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Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) overview

What is Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)?

Cisco® Network Services Orchestrator (NSO ® ) is a robust bridge that links network automation and orchestration tools with the underlying physical and virtual infrastructure. It offers a rich set of northbound software interfaces and APIs that allow straightforward northbound integration, an extensible southbound device abstraction layer to support multivendor interoperability and standards-based OpenFlow technology to enable cross-domain orchestration.

Use Cisco NSO to build a comprehensive network model and a network service layer that orchestrates the virtualization and lifecycle management of physical and virtual network control elements. The NSO platform allows an enterprise to orchestrate the creation, configuration, and ongoing management of services on different domain devices in direct support of business objectives.

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Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)'s key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) users:

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