Best WAN Optimization Software

CacheGuard-OS is a free, open-source Linux-based network security appliance OS that turns any standard x86 machine into a UTM gateway. It sits between your devices and your ISP router, becoming the checkpoint for all internet traffic — no IT team required. Open-source since its first release, CacheGuard-OS includes: stateful firewall, web antivirus (ClamAV), URL filtering, SSL inspection, WAF (ModSecurity), VPN server (StrongSwan), web cache (Squid), QoS (IPRoute2), and WAN load balancing. It installs on bare metal or any common hypervisor in under an hour. Configuration is handled through a web-based admin interface with no command-line expertise needed. Built for small businesses, schools, and sysadmins who need production-grade network security on commodity hardware.

SteelHead is the industry’s #1 optimization solution for accelerated delivery of any application across the Hybrid WAN. With SteelHead WAN optimization, you have better visibility into application and network performance and the end user experience. By combining network, application and end user performance metrics for deep visibility, IT can troubleshoot and fix problems before the user is impacted. Leveraging the solution’s application-aware approach, the most complete set of network services and path selection based on intent-based, business-driven, global policies with local enforcement, you also have significantly improved control to enable business agility.

FatPipe Networks' WAN Optimization technology offers the highest performance level of WAN Optimization and optimization available using patented and patent-pending technology. With FatPipe WAN Optimization, you can significantly boost your Wide Area Network performance. This is possible through the acceleration of your applications, and better utilization of your current WAN infrastructure which would ultimately result in saving you thousands of dollars a year on additional hardware, software, and bandwidth costs. FatPipe WAN Optimization appreciably increases WAN utilization, providing effective use of WAN bandwidth by caching/compressing that sharply reduces redundant data on a WAN. FatPipe is the first to market and the only provider of WAN Optimization and optimization technology that can work across multiple WANs. Not only can you optimize your WAN traffic, but you can also achieve the highest level of WAN redundancy and reliability.