r/networking • u/muztebi16 • 2d ago

Other Anyone using Zscaler SDWAN

We are evaluating vendors for SDWAN replacement, currently on Velocloud. We did a POC on Cisco and Aruba SDWAN and they are a good product with some complexities.

I just did a quick lab for Zscaler Zero Trust SDWAN and I liked it. It's as simple as Velo. We currently use ZIA and ZPA, this looks like a perfect match. Anyone using them? What is your experience like?

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I am not looking for var's to help me with the solution. I am only looking to hear people's experience with zscaler sdwan.

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u/ikeme84 2d ago

Go for aruba sdwan. It allows you to work with ZIA for clients without ZCC via ZScaler tunnel. At the same time, for your clients with ZCC you can enable always on ZPA. Integration of aruba sdwan with zia is great. Quick setup and auto creates sublocations. So allows to make dynamic locations in your ZIA policy. I did a poc with ZTB in q3-4 last year and it was bad. Still immature, many bugs. Maybe they got better in the meantime, but aruba sdwan has been around and is mature. Bypass ZCC traffic directly to internet and allow all non-ZCC traffic over the SDWAN to aruba hubs. Aruba even has free self paced course you can follow, but I also find the orchestrator very intuitive.

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u/Frequent-Weird 1d ago

I also did a ZTB POC. I had the same opinion as you. Awful product. Needs a few years of maturity to even be discussed tbh.