What is SteelHead?
Secure optimization of all applications, across hybrid networks to users everywhere so you can leverage global resources and access applications and data from anywhere.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+98 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 SteelHead?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Unique Features
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Application Optimization
Load Sharing
Adaptive Traffic
Dynamic Routing
Resilience
Multiple Connection Type Support
Quality of Service
Flexible Deployment
SD-WAN Security
Simple Administration
Ease of Troubleshooting
Vendor Capability Ratings
Vendor Support
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Ease of Customization
Availability and Quality of Training
Business Value Created
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Breadth of Features
SteelHead Reviews
Seun a.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2023
SDWAN from Riverbed
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SteelHead from other similar products?
WAN optimization - Excellent Performance SD WAN - Excellent Application security features - excellent Dashboard - Excellent Very stable - 10X compression
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
product capabilities are upto the par and meets our requirement
What do you dislike most about this product?
To improve the tool, it lacks a real-time traffic graph.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Performance par excellence Very Robust Excellent reporting SD WAN - Amazing
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Stefan S.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2023
Great quality product with adequate support
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SteelHead from other similar products?
It has continuously demonstrated its capabilities to improve quality with relative ease.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its ease of use and ease of implementation
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike nothing
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
That they will be getting their value definitely
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Niketan S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2023
An all in one product with great ROI
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates SteelHead from other similar products?
The ease of deployment at the initial stages of implementation, the service and support provided by the technical team (when under contract obviously). I have had instances when certain cases have taken a long time to get redressal too however one thing is for sure, they will give a resolution to the issues you face. But mostly, it's a quick friendly call to get most of the issues/cases sorted. Looking at the financial aspect of the product, it is usually future ready and gives amazing ROI. We have multiple models being used in our organization and we have had them for almost an eternity now. And they still work like a charm.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
A bit tricky, but easy administration once you get a hang of it. Very easy to troubleshoot. And the sales price point is just awesome if you bag a good deal
What do you dislike most about this product?
I have only faced issues with cert (CSR) import to the appliance. It can be me but it usually fails the first time for me. So that is my only issue with steelhead appliances
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go for it. It makes absolute sense. And with new features coming up... It is on its way to become a complete single box design. Good for your present as well as future
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
