Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Pricing

“The benefit is that it is easier to implement, but I think that individual has to really look at is it worth the cost. … It's not really easy to get that license back on if it's an SD-WAN design that's meant to be shipped and plug and play can't really do plug and play if you don't have a license.”

“Negative ROI in terms of a monthly recurring cost, due to very high licensing costs. … Analytics in the higher tier is cost prohibitive.”

“Should be less expensive and make it more affordable. … So save some money for the cost of the Internet circuits are cheaper comparing with the MPLS circuits or some locations don't have MPLS circuits available.”

“Save investment on expensive MPLS subscription Integrate with Azure cloud which make the business application a lot easier.”

“I think next year may have to see if the budget permit we may have to compare the price vs functionality what we use to optimize the value proportion.”

“Saving from not requiring MPLS connections Increased uptime with 4G LTE backup Free up staffing resources by 60% No downtime saves us up to $30,000 per year. … The cost benefits are most significant to us as we no longer require expensive MPLS links to each site and each site has 4G LTE inbuilt.”

“I believe there is a good Return on Investment or ROI that Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN had on the overall business objectives.”

“I can't really comment on ROI because I'm not really the ROI kind of guy.”

“It can help reduce carrier cost a lot by replacing expensive carriers services with internet but still provide secured connection.”

“Positive: We cloud simplify the costs of branch offices Negative: Subscription price based on throughput.”

“Price - the solution can be expensive.”