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CATO Networks

Cato Edge SD-WAN

7.4 /10

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What is Cato Edge SD-WAN?

Cato is providing a fully converged global SD-WAN with built-in network security, delivered as a cloud service. SD-WAN edge device is the enabling network infrastructure.

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Awards & Recognition

Cato Edge SD-WAN won the following awards in the SD-WAN - Enterprise category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

Cato Edge SD-WAN Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cato Edge SD-WAN?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Simple Administration

SD-WAN Security

Load Sharing

Quality of Service

Adaptive Traffic

Multiple Connection Type Support

Flexible Deployment

Dynamic Routing

Resilience

Application Optimization

Ease of Troubleshooting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Cato Edge SD-WAN Reviews

Mark C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Useful, flexible and reliable.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cato Edge SD-WAN from other similar products?

The focus and dedication of the solution is key rather than offering a range of services which allows them to do what they do very well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The single egress point from the disparate wan devices allowing for ip whitelisting in cloud services is a great feature.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cost of shipping of the endpoint units.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

give it a go, use the trial and see just how flexible and powerful it is.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Nirujan K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Easy to Use, Secured but Pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cato Edge SD-WAN from other similar products?

1) Built-in security : No need of any additional product required to add network security. 2) Easy Implementation : Almost plug and play for newly adding sites. 3) User Friendly portal to see all the details/ Logs. 4) Optimized path giving you lesser latency to clouds & other sites 5) Application / web-filtering , QoS inbuit with no extra cost

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security + Easy Implementation It has Web Filtering/ IPS/ Anti-Malware . so no need to add extra security device. though IPS & Anti-Malware need separate CATO License.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customer Support & Troubleshoot. They have small customer support team in Singapore. But Their main technical team is in Isreal. so due to the different time zone, sometimes, during major outages, difficult to get support from technical team. however Singapore team is supporting as much as they can.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is very easy to setup and coming with Security Features. if you have multiple sites in different geographical areas/ countries , It will give you optimized latency / east to setup & administrate along with network security, that will help you to manage your all the site's in a single CATO dashboard. And you can get all the required statistics/ logs from the Dashboard in a clear way. this product is Easy to Use but Powerful .

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Security Protects

Cons

Under Delivered
Vendor's Interest First

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Disappointed from CATO.

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Caring

Cons

Less Generous
Less Transparent
Charges for Enhancements

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Cato Edge SD-WAN

What is Cato Edge SD-WAN?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

Cato Edge SD-WAN Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

70 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cato Edge SD-WAN?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Simple Administration Ease of network administration across the Wide Area Network​.

SD-WAN Security Security of the SD-WAN by support of VPN and network security protocols​.

Load Sharing Ability to load-share WAN traffic across multiple connections​.

Quality of Service Traffic prioritization and optimization for specific network services​.

Adaptive Traffic Data traffic across the SD-WAN being adaptive to conditions across the Internet​.

Multiple Connection Type Support Support of various broadband connection types, including TCP/IP, MPLS, frame relay, and LTE wireless.

Flexible Deployment Ability to deploy wherever broadband connectivity exists​.

Dynamic Routing Dynamic path selection across the broadband networks across the Internet​.

Resilience Connectivity resiliency due to the ability to leverage multiple connections .

Application Optimization Optimization of the performance of applications and services across the Wide Area Network​.

Ease of Troubleshooting The simplicity of administration and of troubleshooting issues across the SD-WAN​.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Cato Edge SD-WAN Reviews

Mark C.

Useful, flexible and reliable.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nirujan K.

Easy to Use, Secured but Pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Disappointed from CATO.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Simple Administration

SD-WAN Security

Load Sharing

Quality of Service

Adaptive Traffic

Multiple Connection Type Support

Flexible Deployment

Dynamic Routing

Resilience

Application Optimization

Ease of Troubleshooting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization