Untangle SD-WAN Router vs. VMware SD-WAN

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Untangle SD-WAN Router
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
As 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
VMware SD-WAN
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
VMware SD-WAN (formerly VeloCloud) aims to deliver high-performance, reliable branch access to cloud services, private data centers, and SaaS-based enterprise applications. VeloCloud was acquired by VMware in 2018.N/A
Pricing
Untangle SD-WAN RouterVMware SD-WAN
Editions & Modules
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Untangle SD-WAN RouterVMware SD-WAN
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Detailsdiscounts available for annual contract terms.
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Community Pulse
Untangle SD-WAN RouterVMware SD-WAN
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Meraki MX
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Meraki MX
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Meraki MX
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cisco Meraki MX
Cisco Meraki MX
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Untangle SD-WAN RouterVMware SD-WAN
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Untangle SD-WAN RouterVMware SD-WAN
Likelihood to Recommend
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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VMware by Broadcom
VMware SD WAN is a great solution for tying multiple locations together that are not physically located close. The link aggregation used in the technology allows for quicker failover to redundant connections, which makes the surface traffic seem to be uninterrupted. If planning to connect multiple locations while utilizing the existing internet, Veloclouds SDWAN provides stable and accurate aggregation of connections that provide a good sense of stability for the price.
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Pros
Untangle
  • VPN
  • Works out of the box.
  • Simple to use.
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VMware by Broadcom
  • VeloCloud is excellent at automatically choosing the best internet connection based on speed and quality.
  • It provides a web based interface allows all our connections to be managed from anywhere in the world.
  • Because VMware has a strong history in networking and is a name I can trust, we are able to confidently invest in their technology.
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Cons
Untangle
  • GUI is rough.
  • Setting up intricate routes are a bit confusing.
  • No HA
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VMware by Broadcom
  • VMware SD-WAN could provide cli access for troubleshooting
  • VMware SD-WAN boxes could have more ports
  • VMware SD-WAN box could have more applications to provide more health and visibility of the traffic passing through
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Usability
Untangle
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VMware by Broadcom
VMware SD-WAN has great usability. We have had a positive experience with the solution. It has helped solved a number of issues with our network such as visibility in user usage, application usage, and prioritizing critical application network traffic. VMware SD-WAN user interface is also very easy to understand and configure.
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Support Rating
Untangle
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VMware by Broadcom
There are still some glitches that need to be worked out. As an example, I rebooted a device at one of our branch locations and it just died. That should never have happened, and I've only seen this happen when a company needs to improve hardware on some of their lower-end models.
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Alternatives Considered
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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VMware by Broadcom
At the time we made our decision to move forward with VeloCloud, Cisco Viptela and Cisco Meraki were the two players we compared against. Cisco's offerings were very customizable when using Viptela, but there was a big learning curve to implement. Meraki at the time was a lot simpler, but we needed the ability to customize some features in order to implement SD-WAN in our environment. VeloCloud was the perfect solution during our POC as it satisfied our needs.
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Return on Investment
Untangle
  • Low setup Cost.
  • Cheap scalability.
  • Fast deployment keeps customers happy with low downtime.
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Eliminate the cost of an MPLS circuit.
  • Ease of deployment: the amount of time saved when adding additional sites to the solution, especially when you have a profile already built and when you add a new VC you just associate that profile with that appliance. Again, in a matter of minutes, you can have a new site up and running.
  • Since there is not true firewall built-in, you would have to either purchase a third-party firewall or the virtual firewall that is supported by Velocloud.
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