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For Riverbed SteelHead customers

Describe the bandwidth policy you want. GFI Exinda AI writes it for you to approve.

SteelHead builds QoS from classes and rules. GFI Exinda AI turns plain English into the commands, with 10 priority levels instead of 6 and up to 2 years of history instead of about 30 days.
20% off
Riverbed customers get 20% off their GFI Exinda AI order.
Keep Riverbed running while you evaluate, and switch when you're ready.
AI Wizard
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You type
Give Zoom calls the highest priority
AI Wizard prepares
Review the commands
Exinda AI vs SteelHead

How GFI Exinda AI compares with Riverbed SteelHead

File transfers and software updates don’t know a customer is on the phone. Without priorities, they take the bandwidth first.

Traffic priority levels

GFI Exinda AI: 10 levels
Riverbed SteelHead: 6 levels

Historical reports

GFI Exinda AI: up to 2 years
Riverbed SteelHead: about 30 days
Feature
GFI Exinda AI
Riverbed SteelHead
Traffic priority levels
10
6
Historical reports
Up to 2 years
About 30 days
Plain-English policy creation
AI Wizard writes the commands, and nothing runs until you apply them
QoS built from classes and rules in SteelCentral Controller
Where the AI is
AI Advisor and AI Wizard, inside the traffic-shaping product, through a GFI-operated service
Riverbed IQ and Riverbed Q, in separate observability products
Acceleration
Included on request at no extra cost
Licensed by throughput tier
Sources: GFI Exinda AI Solution Overview; Riverbed SteelHead documentation; Riverbed product information, 2026.
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At Unicoop Tirreno, antivirus updates were saturating the network. Once the team could see that traffic, they cut it by 70%.
A GFI engineer reviews your network and your current Riverbed setup.
Riverbed customers get 20% off. Keep Riverbed running while you evaluate.
What you get

What you get with GFI Exinda AI

Network fixes suggested from your own data, written as commands you approve.

Critical apps go first

Set bandwidth priorities by user, application and time of day.

Plain English instead of CLI

Type “Give Zoom calls the highest priority.” AI Wizard writes the commands, and nothing runs until you apply them.

Recommendations based on your own appliance

AI Advisor reviews your configuration and performance data. It returns a report with each recommendation’s priority and expected impact.

See what used your bandwidth

Recognizes 3,000+ applications, with real-time monitoring down to one-second detail and up to two years of history for reports.

One subscription

Licensed by the bandwidth you manage, starting at 1 Mbps. Acceleration is included on request at no extra cost.

Runs where you need it

Physical appliance, or a virtual machine on VMware, Hyper-V, KVM or XenServer.
How the AI works

You approve every change

Nothing is applied until an administrator does.
1

Describe your organization

Save a short description of your organization and what matters on your network.
AI Advisor
2

Get a report

Request an AI Advisor report. It lists recommended changes, each with its priority and expected impact.
AI Advisor
3

Apply it in plain English

Describe a change in plain English. AI Wizard writes the commands, and nothing runs until you apply them.
AI Wizard
AI Advisor report
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1
Optimize Microsoft services policy
Better performance and reliability for Microsoft business apps
Implement
2
Manage Google shared services traffic
Fairer bandwidth use across services
Implement
3
Limit advertising traffic
Less non-essential traffic on your network
Implement

Data handling

What the AI sends, and what stays on your appliance
Before first use
Nothing is sent until an administrator accepts the terms of use. AI can be turned off at any time.
AI Advisor sends
Your organization description, appliance configuration (circuits, policies, interfaces and licensed bandwidth), your business-critical application list, application performance scores, and aggregated usage for the top 20 applications in each direction over the last 14 days.
AI Wizard sends
The text you type and your current optimizer configuration.
Every request includes
Your appliance host ID and license key.
Never sent
URLs, packet contents, individual connection data or user IP addresses from traffic. Policy settings are sent as configuration, so an IP address used to name a network object is included.
Stays in your control
Traffic shaping is enforced on your appliance, requests route through your configured web proxy, and no changes are applied until an administrator approves them.
Customer results

What customers report

“With Exinda in place, we no longer experience network congestion. The user experience has significantly improved and we’ve seen a dramatic decrease in helpdesk calls.”
“Since deploying Exinda, things are going very smoothly. […] I used to spend about 8 hours a week managing the WAN, and now I spend 30 minutes a week just to have an idea of what is going on. Exinda takes a lot of work off my hands so I now have more time to spend on other critical projects.”
Kristof Van Den Ouweland
IT Systems Engineer, IMAS NV
How to switch

Switch from Riverbed and get 20% off your entire order

Book an assessment. Get your quote for GFI Exinda AI with 20% off.
Step 1

Book your assessment

Pick a time for a call with a GFI engineer.
Step 2

Review your setup

The engineer reviews your network and your current Riverbed setup, and your timeline is set.
Step 3

Run side by side

GFI Exinda AI runs alongside Riverbed while you evaluate. Bridge bypass keeps in-line hardware traffic flowing if the appliance fails.
Step 4

Switch over

You switch when you’re ready. Send proof of Riverbed use for your 20% quote.

Questions IT teams ask

Who sets it up?

It depends on your partner. The setup approach is agreed on your assessment call. GFI Exinda AI can run alongside Riverbed until you switch over, and on in-line hardware appliances, bridge bypass keeps your traffic flowing if the appliance fails.
Your timeline is set during the assessment. It depends on how many sites you have and on your current configuration.
Book an assessment with a GFI engineer. After the call, send your proof of Riverbed use and a GFI partner sends your quote. The 20% applies to your entire order, for every year of the term.
20%
off your entire term
After your assessment call, send proof that you use Riverbed today: an invoice, license agreement or screenshot. The discount covers your whole order: order one year or five, and every year is 20% off.
Ready when you are

Book your assessment

A GFI engineer reviews your network and your current Riverbed setup. Riverbed customers get 20% off.
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