--- title: WAN Optimization Reviews meta\_title: 'WAN Optimization Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how WAN Optimization works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 4 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # WAN Optimization Reviews & Product Details Reduce bandwidth cost and Accelerate application speeds with WAN Optimization. Wan Optimization reduce network costs and accelerate network speeds through TCP Acceleration, Compression, Byte-Caching, Packet Loss Recovery, Caching and related techniques. * * * Seller [Wanos](https://www.g2.com/sellers/wanos) Discussions [WAN Optimization Community](https://www.g2.com/products/wanos-wan-optimization/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Barracuda CloudGen Firewall](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Barracuda CloudGen Firewall") Barracuda CloudGen Firewall 4.5/5(52) ](https://www.g2.com/products/barracuda-cloudgen-firewall/reviews) [ ![Windstream OfficeSuite UC](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Windstream OfficeSuite UC") Windstream OfficeSuite UC 4.1/5(30) ](https://www.g2.com/products/windstream-officesuite-uc/reviews) [ ![WAN Optimization](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "WAN Optimization") WAN Optimization 4.3/5(12) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wan-optimization/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/wanos-wan-optimization/competitors/alternatives) ![Mike M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mike M.") MM Mike M. C Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/14/2023 "WAN Optimization with SDWAN" 4.5/5 What do you like best about WAN Optimization? We were able to connect 39 sites and provide an encrypted connection and have improved WAN performance. We could also see what issues are happening on the link. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about WAN Optimization? It is sometimes difficult to figure out the best solution for you. You have different options depending on the vendor you choose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is WAN Optimization solving and how is that benefiting you? There were multiple locations with shotty Internet. The SDWAN service allowed to use them to connect all of them and provide better performance and failover Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Malliga A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Malliga A.") MA Malliga A. Senior Associate Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/11/2022 "Wan optimization is really challenging issue every organisation." 5/5 What do you like best about WAN Optimization? Try to reduce traffic load between mpls and internet traffic so that we can optimise wan and utilise wisely in large operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about WAN Optimization? SD-WAN is the feature to avoid the wan link failures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is WAN Optimization solving and how is that benefiting you? It's company to company that varies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ### There are not enough reviews of WAN Optimization for G2 to provide buying insight. 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