Pros and Cons in a nutshell
February 03, 2022

Pros and Cons in a nutshell

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)

With a lot of branches to manage, Cisco SD Access automation helped in saving cost and useful time on operations. It also helped us in audits.
  • Automation capabilities
  • Cost and time saving
  • Audit compliance fulfilment
  • There are controller bugs.
  • Cost is high.
  • Implementation is a bit complex, can be improved.

Do you think Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) again?

Yes

  • Stability of the user experience
  • Network Visibility
  • Global Reach out
  • Network metrics and insights
The Automation, pushing template-based configuration to multiple devices in one push saves time and manpower. Also helps in Continuous Monitoring and Threat mitigation.
Easy Policy-based, security access across all applications and network environment with ensured security.
It help the organisation in many ways but still needs improvements in some areas like pricing and bugs.
Automation, pushing template-based configuration to multiple devices in one push saves time and manpower. Assurance helps trace issues related to devices, clients, and provide the troubleshoot as the best practices. Segmentation, with the use of the SGT tags, we are able to achieve segmentation and micro-segmentation securely.
If my customers are having multiple sites and want to do automation and use policies in networking, this is the best solution.