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Jhon
Jhon
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The most reliable solution for managing high-capacity wireless networks

Reviewed on 2023/06/03

There are solutions that allow companies to reduce installation costs, maintenance of an entire IT...

There are solutions that allow companies to reduce installation costs, maintenance of an entire IT infrastructure for the provision of services such as wireless access points to schools, universities, concert halls and parks; with Cisco Meraki all these operating costs are reduced to the maximum expression and you have the guarantee that the equipment used are of the highest quality withstanding extreme environmental and physical conditions and still providing very stable connections, with this we can say that Cisco Meraki is a step ahead in terms of wireless connection.

Pros

Our company focused its eyes on Cisco Meraki for several important reasons such as: minimum infrastructure costs since the implementation does not require the physical installation of advanced equipment or data centers since all the infrastructure is in the cloud, this also eliminates maintenance costs that operationally demanded a considerable investment, secure and highly reliable wireless networks capable of supporting connections under the 802.11 ac standard in the order of Gbps, management from a single central platform and accessible from anywhere in the world.

Cons

The total dependence of the MR devices to the internet connection limits a little the management of our operative personnel that performs the repairs in all the zones, it is clear that for the cases where the internet connection fails, the local access to the access point is operative but when it is required to implement some access policy or special configurations in some points, the access through the central console by an administrator is obligatorily required.

Ye Lwin
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Cisco Meraki Products Review

Reviewed on 2024/03/19

In the Meraki Ecosystem, I have extensive experience working with MX Firewalls, MS Switches, and MR...

In the Meraki Ecosystem, I have extensive experience working with MX Firewalls, MS Switches, and MR Access Points. These products boast ease of deployment and management, featuring user-friendly interfaces. However, it's worth noting that in the MX Firewalls, certain features such as NAT(Static and Dynamic) and Link Aggregation are lacking. This limitation has posed challenges for me in network design and deployment scenarios.

Pros

I appreciated the ease of deployment and management of Meraki Products, user monitoring, and user-friendly interfaces.

Cons

Some features such as NAT(Static and Dynamic) and Link Aggregation are lacking in Meraki MX Firewalls. This limitation has posed challenges for me in network design and deployment scenarios.

John
John
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

A cloud-based flexible and scalable networking solution

Reviewed on 2023/05/01

It's a powerful and flexible networking solution for businesses of all sizes. Its ease of use and...

It's a powerful and flexible networking solution for businesses of all sizes. Its ease of use and scalability make it an attractive option for many users

Pros

One of the main advantages of Cisco Meraki is its ease of use. The platform offers a simple and intuitive interface that makes it easy for businesses to manage their network devices, even if they don't have extensive technical expertise. This can be especially beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses that may not have dedicated IT staff.

Cons

the cost of the devices and subscriptions, which can be relatively high compared to other networking solutions. This may make it less suitable for small businesses or those with limited budgets.Another potential issue is the reliance on cloud-based management. While the cloud-based management can be convenient, it also means that businesses need a reliable internet connection to manage their devices. This can be a challenge in areas with poor connectivity or when there are network disruptions.

Joel
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great solution for our business

Reviewed on 2024/01/24

Pros

Cloud config is obviously huge. Being able to have a site set up and ready to go in the cloud before anything is plugged in make acquisitions and new stores so easy to stand up. Most new features are software based so it's only getting better.

Cons

Pricing could be easier to understand. There are some features that a more advanced network might need but it works great for us. It definitely should have better monitoring built in.

Michael
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Meraki review

Reviewed on 2024/08/05

Pros

Really good for AP deployment and monitoring

Cons

Appliances can be really expensive like for example the MR44

Thu Ta
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  • Industry: Computer Networking
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Cisco Cloud-Managed Network Devices Review

Reviewed on 2024/04/02

I have three years of experience working with Cisco Meraki devices (MR, MX, and MS). The initial...

I have three years of experience working with Cisco Meraki devices (MR, MX, and MS). The initial setup configuration is straightforward. Group Policy can effectively manage users, allowing for both manually applied SSID policies and automatic applied through a Radius server. This is one of the notable features of Cisco Meraki Firewalls.

Pros

The easiest way manage to Network Device from the cloud and control the user with Group policies. One of my favorite feature is Group policies that is controlled the specific user with specific firewall rule, traffic shaping and security policies (like URL filtering, YouTube restriction level).

Cons

If you have multiple public IP addresses, it is not possible to separate the outbound PAT configuration for each user network.

Matt
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  • Industry: Broadcast Media
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A Must Have For Any Company

Reviewed on 2024/01/09

Pros

I can't say enough that I love at Meraki. The ease of use of the dashboard or being able to make multiple changes on multiple switches across any of the sites within an organization. It cuts down on management tasks immensely.

Cons

I wish they had a blended consumer product that allowed tech savvy home users to be able to setup or protect their home networks without the annual licensing cost.

Alejandro
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A cloud infrastructure that optimizes our services

Reviewed on 2023/08/09

There are many benefits of taking our network infrastructure to the cloud, operating costs,...

There are many benefits of taking our network infrastructure to the cloud, operating costs, software licensing, hardware maintenance, security systems and disaster protection are some of the costs that reduces an organization with such implementation, on the other hand, accessibility from anywhere in the world and manage the network offers very broad possibilities for any IT team, Cisco Meraki in its various products has given us the ability to manage a wireless ecosystem deployed in a fairly large geographical area with the administration from the cloud, this allows us to detect anomalies in real time, view bandwidth consumption in a timely manner and a large number of functions that makes the administrative work of the network a little easier.

Pros

Cisco Meraki has allowed us to evolve our network infrastructure and the way we interact with this, there are clear details that make this a highly balanced, sustainable and accessible network, due to its on cloud environment has reduced locative, operational and maintenance costs associated with the equipment installed on these sites; aspects to highlight within the Meraki environment I can mention their equipment (Access Point) in our case, these are robust equipment, resistant to different outdoor environments, easy configuration (plug and play) and administration in the remote console, in addition, provides a wide range of data and metrics that are a very detailed basis for the management by our IT team in all the deployment of the infrastructure, Its clear and intuitive console has the functions at hand offering very fast possibilities to configure parameters such as SSID, MAC filtering (white and black list), bandwidth management either by SSID or by users, WEB content filtering, among others, possibilities like these make Cisco Meraki a very strong ally in our organization.

Cons

It should take into account the number of devices implemented in the network as it depends on the number of licenses to hire, although their individual cost is a bit high if you must take into account that this value is associated with some benefits of great help as some devices have a lifetime warranty while licensing is active, although in our cases the Access Point does not have this benefit I can guarantee that such equipment have a very striking performance in addition to withstand extreme operating conditions, so no negative comments so far I do not have.

Gary
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Meraki is our go to...

Reviewed on 2024/03/28

Pros

Ease of use, simplicity in it's design, tech support and warranty

Cons

It can be pricey and some customers don't have the budget.

Jomaica Marie
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Meraki the Third Eye

Reviewed on 2023/07/07

I love the tool, with out it the people I help would need to call extra help from local tech, but...

I love the tool, with out it the people I help would need to call extra help from local tech, but with the tool I can help them from overseas and they can save money and resources.

Pros

I like opening up my Meraki Dashboard every time I am handling network issues. It is like an extension of my view to pin point exactly where the issue is coming from. Even if the people I am helping are on other location, Meraki let me help them on what steps should be taken next. It helps me pin point what equipment are causing the issue.

Cons

Sometimes it is not real time, you would need to wait for days for the client/equipment to show it's real time status, which is very confusing sometimes.

ian
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

meraki on the fly

Reviewed on 2024/01/29

Pros

Ease of deployment was minimal. Gear to ship and have users install

Cons

Cost was too high to the overall features

Alex
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Efficient and powerful for managing, monitoring and administering wireless networks.

Reviewed on 2023/05/28

Cisco Meraki allowed us to efficiently manage and administer our access points that are distributed...

Cisco Meraki allowed us to efficiently manage and administer our access points that are distributed in strategic locations in the city from the cloud and without having to move to the site, now we can monitor and configure them from the central panel with ease, it allowed us to exercise total control over the network, restrict pages and limit bandwidth among others.

Pros

Cisco Meraki offers a GUI that can be operated in a simple way, it is easy to implement, it is scalable which allows us to meet the needs of the company; it has excellent capabilities for monitoring, supervision and management of wireless networks in the cloud, does not require much technical knowledge for the initial configuration of the Access Point, with Cisco Meraki we can manage and configure securely and simplified way all from the central control panel regardless of location or time (we can distribute the bandwidth as we wish, by network name, page or IP among others).

Cons

Functionally I have not found anything I dislike about Cisco Meraki, the only downside of Cisco Meraki is the high cost of licenses and equipment.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great product for it's money

Reviewed on 2023/02/15

All in all, this product is a win-win solution for companies that are looking for easy scale up.

All in all, this product is a win-win solution for companies that are looking for easy scale up.

Pros

Overall control over the sites where it was implemented made it easy to manage.

Cons

Some client versions were not fully compatible with the most recent OS like Mac is.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Network Configuration with a click of a button

Reviewed on 2022/03/26

We have managed. To reduce travelling cost where at times we would travel to remote offices for...

We have managed. To reduce travelling cost where at times we would travel to remote offices for configurations. Now this can be done remotely. The organisation realised a lot of savings

Pros

Meraki is easy to deploy and easy to configure. You can configure devices for different offices remotely. You can configure the devices even if the other devices are offline. You do not need to run commands. All configurations are done by click of a button. They can work as hybrid system working with non meraki devices

Cons

The Meraki equipment usually takes long to be delivered. Cisco needs to increase production so that customers won't have to wait for ages for the equipment to be delivered.

Aaron
Aaron
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Comprehensive Network Management Tool

Reviewed on 2020/07/30

I work for a managed IT provider, and many of our clients utilize Meraki networking hardware. We do...

I work for a managed IT provider, and many of our clients utilize Meraki networking hardware. We do not use this software for MDM, but it is a quite robust management solution for managing networking equipment, whether you need to manage multiple clients or just one. I am not in charge of setting Meraki equipment up (only managing it after setup) but it appears to be easy to set up multiple sites within an organization, and there are a plethora of tools in a fairly easy to use interface to make managing your network easier.

Pros

For our clients who are using Meraki, I really enjoy being able to see the status of a client's site(s) at a glance to help determine if there are underlying problems on the network. Compared to other firewall options, Meraki makes is simple to carry out admin tasks like URL whitelisting, port forwarding, and creating other general FW rules. Meraki also makes it quite simple to set up VPNs (both site-to-site and client versions). It also has a good range of troubleshooting tools built right into the console (ping, traceroute, DNS lookup), eliminating the need to connect directly to the device to accomplish such tasks.

Cons

I feel like there have been moments where I wish there was more in-depth logging capabilities within the management console, but I am having trouble recalling specifics at this time. The console isn't otherwise really lacking in anything that I can think of.

Miguel
Miguel
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Meraki all in one dashboard administration

Reviewed on 2021/03/02

A+ with meraki, i have more than 40 meraki appliances all of them where deployed with no issues at...

A+ with meraki, i have more than 40 meraki appliances all of them where deployed with no issues at all. I now have full visibility of my network, and can do any config change on the fly with no effort at all.

Pros

Recently the company that i work for upgraded from an old 10/100 network to a brand new gigabyte network witch includes every network device meraki offers, MX Routers, MS Switches and wifi6 MR Radios, all of them have the great functionality meraki offers and this is all can be easly managed from one single meraki console, the configurations are seamlessly pushed into the devices almost in real time, no delay at all, meraki offers all the cisco strength and adds a very ease to use console full of options that i need to say, if you wish to have the whole functions package you will need to have and advance license wich will cost a little bit more..

Cons

the licensing costs are quite high, but this is just the way it is, if you want to easly manage any device no matter where the device is, no matter where you are, then meraki is the way to go. it will cost yes, but youll get what you pay for.

Rob
Rob
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing functionality for the value, gives great visibility on devices

Reviewed on 2018/11/02

Fantastic! I have used Spiceworks and other inventory tools in the past and Meraki Systems Manager...

Fantastic! I have used Spiceworks and other inventory tools in the past and Meraki Systems Manager suits our requirements the best. As well as monitoring device performance, storage, etc. it allows me to organise devices by tags and really keep on top of my inventory.

Pros

Integration with Meraki Dashboard, free for up to 100 devices which makes it ideal for smaller businesses. Also the ability to remotely end tasks, remote command line, RDP web client, screenshots and useful statistics make this a valuable solution when managing desktops, servers and mobile devices.

Cons

Nothing really, sometimes devices take a few minutes to update in the dashboard but I don't have any complaints about the product. It is updated regularly like most Meraki products and gets better the longer you use it.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great fully-featured cross-platform MDM solution

Reviewed on 2019/02/12

We needed a basic iOS MDM for about 50 iPads, and Meraki SM fit the bill with their Free 100 device...

We needed a basic iOS MDM for about 50 iPads, and Meraki SM fit the bill with their Free 100 device plan. In a space where most iOS MDMs are the same in features and in price, Systems Manager has unique features like Tags, and allows us to expand our management to Android and Windows, which we will most certainly be taking advantage of in the future.

Pros

-Aggregation of MDM policies across iOS, macOS, Android, and Windows platforms make it really easy to deploy the same setting, such as screen lock, to multiple platforms without drilling the per-platform settings
-Supports all iOS MDM settings and is quick to implement new ones as Apple introduces them
-Tagging system is incredibly useful to identify and organize different devices - this is unique to Meraki
-Although we don't have Meraki networking products - they can all be managed from the same dashboard
-Just like most MDM platforms, it offers easy web-based device registration, and syncs with Apple VPP and School Manager

Cons

-Web management dashboard has a steep learning curve and is not very intuitive - a task like deploying a new app to devices involves three or four different management pages
-Pricing is comparable, if not a bit more expensive than other iOS MDMs, but its cross-platform support makes up for this

Dan
Dan
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Making networks easy (as usual)

Reviewed on 2018/10/17

Moving to Meraki has solved so many network issues and made the entire infrastructure reliable and...

Moving to Meraki has solved so many network issues and made the entire infrastructure reliable and easy to manage. A move from one office to the other involved no downtime of the network or the VPN thanks to the intelligent interface.

Pros

The ability to maintain and manage your networks from anywhere is a real advantage and the access control and ability to resolve issues fast is a real bonus. I cannot recommend this infrastructure solution enough.

Cons

The licensing can be confusing and additions to equipment will move dates about which you should be aware of. Once you understand that dates will move about, it makes it easier, but there should be more warnings.

Carson
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Gold standard for Medium-Large businesses...remote site management

Reviewed on 2022/11/17

Pros

easy to spin up remote systems, all cloud managed and deployed. Plug and Play setup, as well with templated usage, you can deploy in a matter of minutes

Cons

MX firewalls don't provide enough MANUAL OVERRIDES which would be useful. Not as robust as old IOS firewalls for that specific reason.

Andrzej
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Easy to manage and deploy

Reviewed on 2022/07/12

Overall network managing is quite good. It's easy to setup new location. Cloud managment makes it...

Overall network managing is quite good. It's easy to setup new location. Cloud managment makes it easy to deploy and manage. Single pane of glass gives ability to see all location at one and we can make changes.
Due to price we limit use only to routers and AP co i can't comment on MDM, switches and other meraki products.

Pros

It's ideal to many locations with often changing IP address. It makes managing very easy. We can basically send router not configured and it will connect to cloud and setup configuration very fast.
Aut-VPN is great in cisco meraki. It just works.

Cons

Price for convenience is very high. That's main thing that may discourage someone to purchase this product. Copying configuration to different router is bit tricky in UI.

Héctor
Héctor
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Easiest to use network management

Reviewed on 2020/05/18

It does the Job, is powerful has several options, but is expensive and the web interface needs some...

It does the Job, is powerful has several options, but is expensive and the web interface needs some work.

Pros

In the company we have several of this Meraki Access Points, to add them to the account was easy and manage them were ok, it has a ton of options including Air Marshal to remove non authorized networks on your company.

Cons

Adding whitelisted devices could be simpler sometimes I get confused and add the device twice since there was not feedback of the device being added, it just shows up once is connected to the network, that way you cannot see if it was added successfully, Is expensive compare to solutions from Fortinet, some companies went with them and have a great experience but paying less money.

Ross
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Powerful product in combination with Meraki hardware

Reviewed on 2019/09/06

Overall a brilliant product and system, there is a reason we have been using the Meraki products...

Overall a brilliant product and system, there is a reason we have been using the Meraki products for the past 8 years.

Pros

The ability to remotely manager and monitor the network remotely has significantly cut down on support call outs and requests among our clients.
Everything on the network is visible from the moment traffic hits the WAN to the clients machine.
The tools for diagnosing and checking network issues are amazing. As well as the granularity of the information displayed to the ability to 'micro manage' the network.

Cons

Not so much an issue with the software , but the cost of licenses and hardware can be pretty steep especially if you replace all the network devices.

Tayfun
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Manage all your devices from one screen!

Reviewed on 2022/04/14

We can monitor many products from security to wireless range extenders and increase their continuity...

We can monitor many products from security to wireless range extenders and increase their continuity.

Pros

It ends the need to use separate software for each product.

Cons

Being dependent on Vendor affects costs.

Miral
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  • Industry: Computer Networking
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Meraki is easier than regular Cisco Wireless.

Reviewed on 2019/01/15

Pros

1) Consolidated management of all of our Meraki devices at different location.
2) You can use same configuration template for all or multiple locations.
3) Cisco meraki's keeping up with new vulnerability game is really good.
4) You can use MX devices for SD-WAN which is much more simpler than regular Cisco CLI devices.

Cons

1) If you are using template based deployment then your guest ambassador account can't delete user accounts for wireless.
2) Like many other cloud solution, there is a lack of granularity & fear of compromise.