# Blue Coat PacketShaper Reviews
**Vendor:** Broadcom  
**Category:** [SD-WAN Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/sd-wan)  
**Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 4
## About Blue Coat PacketShaper
PacketShaper is a highly-scalable WAN Optimization and network QoS platform.




## Blue Coat PacketShaper Reviews
  ### 1. Blue Coat PacketShaper review

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Gagandeep S. | Network Security Engineer-3, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2022

**What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

I like the application visibility of Blue Coat PacketShaper. Application signatures detect traffic as an application, and you have complete visibility of what is passing through your network. What traffic to rate limit etc.  Instead of rate limiting traffic based upon TCP/UDP ports, you can do it based upon applications is very nice.

**What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

I think Blue Coat packet shaper should provide more insights into reporting. The custom reports should be at more granular levels and shall provide more filters to get more insights.

**Recommendations to others considering Blue Coat PacketShaper:**

I definitely recommend this product as i have seen very less glitches with it. It works very nicely if configured correctly.

**What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are optimizing and rate limiting the traffic with Bluecoat packet shaper. We had recently encountered a scenario where users can pull updates from SCCM over remote access VPN tunnel and when updates were pushed and all the users start downloading the updates, causing the internet link of the organization to have high bandwidth utilization.

  ### 2. One of the best solution in the market to monitor and control the performance

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2022

**What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

The best part of the BC Packet shaper is its super simplistic user interface.
Also the granularity with which we can prioritize the traffic makes it must have in our network

**What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

Their adoption towards the cloud PS is very slow. 
Would have liked if they introduced cloud version of PS earlier.
Also its categorization engine seems to be bit slow.

**What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We have been using PS to prioritize the important traffic like our VIP users.
Also during our business meets, we make sure that the remote meetings never face latency or other performance issues.

  ### 3. Blue Coat PacketShaper

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mukesh Kumar A. | Entrepreneur, Consultant, Learner, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2022

**What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

Real-time monitoring features such as identification and classification of various applications with better performance.

**What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

Expecting improved performance for handling traffic in complex networks like ours involving legacy as well as latest technologies for us and our customers.

**What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Improved network monitoring for various traffic patterns.

  ### 4. PacketShapers, there is no other!

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Hugo v. | Troubleshooter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2022

**What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

Connection optimalisation and bandwith control

**What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?**

Broadcom stopped suporting the solution.

**What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Non- critical traffic pushing away business critical aplications.


## Blue Coat PacketShaper Discussions
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