Cradlepoint SD-WAN vs Turnium SD-WAN

Cradlepoint SD-WAN provides cellular-optimized traffic management on Cradlepoint branch routers and through NetCloud Exchange. It can use LTE, 5G standalone and nonstandalone networks, wired links, and Wi-Fi as WAN. Administrators steer application traffic to selected cellular providers, WAN interfaces, or interface groups with application-based policies. NetCloud Exchange recognizes and classifies more than 3,500 applications, while edge routers classify more than 1,000. Routers assess link health and can fail over automatically when links are down or degraded under configured policies. Administrators can view cellular usage by provider, account, router, or modem and steer traffic away from links nearing thresholds. NetCloud Exchange can align modem WAN interfaces with 5G standalone network slices. Its SD-WAN uses a zero-trust foundation and requires Secure Connect. Service Gateway deployment supports Azure, AWS, KVM, and VMware. Requirements include Secure Connect, router licenses, and NetCloud OS 7.22.110 or newer. Pricing is on request, with a 90-day trial listed.

Turnium SD-WAN connects office sites, data centers, cloud providers, vehicles, and IoT devices through private overlay networks. Its no-code networking engine automates core and edge programming, routing, and service mesh as sites are added or changed. The platform can combine wired and wireless circuits from different carriers and show performance for each link and across the whole connection. Traffic controls include per-packet link balancing, bandwidth adaptation, bidirectional QoS, automatic circuit tuning, and sub-second session failover. It distributes packets over multiple circuits and supports AES-128 or AES-256 encryption. Turnium is a software-only Layer 3 platform; partners can add their own security and orchestration solutions. It runs on x86 hardware, bare metal, virtual environments, or containers, including Debian and OpenSUSE Leap environments. Core nodes can run in IBM Cloud, and its container networking function is certified for Red Hat OpenShift. The RESTful API connects with network-management and related systems. It is paid, with pricing on request, and a free proof-of-concept trial is available; no duration is stated. The managed service is listed for the United States and Canada.