What sd-wan solutions features do MSPs need?

Multi-tenant dashboards with per-client isolation, PSA integration (ConnectWise, Autotask, Halo), white-label portals, per-technician or per-endpoint pricing with volume discounts, automated alerting with NOC escalation, and reporting that doubles as client deliverables.

How should MSPs evaluate sd-wan solutions pricing?

Compare per-technician (unlimited endpoints) vs per-endpoint models. For MSPs managing 500+ endpoints with 2-3 technicians, per-technician pricing is almost always cheaper. Factor in PSA integration costs, add-on modules, and minimum commit requirements.

Can MSPs use the same sd-wan solutions tools as internal IT?

Some tools serve both markets (NinjaOne, Datto), but MSP-specific features like multi-tenancy, white-labeling, and PSA integration are usually only available in MSP-tier plans. Internal IT tools (Intune, SCCM) lack multi-tenant architecture entirely.

Best sd-wan solutions tools for MSPs in 2026

MSPs need sd-wan solutions tools with multi-tenant architecture, flexible per-client or per-technician pricing, PSA and ticketing integration, white-label options, and NOC-grade alerting that scales across hundreds of client environments without multiplying admin overhead.

Use this page alongside the full SD-WAN Solutions category hub for deeper evaluation criteria, or browse the software directory to search across all tools. For methodology context, read how we review software and how rankings work. Our IT calculators can help build a business case before vendor conversations begin.

1 built for msps highlighted below, plus 14 more in this category.

SD-WAN Solutions tools compared

Every tool on this page, with the price each vendor actually publishes, its deployment model and its own authored best-fit line. The chips filter these rows and state how many each one holds.

15 sd-wan solutions tools compared on published price, deployment, best fit and main tradeoff.
Tool	Published price	Deployment	Free trial	Best for	Main tradeoff	Vendor link
VMware VeloCloud	quote only	Cloud	No	Enterprises with 50+ branch sites that need carrier-grade SD-WAN with the flexibility to deploy hardware appliances, virtual edges, or cloud-hosted gateways depending on the site profile	Broadcom's 2023 acquisition of VMware has disrupted the partner ecosystem, changed licensing terms, and introduced uncertainty about the product roadmap	Get Pricing Details
PRTG	€1,799 a year for 500 sensors, from ITCommons' March 17, 2026 check; not re-verified since	Cloud / On-prem	Yes	Heterogeneous and industrial estates with engineers who know what they want to monitor	Not stated	Visit Website
Cato Networks	quote only	Cloud	No	Mid-market and enterprise organizations with distributed workforces and branch offices that want to consolidate SD-WAN, next-gen firewall, CASB, SWG, and ZTNA into a single vendor and single…	Premium pricing starting at ~$200/site/month with bandwidth-based tiers and annual commitments	Get Pricing Details
Cisco AnyConnect	quote only	Cloud / On-prem	No	Enterprises already running Cisco ASA or Firepower firewalls that need an enterprise-grade remote access VPN with device posture assessment, per-application VPN tunneling, and integration…	Requires Cisco ASA or Firepower infrastructure	Get Pricing Details
Cisco Meraki	quote only	Cloud	Yes	Distributed enterprises with 10-10,000 branch locations that need centrally managed SD-WAN, security, and switching without dedicated network engineers at each site	Per-device licensing at $150-500+/device/year creates significant ongoing costs	Get Pricing Details
Cloudflare One	quote only	Cloud	Yes	Modern, cloud-first organizations that want to replace VPN concentrators and legacy firewalls with a SASE architecture delivered through the world's most distributed edge network	SD-WAN capabilities are less mature than dedicated SD-WAN vendors (Cisco, Fortinet, VeloCloud)	Visit Website
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN	quote only	Cloud / On-prem	No	Security-conscious enterprises already running FortiGate firewalls at branch sites that want to add SD-WAN without deploying separate appliances	FortiOS configuration complexity	Get Pricing Details
NordLayer	$8 per user per month on Lite	Cloud	Yes	SMBs and mid-market organizations with 10-500 employees that need to secure remote access quickly without dedicated network security staff	Security features are shallower than enterprise SASE platforms, no deep DLP, no inline CASB, no advanced threat protection	Visit Website
OpenVPN Access Server	quote only	Cloud / On-prem	Yes	IT teams that need a self-hosted VPN solution with full control over the VPN infrastructure, particularly organizations with compliance requirements that mandate on-premises VPN termination…	OpenVPN protocol is TCP/UDP-based and slower than WireGuard for most use cases	Visit Website
Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN	quote only	Cloud	No	Enterprises already running Palo Alto next-gen firewalls and Prisma Access that want to extend their security platform to SD-WAN without introducing a new vendor	Premium pricing significantly above Fortinet and Meraki for comparable site counts	Get Pricing Details
Perimeter 81	quote only	Cloud	Yes	Mid-market organizations with 50-500 employees that need to replace traditional VPN with cloud-delivered ZTNA and SWG without the complexity of enterprise SASE platforms like Zscaler or Palo…	Check Point's 2023 acquisition introduced product overlap with Check Point Harmony SASE and roadmap uncertainty about the standalone Perimeter 81 product's future	Visit Website
Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect	quote only	Cloud / On-prem	No	Enterprises with 50-5,000 branch sites that need SD-WAN with built-in WAN optimization, particularly organizations replacing MPLS circuits where WAN optimization was previously delivered by…	HPE Aruba acquisition has added complexity to the product roadmap and go-to-market	Get Pricing Details
Tailscale	0 US dollars for Personal, then 8 US dollars per user per month for Standard	Cloud	Yes	DevOps and engineering teams that need to connect distributed infrastructure, dev environments, CI/CD runners, staging servers, databases, across cloud providers and on-premises without…	Tailscale is a mesh VPN for device-to-device connectivity	Visit Website
WireGuard	$0: there is no vendor and nothing to buy	Cloud / On-prem	Yes	DevOps engineers and Linux administrators who want the fastest, most secure VPN tunneling available and are comfortable configuring it manually or integrating it with management tooling	WireGuard is a protocol, not a product	Visit Website
Zscaler Private Access	quote only	Cloud	No	Enterprises replacing legacy VPN concentrators with zero-trust application access for remote and hybrid workforces	ZPA is ZTNA for user-to-application access	Get Pricing Details

Showing 15 of 15. Published price means the vendor states a figure on its own pricing page; quote only means it states none. Best for is each tool's own authored best-fit line, and reads "Not stated" where no such line exists rather than repeating the deployment column.

Built for MSPs

VMware VeloCloud

Custom quote · Cloud

VMware VeloCloud (now Broadcom) is the carrier-grade SD-WAN platform deployed by 150+ service providers globally, offering the widest range of deployment models (hardware, virtual, cloud-hosted) and the deepest carrier integration, but Broadcom's acquisition has introduced pricing uncertainty and partner ecosystem disruption.

Best for: Enterprises with 50+ branch sites that need carrier-grade SD-WAN with the flexibility to deploy hardware appliances, virtual edges, or cloud-hosted gateways depending on the site profile. Particularly