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Meraki iWAN Solution Versus NetScaler SD-WAN
Criteria
Device managed, failover
Failover Methodology
based only on reachability
Path Selection
Path Measurement & Recovery
Speed
Unidirectional selection
Dual-ended QoS
Bandwidth Bonding
Packet Duplication
Data Compression & Reduction
Protocol Acceleration
Configuration complexity
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Meraki iWAN NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler SD-WAN Advantage
Device-managed Meraki bases failover on uplink reachability, not path quality.
Seamless to application Links with elevated latency, jitter or loss will still be used
Packet-based path selection is more efficient and provides a
By application flow By packet
better user experience
Meraki measurement algorithm takes 5 minutes to fail a link
5 minutes Milliseconds
versus milliseconds for NetScaler SD-WAN
Applications are not symmetric, same as broadband. So
No Yes
measurement and selection shouldn’t be symmetrical
Dual-ended QoS is a requirement for reliable application
No Yes
delivery over Internet-based connections
Bandwidth bonding ensures efficient bandwidth usage while
No Yes
dynamic mapping can result in path flapping
NetScaler SD-WAN can ensure lossless deliver for VoIP or
No Yes
other mission critical applications; Meraki does not
Meraki does not offer data compression & reduction;
No Yes
NetScaler SD-WAN does
Meraki does not offer protocol acceleration; NetScaler SD-
No Yes
WAN does
NetScaler SD-WAN and Meraki both feature low-touch or no-
Simple Simple
touch deployment solution