# Cisco Viptela

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cisco-viptela
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cisco-viptela.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cisco-viptela/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://cisco.com
- **Slug:** cisco-viptela
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The only SD-WAN solution integrated into the world's most widely deployed enterprise routing hardware and management ecosystem.
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Cisco Viptela is a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution that provides a cloud-delivered overlay architecture. Originally a standalone startup founded in 2012, it was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2017 to modernize enterprise branch office networking with centralized management and automated path selection.
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - SD-WAN software
  - vEdge hardware routers
  - vManage management console
  - vSmart controllers.
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription (Cisco DNA Essentials, Advantage, Premier)
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Global Enterprises, Service Providers, Government Agencies, Large Retailers.
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - VMware Velocloud
  - Fortinet FortiGate SD-WAN
  - Silver Peak (HPE Aruba)
  - Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN
Source: Brand's website (https://cisco.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.