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WAN Optimization vs. Riverbed SteelHead

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

MetricWAN Optimization

by Cisco

Riverbed SteelHead

by Riverbed Technology

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count1213
Ease of use8.08.8
Ease of setup8.18.8
Quality of support8.98.6
Meets requirements8.69.2
NPS4060
Small Business8.3%7.7%
Mid-Market16.7%23.1%
Enterprise75.0%69.2%
Total page views7573
Total LLM citations37101

WAN Optimization

Accelerate your applications and optimize quality of experience for your users.

Pros

    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