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Riverbed SteelHead vs. Lumen SD-WAN

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricRiverbed SteelHead

by Riverbed Technology

Lumen SD-WAN

by Lumen Technologies

Overall rating4.53.3
Review count1310
Ease of use8.87.1
Ease of setup8.86.2
Quality of support8.66.9
Meets requirements9.27.4
NPS60-30
Small Business7.7%10.0%
Mid-Market23.1%80.0%
Enterprise69.2%10.0%
Total page views7346
Total LLM citations10168

Riverbed SteelHead

The performance of networks and applications directly impacts business productivity. Riverbed draws from nearly two decades of experience in driving network and application performance over Wide Area Networks with its flagship offering, SteelHead. SteelHead delivers the underlying technology that helps enterprises of all sizes maximize the efficiency and performance of the networks and applications used to run modern business.

Pros

    Lumen SD-WAN

    CenturyLink® SD-WAN solutions integrate disparate connectivity types into a seamless hybrid software-defined WAN for complete visibility and enhanced performance of your entire network ecosystem through a centralized customer portal.​ CenturyLink was recently recognized with the Frost and Sullivan Innovation and Leadership Award for SD-WAN in North America to go along with our 2017 MEF Award as the Best SD-WAN Managed Service of the Year, Worldwide.

    Pros