
Riverbed SteelHead SaaS
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
- Energy and utilities
- Banking and insurance
- Transportation and logistics
What is Riverbed SteelHead SaaS
SaaS application acceleration focus
Cloud-delivered deployment model
Integrates with Riverbed ecosystem
Not a pure eCDN platform
Value depends on network path
Potential operational complexity
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Subscription / AppUnits-based (usage-like) Free tier/trial: No public permanent free tier found for SteelHead SaaS; no time-limited free trial for SteelHead SaaS stated on official pages. What is purchased: AppUnits (defines number of users supported per application) and AppData (egress GiB pool). Add-on AppUnits and AppData available. Minimum license: Minimum license documented as 2,000 AppUnits (minimum number of users depends on application; e.g., 200 users minimum for Office 365/Salesforce/ServiceNow/Veeva; 400 minimum for Box). AppUnits per user (guidance): Box – 5 AppUnits/user; Microsoft Office 365 – 10 AppUnits/user; Salesforce – 10 AppUnits/user; ServiceNow – 10 AppUnits/user; Veeva – 20 AppUnits/user. AppData: Each AppUnit includes 0.3 GiB of AppData (pooled monthly; example: 10,000 AppUnits → 3,000 GiB/month; yearly subscription pools accordingly and allows monthly carryover through end of subscription). Purchase / pricing disclosure: No dollar price or per-unit monetary amounts are published on Riverbed’s official product/pricing/support pages for SteelHead SaaS. Riverbed directs customers to request a demo or contact sales to obtain pricing. Notes & references: Licensing details (AppUnits/AppData/minimums) are documented in Riverbed support/product pages; explicit pricing amounts are not publicly listed on the vendor site.