Ekinops SD-WAN vs Peplink SD-WAN

Ekinops SD-WAN gives service providers options for extending traditional customer-premises routing with advanced connectivity or a full SD-WAN solution. SD-WAN Xpress is a one-box solution for SMEs and small sites of large enterprises, designed for deployment through a licence upgrade on OneOS6-enabled hardware. Smart Connect targets SMBs and distributed enterprises with small offices, including retail locations. It manages multiple uplinks in active/active or active/passive modes and can fail over traffic in less than 3 seconds. Smart Connect can also direct traffic to a Secure Service Edge solution for protection. It is included in OneOS6 and available on Ekinops pCPE and uCPE routers and the ONEvRouter VNF for white-box hardware. SD-WAN Director manages deployments through a GUI and API across three tiers, with multi-tenancy, role-based access control and a customer portal for visibility, monitoring and configuration. A REST API supports OSS/BSS integration. Ekinops offers a starter kit with routers, limited-time private-cloud access, a virtual controller, multi-tenant Director and assistance from an SD-WAN system architect. Pricing is on request.

Peplink SD-WAN brings multiple fixed or cellular WAN connections together as one logical connection and lets teams manage them centrally. It can use xDSL, MPLS, cellular, and fiber links, monitor their health and quality, and steer application traffic; real-time services can use the lowest-latency link. Intelligent failover and active/active configurations are intended to keep connections reliable when a link fails. InControl 2 provides cloud-based device management, monitoring, reporting, and provisioning, including scheduled settings changes and configuration or firmware updates across hundreds of devices. SpeedFusion VPN creates encrypted device-to-device tunnels, while SpeedFusion Bonding can combine provider links into one tunnel. The VPN itself uses one WAN connection at a time and has no software client. Security features include firewall rules, deep packet inspection, web blocking, and denial-of-service protection. FusionHub supports several virtualization platforms, and InControl 2 offers an API for custom integrations. Pricing is on request; qualifying in-warranty devices can use the free InControl 2 plan.