It's a question we often get asked by partners and clients: why pick Replify over another WAN optimisation provider?
There are many reasons, so here are 11 of them.
1) Replify Accelerator is Fully Software-Based
Replify runs on your existing hardware or virtual infrastructure, so there's no expensive new hardware to buy. It's been a software-only business from the start, with a heritage of supporting a wide range of virtualisation and container platforms. You can download and trial it free of charge to see the results on your own network before committing.
2) Quick Deployment with Minimal Disruption
Replify Accelerator doesn't require custom kernels or specific hardware, so it drops into existing infrastructure with ease. Client software can be rolled out to end-user devices through familiar tools such as Group Policy. Want to optimise a cloud application like Microsoft 365, SharePoint or Salesforce? Replify's virtual appliance runs on AWS, Azure, GCP and any Debian Linux-compatible cloud, so you can deploy it alongside your applications wherever they live.
3) Software Client for End-User Devices
The Replify Accelerator client is available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, giving true end-to-end acceleration rather than optimisation that stops at the office door. That matters more every year as staff work from branch offices, client sites and home. The client connects to a Replify Virtual Appliance (VA) in your data centre or branch office, and the two together handle the caching, compression and TCP optimisation between user and server.
4) Easy Upgrades
New Replify releases install smoothly without new hardware purchases, so you stay current without a forklift upgrade.
5) Unrestricted Scalability
A Replify licence isn't locked to a fixed number of connections, a throughput cap or a specific offload target. As your organisation grows, you add users and the software scales with the hardware you've deployed. Multiple VAs can be combined for greater scalability, load-balancing and high availability.
6) Centralised Reporting
Every Replify VA includes access to the Replify Enterprise Manager (REM), giving you a single pane of glass to monitor and manage your deployment. REM aggregates data across your whole deployment into readable graphs and tables, so you can see exactly where the performance gains are happening.
7) Responsive Support
Replify's support team is set up to respond and resolve issues quickly, keeping disruption to a minimum when something does come up.
8) Built for Integration
Replify ships with a comprehensive REST API and system hooks, so adding WAN optimisation into an existing product or platform is straightforward. That's why it's been embedded by OEM partners such as Open Systems AG directly into their networking products, rather than bolted on as an afterthought.
9) White-Labelling and Rebranding
Replify can be deployed white-labelled or rebranded, so partners can offer WAN acceleration under their own name while Replify does the work underneath.
10) Flexible Licensing
Because Replify is software-only, it avoids the manufacturing and logistics overhead that appliance-based competitors carry. Licensing is per-endpoint or capacity-based, self-hosted or cloud, so you pay for what you actually deploy rather than for hardware you don't need.
11) Proven at Scale
Replify has been pioneering software-only WAN optimisation for over 15 years, with deployments including Mowi, the world's largest farm-raised salmon producer, running Replify across 14,500 users in 25 countries, and the C2K education project covering 900 schools and 30,000 PCs in Northern Ireland. That track record is what lets customers deploy Replify with confidence.
There are plenty more reasons customers choose Replify — see our WAN acceleration solution page for the full picture, including how it fits alongside SD-WAN and ZTNA deployments.
If you're considering a WAN optimisation solution or want more information on Replify, get in touch and we'll be happy to help.
Replify is distributed in ANZ by Cloud Ready Solutions.