untangle
    Awesome for most small businesses that need some better protection past their provider's box. Those usually don't handle anything past being a gateway well. Pricing is another thing. The costs are great as compared to the cost of a box plus support and licensing. Untangle really does have the smaller markets taken care of with exactly what they need. Anything more and you'll be looking at a physical solution.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • WAN Acceleration.
    • Improves application performance.
    • Reduce bandwidth costs.
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    Untangle
    • VPN
    • Works out of the box.
    • Simple to use.
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    Cons
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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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    Untangle
    • GUI is rough.
    • Setting up intricate routes are a bit confusing.
    • No HA
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    Support Rating
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    They need to improve their Spanish communication.
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    Untangle
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    Alternatives Considered
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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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    Untangle
    Deploying untangle compared to the others is almost night and day. Sophos is amazing but is usually slow on the GUI. Sonicwall is like using black magic to bring someone back from the dead. Untangle hits all the marks for coving your customers without hitting them with enterprise-level costs.
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    Return on Investment
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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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    Untangle
    • Low setup Cost.
    • Cheap scalability.
    • Fast deployment keeps customers happy with low downtime.
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