VMware SD-WAN vs. WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
VMware SD-WAN
Score 8.1 out of 10
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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
WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Score 8.0 out of 10
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WatchGuard XTM is a firewall option, from WatchGuard Technologies.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
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Features
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Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
VMware SD-WAN
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Ratings
WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
10.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
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User Ratings
VMware SD-WANWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
VMware SD-WANWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Likelihood to Recommend
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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WatchGuard Technologies
WatchGuard XTM comes in different models, so you can choose the model best suited for your company size. I think it works well in small as well as very large networks. I have not used this feature, but you can create a "FireCluster" to connect member devices of the same model if you need to put multiple WatchGuard XTMs in your environment. Coming from command line, it took a little adjusting to learn which screen to use to set up the different rules. Once you understand how to set up policies, it is simple to create more. New firewall administrators would appreciate the ease of creating policies, and expert administrators should find everything they need plus extra features.
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Pros
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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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Proxy filter.
  • Link redundancy.
  • Security.
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Cons
VMware by Broadcom
  • They need to be a little clearer when it comes to licensing. And from the orchestrator, I should be able to see what licenses I currently have associated with every device and their expiration dates.
  • I feel even though a VM firewall can be added to a specific appliance, a full UTM firewall built within the solution would be great.
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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Support can be hard to work with. While they are typically knowledgeable, there can be a language barrier. Also, most troubleshooting seems intrusive which is a problem in a production environment.
  • The throughput of the cheaper models leaves something to be desired.
  • Have had some issues running VOIP behind these, but have not been able to narrow down the issues to the phone provider or WatchGuard yet.
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Usability
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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WatchGuard Technologies
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Support Rating
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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WatchGuard Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
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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WatchGuard Technologies
Again, WatchGuard is priced much lower than other vendors in its space. It may not have some of the bigger features such as Layer 7 awareness. It's more simple to manage and provides IT staff the time to work on other tasks versus time spent to create complex rule sets.
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Return on Investment
VMware by Broadcom
  • Inclusion of this product has led to our removal of old point to point and self managed wireless tower communication.
  • Switching to Velocloud SDWAN allowed us to remove distributed repository style framework and embrace a newer option.
  • Switching to SDWAN has already mitigated several instances of connections going down and the quick failover means there was no business interruption.
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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Easy to set up and connect firewalls
  • Easy to set up branch tunnels
  • Less time spent training
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