Cisco Systems Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer Insights

Gartner defines software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) as products used to connect branch locations to other enterprise and cloud locations. SD-WAN products provide dynamic path selection based on business or application policy, routing, centralized orchestration of policy and management of appliances, virtual private network (VPN) and zero-touch configuration. SD-WAN products are WAN transport/carrier-agnostic and create secure paths across physical WAN connections.

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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) (Legacy)

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Cisco Systems

Manager, Customer Service and Support

The setup was fairly easy to do and was pretty straight forward. Support was also very helpful with a couple of minor issues we had.

1B - 3B USD

50M - 250M USD

500M - 1B USD

<50M USD

250M - 500M USD

3B - 10B USD

30B + USD

10B - 30B USD

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

Gov't/PS/ED 50,000 + Employees

IT Associate

CISCO Meraki SD-WAN  is highly regarded for its simplicity, scalability and cloud based management. 

Using Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN has been great, deploying new routers with Cisco vmanage templates simplifies and standardizes deployments which keeps us consistent and secure. It's also much faster than manual configuration. It also allows us to see all of our SD-WAN routers in one place and perform actions in bulk.

Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks

Broadcom (VMware)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Juniper Networks)

Citrix

Riverbed

HPE (Aruba Networks)

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Versa Networks

Huawei

Barracuda

HPE (Silver Peak)--

Cato Networks

Forcepoint

Aryaka

Zscaler

Cloudflare

CloudGenix

Nokia (Nuage Networks)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Oracle

Check Point Software Technologies

FatPipe Networks

Netskope

Cradlepoint

Teldat

Arista Networks

Extreme Networks

PDI Technologies

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. 

Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. 

Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.

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Favorable Review

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is a strong option and their software tools for deployment make the process faster and easier.

Critical Review

CISCO Meraki SD-WAN: A Look at its Woeful Cost and Limited Customization

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