Cisco Meraki

Great for a large range of businesses

Kommentare: Overall we are pleased with our Meraki purchase and installation. We used a system integrator to obtain it but looking back we could have saved some money doing it ourselves but the quick onboarding and initial setup by the integrator ensured we got running quickly

Vorteile:

Meraki is a cloud based product that controls on premises and remote hardware. The hardware is top of the line and includes all the functions you would expect from an exterprise offering. Given the broad number of options and the cloud based always updating nature of this product if fill many needs and be adopted by most organizations.

Nachteile:

Some of the navigation takes some getting used to and I wish it would flow more but there are so many features that building a fluid navigation gets tough, even for Cisco. The graphing could also be better and offer additional options when you need more details but generally it will fill most needs.

A good solution for SMB

Kommentare: It's been good for the most part. It takes a while to find things as I came from a Cisco only shop but it is usable by people who have no network experience if you need someone like that to be able to vlan a port or something like that.

Vorteile:

It is easier to install and maintain than most similar products. You can easily establish vpn's between owned devices with dynamic ip addresses.

Nachteile:

Ran into an issue recently where you can not define access for Software VPN clients to networks that are vpn connected that are not Meraki.

Meraki, Good for medium tier businesses

Kommentare: Very solid overall, haven't had many complaints with them, end of the day it's Cisco and that at alone has large benefits and also similar downsides.

Vorteile:

Very easy to user interface and mobile ability is great.

Nachteile:

Like anything with Cisco it's expensive and this is the mid tier option for business users, if you want anything more specialized, you're going to have to pay up higher.

Expensive but overall worth it

Vorteile:

Ability to manage devices from anywhere. Creating and copying configs among other devices is simple and convenient.

Nachteile:

Cost is a little high compared to other similar products.

Cisco Meraki - The best solution for network management with a small team!

Kommentare: When we first began upgrading our outdated infrastructure, we decided on Meraki. As we continued from our MDF and worked our way out, the benefits of a full Meraki network became even more apparent. Our Meraki dashboard is our lifeline for knowing what is going on across our network from power outages to wireless health and bandwidth utilization. I love that we are also able to allow access to outside vendors and internal staff in a secure way with only the access the need and nothing more. The VPN client has allowed me to get my entire network up remotely after major power outages. I can't recommend Cisco Meraki enough for anybody who needs the flexibility and simple but secure anywhere/anytime access to their network. Cisco Meraki is a true enterprise level network solution that you can feel confident about deploying without having needing high level network engineering on staff or contract.

Vorteile:

Cisco Meraki allows us complete visibility into our network at all times. I can manage 95% of my network tasks from anywhere at any time. This has allowed us to keep network management in-house with a 3 person IT team for a large campus environment with almost 1,000 users daily. Adding new devices is simple and the support is immediate and on point. I do not have to wait for a response and escalation. The agent who responds first is the one who resolves the issue in a professional and friendly manner.

Nachteile:

The annual license renewal is costly. If you decide to co-term your licensing, it is not immediately obvious what the yearly licensing costs will be so it is important to consider this factor when forecasting your budget. For us, using Meraki offsets the cost of MSPs or another FTE for a network admin role so it is well worth the annual license costs to have the peace of mind that your network is always up to date and accessible to you from anywhere on any device.

Cisco Meraki Products Review

Kommentare: 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.

Vorteile:

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

Nachteile:

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.

Consistent, Secure and Bug free!

Kommentare: Very smooth; commercial grade; everything is tightly knit together and just works! Easy to create VPNs, VLANs and add users.

Vorteile:

Automation of updates and remote management

Nachteile:

Licensing fees (although we're aware of Meraki Go model which is license free)

Great solution for our business

Vorteile:

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.

Nachteile:

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.

Excellent Solution for Firewall

Vorteile:

Cisco Meraki has reputable monitoring and firewall assistance.

Nachteile:

Cisco Meraki makes defined security without compromise.

Meraki review

Vorteile:

Really good for AP deployment and monitoring

Nachteile:

Appliances can be really expensive like for example the MR44

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

Kommentare: 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.

Vorteile:

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).

Nachteile:

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.

A good cloud network administration solution

Kommentare: Intuitive and robust tool for the network administration through cloud.

Vorteile:

Meraki is a great cloud tool for managing networking devices.Great dashboard for the administration (one sub-dashboard for every Enterprise).

Nachteile:

Expensive if you look at the competitors.Lacking native log management, Syslog server needed.

Not a simple Network equipment

Vorteile:

The access to the Dashboard that controls the network. I can push software installation, I can control the network from EVERYWHERE --- literally

Nachteile:

I think they need to improve the SSID availability, a calendar will work.

Meraki for MDM and Wireless

Kommentare: Overall we're very happy. Deployments are easy and not having to support controllers has been helpful, although controller based systems do have their advantages. MDM has helped us maintain better control and tracking over our mobile assets.

Vorteile:

the ease of use is great. Deployment is straight forward for Meraki devices. MDM management is not extremely intuitive, but in fairness this is our first MDM product. Consoles are easy to navigate. For the price it is an effective product.

Nachteile:

Licensing is a bit confusing, Menu in the management console could use a little improvement, more streamlined, reporting is very lacking.

Decent MDM - But Conversion to License structure is irritating

Kommentare: Sales/account reps are purely focused on selling you new stuff so they can improve their numbers. they do not look out for you once you've bought their product.

Vorteile:

It has a decent feature set - including remote management of profiles and security features, For both Macs and iOS. The ability to completely lock down and erase the entire device has been nice in a few extreme situations. The UI is intuitive and easy to use with LOTS of information about the devices being managed.

Nachteile:

Initially we enjoyed the fact that we were given a relatively high if not unlimited (I cannot recall) now, we are billed per device. Which is fine. But the process to obtain the licenses is absolutely ridiculous, takes way too long and they do not allow for our account for an upgrade process. IE client has 20 computers enrolled, and they replace all of them, well you have to get another 20 licenses (paying for 40 computers) and then remove the old computes when they are phased out. Then decrease the license count. There is zero flexibility here, and the vendor was borderline indignant when it was pointed out how this is a problem in the real world.

Mobile Device Management

Vorteile:

The tracking of devices worked well always was able to tell where devices were located at based on the IP of the device.

Nachteile:

The updating of apps and controlling apps was difficult and did not find it very intuitive.

Meraki - Management at your Fingertips

Kommentare: Overall, Cisco Meraki is a great company with some of the best products and services. I currently use their firewalls, switches, access points and system manager. When using all their products the user experience is excellent. The equipment and services are high quality but you will pay a premium to use them.

Vorteile:

Meraki Systems Manager is a cloud based management system that grants you the ability to manage devices within your network. You can see a lot of information about device use, manufacturer and connectivity. You can apply user policies and utilize Meraki’s built in Mobile Device Management. You can manage PC, Mac, Chromebook, iOS, Android and more!

Nachteile:

System Manager is a great tool and has great customer service, however Meraki licensing is pricey compared to other tools available.

Device to keep you work from home agents secure

Vorteile:

Easy tool to use for remote work staff to stay connected to the network with ease.

Nachteile:

We utilize Meraki Routers and some of that seems a bit tricky for remote staff to set up appropriately

Plenty of Features when they work

Kommentare: It gives us what we wanted from a MDM with a good price, functionality and features. Having it share the same management screens as our APs, routers and switches is a huge bonus in managing devices. But blacklisting of software seems to be the only consistently working part with software as deployment and whitelisting is not very reliable.

Vorteile:

It is very easy to setup and start using. It has a lot of functions that can you can see in more expensive products but all cloud based and managed. Having no on premise foot print is great and it has the same dashboard as our Meraki devices we manage. We do not need to switch to check or update the status of devices. This does device inventory and deployment of software. Can find where devices are and who is logged in to them.

Nachteile:

The MDM for managing the installation and whitelisting of software is poor. We would approve software for users but then when an update to the app happens we would need to approve the app again. We have used the setting to keep the app approved for all updates but it does not work. Force installing the software is not reliable at all.

A solid cloud network solution

Vorteile:

Ease of deployment, best ROI in its class. One config can be applied to all devices in any site. site to site VPN is just few clicks. wifi handling is great, very low hardware failures.

Nachteile:

Cannot integrate with Azure AD or ther AD providers for device auth. Limited protocol support for site to site vpn. client vpn connection setup is not clean , powershell required with admin access, else the anyconnect client with a license fee,

Smart Networks

Kommentare: best solution in my network due to multiple devices i.e laptop, mobiles, hand-haled devices but troubleshoot and management is very fast and effective and its helps us giving up time in production environment .

Vorteile:

Management of multiple device on a single network with different OS Simple and scalability and Artificial Intelligence and analytics feature Claude bass services with central dashboard for management .

Nachteile:

only few models have Wifi6 and those devices are to expensive. Clean Air Advanced features only available with Cisco APs. license procedure/methods is complicated.

Meraki MX65W

Kommentare: A GOOD PRODUCT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND I ADD GREAT TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

Vorteile:

THE EASE AND INTUITION OF ITS USE, AS A WEB PLATFORM IS ACCESSING ANYWHERE

Nachteile:

COSTS ARE HIGH IN COMPARISON WITH COMPETITION IN THE MARKET

A highly satisfied new user moving from Sonicwall

Vorteile:

Our company recently moved from SonicWall devices to Meraki for firewalls. The cloud software that runs the system is pretty user-friendly and straightforward to use. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to configure the standard settings in the device. If you need help with something that is beyond your personal knowledge level, the support team is great! They are in SanFrancisco, so there isn't a language barrier. They are extremely helpful, and never make you feel like an idiot. The smartphone app for monitoring is also pretty nice. The hardware and licensing are a little more expensive, but I find enough value in the product that this isn't an issue.

Nachteile:

I wish that the smartphone app came with a little more functionality for changing settings on the devices, but this certainly isn't a deal breaker. Most internet browsers that I have tried on smartphones will work just fine anyway.

Meraki Systems Manager for MDM needs

Kommentare: This was the perfect solution to help us manage company issued iPads, iPhones and Apple TV's. We can now track, secure, wipe or unlock any of these devices from the console. Best of all, pushing apps and settings to those devices is simple and can be done remotely.

Vorteile:

We liked that it was a breeze to setup and managing devices can occur the same day you have a license to use it. We had a free trial and got to test all features of the tool before committing.

Nachteile:

It could use a customizable dashboard. The reporting side needs to be a bit more robust as well.

Love this systems manager tool

Kommentare: It has been great and the support that comes with the warranty is fabulous.

Vorteile:

I use this to monitor our WiFi network, it makes it tremendously easy to spot issues with in the network and to trouble shoot things.

Nachteile:

The price of meraki over other products is a bit steep, but you get what you pay for a really high quality product with a great software management package