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Solution Profile: VyOS

An Exploration Based on Key Criteria for Evaluating NOS

Table of Contents

  1. Summary
  2. Key Criteria Analysis
  3. Evaluation Metrics Analysis
  4. Bottom Line

1. Summary

VyOS is the only fully open-source NOS supporting enterprise and NSP features such as BGP and DMVPN. Users can easily customize images and integrate value-added software. Since there’s no per-instance licensing, MSPs can use it to deploy cost-effective routers across a large customer base. It’s also a good fit for high-security environments where source code audit is required.