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Wanos focuses on reducing WAN costs and accelerating network traffic. It combines TCP acceleration, cross-flow deduplication, stream compression, packet-loss recovery, forward error correction, Layer 7 quality of service and traffic shaping. Plus adds SD-WAN path selection and a Layer 7 firewall lite feature. It runs on physical appliances or virtual machines, with a graphical interface, QoS graphs and NetFlow exports. Free Express is limited to version 3.2.3 and earlier, allows at most two licenses per client and excludes professional support. Plus starts at $970 a year, with rates applying to outbound optimized traffic.
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CacheGuard-OS
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWebLinux network appliances combining security and traffic controls — CacheGuard-OS combines firewalling, VPN, web security, caching and antivirus inspection, while Wanos focuses on WAN optimization.
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Neverfail HybriStor
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hostedSecondary backup storage and instant VM recovery — HybriStor deduplicates backup and archive data and supports VM recovery, while Wanos accelerates WAN traffic.
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Veeam Agent for Mac
by Veeam Agent for MacFree plan APIMacSelf-hostedMac file backup and recovery — Veeam Agent for Mac backs up and restores files on macOS, whereas Wanos optimizes WAN traffic.
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Veeam Recovery Orchestrator
Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb+1Automated disaster recovery planning and testing — Veeam Recovery Orchestrator automates and tests recovery plans, while Wanos optimizes WAN traffic.
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OpenNOP
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedOpen-source Linux traffic acceleration — OpenNOP is an open-source Linux accelerator with TCP payload compression and bypass handling; Wanos offers broader WAN optimization functions.
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Riverbed Aternity
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+5Employee experience monitoring across devices and apps — Aternity correlates employee device, application and network signals to diagnose disruptions, while Wanos optimizes WAN traffic.
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AppEx CloudWAN
Free trial AndroidiPhoneMac+1Global SD-WAN routing and TCP acceleration — AppEx CloudWAN combines a global backbone, SD-WAN and AI-driven TCP acceleration, while Wanos is appliance or VM-based WAN optimization.
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ExpeDat
Free trial APIiPhoneLinux+2 - 10
Wan
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 11
Replify WAN Optimization
Free trial AndroidAPILinux+3 - 12
Resilio Active Everywhere
Free trial AndroidAPILinux+4 - 13
FatPipe WAN Optimization
Paid Self-hostedWeb - 14
Comtech FX Series WAN Optimization
Paid Self-hosted - 15
WANrockIT
Free trial Self-hostedWeb - 16
Riverbed SaaS Accelerator
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XipOS
Paid LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1 - 18
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server
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Veeam Recovery Orchestrator
Paid WebWindows - 20
Riverbed SteelHead
Paid Web
Alternatives cover different needs, from network security and global routing to backup, storage reduction and recovery orchestration. Wanos is aimed at WAN optimization, so consider whether you need to improve traffic between sites or address a broader task. Compare supported platforms and deployment options, the optimization or recovery functions you need, and whether an alternative covers systems or destinations Wanos does not. Also weigh free-plan limits, trials, support, and whether pricing is stated or requires a request.