SD-WAN Market Share

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Here are the estimated Global SD-WAN market share numbers broken down through the first part of 2020. These numbers are estimates based on a combination of data from IHS and other proprietary sources and are subject to change. They are meant to only be a guide post as to representative wallet share not used for bookings or revenue estimates. 

Top 5 Worldwide SD-WAN Broken Down

  • 20%
  • 11%
  • 14%
  • 8%
  • 7%

Top 3 SD-WAN Providers Represent 45% of wallet share

VMware, Cisco, and Fortinet are competing through rapid expansion and acquisition.  These providers represent nearly 50% of total SD-WAN wallet share. Each also resells their SD-WAN solutions through MSP’s who often re-label the solution. 

Top 10 Providers make up 80% of Market

The Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule has influenced the SD-WAN market as well.  With the top 10 providers representing 80% of total global SD-WAN market. 

7 Providers Round out the top 10 with 40% Market Share

Aryaka, Silver Peak, Versa networks, Huawei, Nuage Networks, Oracle, and Cradlepoint round out the top 10 SD-WAN Providers. You can see a detailed list of how we rank each provider here.

 

Longer Term Software-Defined Vision

The SD-WAN market is continuing record growth and it is expected that 75% of enterprise organizations will have some element of SD-WAN technology deployed within their networking infrastructure before the end of 2020. Reasons for the massive SD-WAN shift include:

  • Decreased Hardware Costs
  • Resource Management
  • Security

You can learn more about the anticipated SD-WAN growth here. 

If you are considering deploying SD-WAN technologies, we can help.