--- title: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Reviews meta\_title: 'Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 91 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 91 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN but has limited features. Are you part of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Cisco SD-WAN gives users the ability to manage connectivity across their WAN from a single dashboard that simplifies day to day monitoring and operations. Cisco SD-WAN can be cloud-managed or deployed on premise offering comprehensive routing, security and policy control, along with advanced analytics with the flexibility to connect to multiple clouds with greater speed, reliability, and efficiency. It can be deployed across a small number of locations or easily scales to thousands of locations across all major industries, globally. * * * Seller [Cisco](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cisco) Discussions [Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Community](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Jenny R. Gomez, MBA, CCAP I (Global Lead, Third Party Advocacy at Cisco) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 5 months ### Return on Investment 27 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![FortiGate SD-WAN](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "FortiGate SD-WAN") FortiGate SD-WAN 4.6/5(57) ](https://www.g2.com/products/fortigate-sd-wan/reviews) [ ![VeloCloud SD-WAN](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VeloCloud SD-WAN") VeloCloud SD-WAN 4.7/5(12) ](https://www.g2.com/products/velocloud-sd-wan/reviews) [ ![Cato SASE Cloud](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cato SASE Cloud") Cato SASE Cloud 4.5/5(83) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cato-networks-cato-sase-cloud/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 91 real user reviews. Implementation Time 5 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Cisco Umbrella ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-umbrella/reviews) Show More ![Asutosh N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Asutosh N.") AN Asutosh N. Information Technology Team Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/16/2026 "Intelligent Traffic Routing with Seamless Multi-Link Integration" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Intelligent traffic routing based on application performance and link quality Easy integration with MPLS, broadband, LTE, and cloud environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Licensing and subscription management can feel complicated and expensive for some organizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Reduced WAN costs by efficiently using broadband and hybrid WAN links alongside MPLS Faster branch deployment Better network visibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![San Naing H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "San Naing H.") SH San Naing H. Network Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/17/2026 "Powerful Centralized Management, But Setup and Policy Learning Curve Are Steep" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? It offers centralized management, intelligent application-aware routing, and robust security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? It can be complex to set up at first, and there’s a fairly steep learning curve when it comes to managing policies. Licensing costs can also be high, and in my experience it works best when you’re already operating within the Cisco ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps solve complex WAN management challenges, addresses unpredictable application performance, and closes security gaps across sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic AA Anuja A. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/2/2023 "Amazing for WAN management" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? We have been using Cisco SD-WAN from many years for the effective management of WAN systems in our organisation. It is easy to use and implement in any scale of organisation. It provides efficient management of Wide Area Networks. It is best for the management of any physical, virtual or cloud based network. Cloud based network management can easily be achieved with the help of SD-WAN. It provides very good customer support in case of any concerns and we have been using it on a daily basis by integrating with other Cisco products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? There are no major points or features to dislike in the product. I have been using it as an administrator for the last few years and I have never seen any major failure with respect to SD-WAN. It is a very stable and reliable solution that effectively helps us to manage the systems in our company. It is robust and helps us to achieve higher sustainability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? SD-WAN is used major for the efficient management of WAN in our organisation. It benefits our organisation in various aspects due to the number of features that it provides. It is very easy to use and implement in our systems. We have been using it for WAN management as well as efficient network management. It is best for cloud based systems and it has been used by our company for vaiour traffic managament and routing purposes. It is one of the best traffic management solution which is reliable as well as robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AC Amruta C. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/23/2023 "Amazing for WAN management" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? It is one of the best product that we have in using on a daily basis and it ensures reliability and robustness in our systems. It is best for sustainability and provides effective solutions on WAN management. Cisco SD-WAN is very easy to use and implement and also we can integrate it with various softwares. We have never face any major issues with the product but whenever we have any concerns Cisco provides the best customer support. It efficiently helps in traffic management and traffic routing whenever necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? To be frank we have been using this on a daily basis but we do not see any major issues or failures with the product. In case of any concerns Cisco provides instant support that helps us resolve our query. Considering the counterparts present in the market the cost is as per the features it provides. I cannot think of any major issues drawbacks or points to dislike about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco SD-WAN helps to solve various business problems on a daily basis such as: It helps to efficiently manage when systems by monitoring and network management. It helps in monitoring the traffic also helps in traffic routing whenever necessary. The best part about the product is that it is best for cloud based networks and helps to manage such networks efficiently. It is also helpful for automatic traffic routing and helps to achieve higher security in our networks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SA Saurabh A. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/28/2023 "Cisco SD-WAN Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? As an administrator, I find CISCO SD-WAN as one of the best solution to efficiently manage the Wide Area Network. WAN management has never been so easy and SD-WAN really helps to ease the usage of WAN in our company. The best part about SD-WAN is that it is very easy to implement and learn. As a Admin, it really simplifies the monitoring and management of WAN. The customer support of SD-WAN is provided by Cisco and we know that Cisco has one of the best support for its products. We have been using it daily for our networks and it really helps to achieve higher security and has many features which are useful. These features also allow to achieve integration easily with any product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? There is nothing to dislike in SD-WAN. There are no demerits. Only the cost part of the product is a little high. But it is totally worth the features it provides. It is very easy to use and itegrate with multiple platforms. Also, it is very easy to implement and I have not observed any issues with the product post implementation. It efficiently helps to achieve higher network security and traffic routing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? It is very usrful for us to tackle the various problems related to management of WAN. It is is easy to implement and use and is also easy to learn as an Administrator. It helps to manage the network efficiently and effectively monitor the traffic threats and traffic routing. It provides enhanced security, robustness and compatility with various solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Monika P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Monika P.") MP Monika P. Senior DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/16/2023 "CISCO SD-WAN Honest Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? CISCO SD-WAN is primarily used to manage the Wide Area Networks (WANs) with ease of management by using the features that it ensembles. For any networking based company, it is critical to have a good and reliable solution that helps to manage the networking aspect and traffic in the company. CISCO SD-WAN helps to manage the network issues as well as traffic routing automatically so we Admins do not have to take much efforts to find the issues and get them resolved. CISCO SD-WAN is reliable and robust. It is very useful to monitor and analyse the traffic in any WAN system and alerting and taking any action is very easy due to CISCO SD-WAN Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? It is very critical and difficult to rely on any paricular virtual and physical WAN management solution as there is a risk with respect to reliability and compatilibility. SD-WAN has solved all our problems and is a very reliable solution. There is no issue that I have observed in the recent past and I don't think there is any risk or reliability concern involved in its usage. I would recommend it to be used for any virtual Systems for mid sclae to large scale companies and there are no drawbacks of using this solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco SD-WAN helps us to tackle the following problems on a day to day basis: It helps with automated traffic routing and less monitoring requirement as it takes care by analysing and monitoring on its own. It ensures security, robustness and compatibility with any virtual system or WAN which makes it the best option to rely on. Helps to avoid any blockages or hurdles in the network and acts as a firewall to ensure the smooth funcitoning of our systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Prerana T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prerana T.") PT Prerana T. System Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/13/2023 "Amazing WAN Management solution" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? CISCO SD-WAN is a solution that efficiently helps to manage the wide area networks. It provides reliability, robustness and scalability to a network. In my company, the traffic management and automatic security threat tackling is very efficiently done with the help of SD-WAN It's gives us the ability to manage the WAN connectivity with the help of a single UI and the dashboard is very user friendly. It can be connected m and be used to manage multiple a cloud environments at a time which is really helpful It has security and policy measures which help to keep the systems free from security threats The advanced monitoring and analytical of CISCO SD-WAN helps very much to achieve the reliability and stability in our environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? There are no demerits by using SD-WAN. It requires its own efforts and time for implementation, but it is very useful for managing the wide area networks and also to manage and control the traffic and network related issues in our company. I have not seen any crashes with the product since many years The maintainable cost is almost zero and it takes care of all the features and updates without any concerns SD-WAN is less costlier than the other virtual+physical WAN management solutions in the market Making it best for our company's use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco SD WAN helps to tackle various problems in our company related to network and traffic management. In my years of experience using this product, I have never seen a failure or issue with respect to this products behaviour or functioning that has caused any issues in our company. It helps to achieve reliability and security level measures so that there a new threats from any network related issue. It is similar to SDN (software define networking) but has lot many uses and benefits than it It helps us to analyse and monitor the network blockholes and take action accordingly It also helps in understanding the data and creation of reports for the network related issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/15/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/16/2023 "#1 WAN management solution" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Cisco SD-WAN is one of the best WAN management solution in the market. We have been using Cisco SD-WAN since many years and we have not observed any issues or faiures withthe product. It is very easy to use and implement. Cisco SD-WAN is efficient to manage the networking in our company and if any issue is observed, Cisco provides best and immediate customer support. We have been using it on a daily basis and it is our go to solution for efficient management of our traffic. It has bundle of features and it can easily be integrated with any other solution if needed. It provides higher security and network and traffic management along with effective solutions to keep WANs in best condition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Considering that the solution comes form Cisco, we know that there would be hardly any drawbacks about this product. I have been using SD-WAN for more than 4 years now on a daily basis and I do not remember of any instance where this product failed or caused any major issues. There is nothing major to dislike about this product and it his one of the most reliable product for WAN management in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco SD-WAN helps to tackle all the scenarios with respect to WAN management. It helps to management the network and traffic efficiently. It is helpful to achieve higher security in out networks and causes less failures. It is best for WAN related issues management. It is best for cloud based network management efficiently. SD-WAN is best for automatic traffic routing and WAN stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/16/2023 "Best solution to manage WAN" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Cisco SD-WAN helps us to manage the connectivity through the WAN. It is best for management of WAN. It provides a single dashboard which is very easy to use and also helps to manage WAN effectively. SD-WAN is best solution as it is Cloud-based as well as it can be dployed on premise. It is cost effective and can be used for multiple functions to achieve efficient WAN management. It's security measures help to keep the systems free from security threats and help to achieve higher security in the WANs The advanced monitoring and analysis capacbilities of CISCO SD-WAN can be used to achieve the desired results Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Cisco SD-WAN has options and features that are very useful to manage WAN reliably. I have been working with SD-WAN for more than 3 years and I have not seen any issues in the functioning till now. I do not see any specific demerits or drawbacks about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? Cisco SD-WAN helps to resolve the following problems: Helps to manage WAN efficiently which guarantees the proper working of our WAN systems It can be implemented cloud based or also on premise as per our requirememt and needs It is cost effective and helps to cater all our security and monitoring needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/13/2023 "SD-WAN : Manage WAN easily" 5/5 What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Cisco SD -WAN is the best solution to manage WAN (Wide Area Network) It is used to manage the network related issues and tackle the network related threats conveniently. It takes care of traffic management in a Cloud based system as well and also automatically takes care of traffic routing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Cisco SD-WAN has hardly any features or points which may be called as its demerits. It is cost effective and also, very easy to use. Only concern we see usually is with the deployment and initial set up which is kind of complex. I have not seen any crashes or failures with respect to this solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solving and how is that benefiting you? CISCO SD WAN helps us to resolve variouus problems related to network issues and network management. It also provideds automation for traffic routing and management which makes our system highly reliable and free from security threats. It is not very costly thus, helps us to achieve network stability at a lower cost of management and maintainence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity almost 3 years ago What is Cisco SD-WAN used for? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-cisco-sd-wan-used-for) GU Guest User What improvements would you suggest for Cisco SD-WAN to better meet your networking needs? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-improvements-would-you-suggest-for-cisco-sd-wan-to-better-meet-your-networking-needs) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 5 months ### Return on Investment 27 months ### Average Discount 14% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan/pricing) Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_802013de1efda091c669b4def8e81ea4/fortigate-sd-wan.jpg "Product Avatar Image") FortiGate SD-WAN 4.6/5(57) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-vs-fortigate-sd-wan) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_38db6e33e5c9a6eaf9481840870e53d7/velocloud.jpg "Product Avatar Image") VeloCloud SD-WAN 4.7/5(12) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-vs-velocloud-sd-wan) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_2ac0e7b10e1efb64107026cb2b241d53/azure-virtual-wan.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Azure Virtual WAN 4.3/5(15) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/azure-virtual-wan-vs-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan) ##### Categories on G2 [SD-WAN](https://www.g2.com/categories/sd-wan) ##### Explore More [Best online backup service for small business](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-online-backup-service-for-small-businesses)[Best software for compliance-friendly absence reporting](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-software-for-compliance-friendly-absence-reporting)[Which IR site builders best support SEC compliance and regulatory requirements for public companies?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-ir-site-builders-best-support-sec-compliance-and-regulatory-requirements-for-public-companies) [What business entertainment platforms are most trusted by event coordinators at mid-market companies?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-business-entertainment-platforms-are-most-trusted-by-event-coordinators-at-mid-market-companies)[Best employee communications software](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-employee-communications-software-in-2025)[Which vendor supports offline access to notes across devices?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-vendor-supports-offline-access-to-notes-across-devices) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)