Item: Silver Peak VX
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Silver Peak VX

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have two locations and Silver Peak is used to provide SD-WAN services between the two locations. IT department is the main use case, and it is used across the entire organization. We have no other SD-WAN solutions. We used to have an MPLS circuit and a site to site VPN and two separate routers to allow connection. Silver Peak VX allowed us to save money by getting rid of the MPLS.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Great support
Software based, not a hardware company
Easy to get going
Great charts and meta data about traffic

Cons

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.

Return on Investment

Able to get rid of MPLS
No more router hardware costs
Able to use both WAN links instead of one being only failover

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

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.

Support Rating

Support is great and easy to work with. They have local engineers that can help design and walk you through implementations. The engineers are generally committed to your success and very helpful in training. Multiple times we have worked with engineers to help us implement OSPF across sites as well as VRRP to provide high failover options.

Key Insights

Do you think Silver Peak VX delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Silver Peak VX's feature set?

Yes

Did Silver Peak VX live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Silver Peak VX go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Silver Peak VX again?

Yes

Other Software Used

WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product, Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Meraki MR

Likelihood to Recommend

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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