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Compare Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and Oracle SD-WAN 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (55.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Star Rating
(90)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Cisco Catalyst SD-WANOracle SD-WAN
Star Rating
(29)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (55.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Oracle SD-WANSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Oracle SD-WAN excels in its "Quality of Support," with a score of 8.9, indicating that users find the support team responsive and helpful, while Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN matches this score but lacks standout reviews in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN shines in "Ease of Setup," scoring 9.2, which suggests that users find the initial configuration process straightforward and user-friendly, compared to Oracle SD-WAN's score of 7.8.
- G2 users highlight that Oracle SD-WAN has a strong "Product Direction" score of 8.1, indicating a positive outlook on future updates and features, while Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN's score of 7.7 suggests some users are less confident about its future development.
- Users on G2 report that Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN is perceived as easier to use overall, with an "Ease of Use" score of 9.1, compared to Oracle SD-WAN's score of 8.1, making it a more favorable option for those prioritizing user experience.
- Reviewers say that both products have similar "Meets Requirements" scores, with Oracle at 9.1 and Cisco at 8.9, indicating that both solutions effectively meet user needs, but Oracle has a slight edge in this area.
- Users mention that while both products have a solid star rating of 4.4, Oracle SD-WAN has fewer total reviews (27) compared to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (78), which may suggest a more niche user base or less widespread adoption.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
No pricing availableOracle SD-WAN
No pricing availableFree Trial
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
No trial information availableOracle SD-WAN
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
56
9.1
25
Ease of Use
9.1
58
8.1
25
Ease of Setup
9.2
44
7.8
23
Ease of Admin
8.9
42
8.3
23
Quality of Support
8.9
55
8.9
25
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
43
9.0
23
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
55
8.1
25
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and Oracle SD-WAN are categorized as SD-WAN
Unique Categories
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN has no unique categories
Oracle SD-WAN has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Oracle SD-WAN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
24.4%
Hospital & Health Care
6.4%
Retail
5.1%
Automotive
5.1%
Higher Education
3.8%
Other
55.1%
Telecommunications
11.1%
Information Technology and Services
11.1%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
7.4%
Hospital & Health Care
7.4%
Defense & Space
7.4%
Other
55.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Cisco SD-WAN is intelligent service that helps us to manage the traffic and route it across multi-links. The traffic routing and traffic management help us extensively to achieve our reliability and management of WAN goals It's ability to analyse,...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Yasir I.
Verified User in Financial Services
with cedges not good. code doesnt support lot of visibility etc
Oracle SD-WAN
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Gagandeep S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Automation, Central management, less operational cost, easy administration. Makes it very easy to add new Site to Deployment. Bring up of new site is very easy and less time consuming
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring
GUI seems to be old, not interesting to study how to configure it.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Cisco SD-WAN is intelligent service that helps us to manage the traffic and route it across multi-links. The traffic routing and traffic management help us extensively to achieve our reliability and management of WAN goals It's ability to analyse,...
Gagandeep S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Automation, Central management, less operational cost, easy administration. Makes it very easy to add new Site to Deployment. Bring up of new site is very easy and less time consuming
Yasir I.
Verified User in Financial Services
with cedges not good. code doesnt support lot of visibility etc
Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring
GUI seems to be old, not interesting to study how to configure it.
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Cisco SD-WAN used for?
1 comment
NL
Cisco SDWAN is used for Software Defined Networking
Centralized management
Zero Touch provisioning
Link agnostic
Load Balancing and sharing...Read more
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN has no more discussions with answers
Want to know more about API calls for SD-WAN
1 comment
Official Response from Oracle SD-WAN
Management APIs are planned for future releases of Oracle SD-WAN.Read more
What is Failsafe SD-WAN?
1 comment
Official Response from Oracle SD-WAN
A Software-Defined WAN designed to not fail, to be self-correcting and to provide the same or better MPLS-class availability and a higher QoE(Quality of...Read more
What About Disaster Preparation?
1 comment
Official Response from Oracle SD-WAN
For Network traffic, the best disaster/backup is to replicate packets across two different paths—suppressing the duplicates at the other end—to deliver a...Read more
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