Cisco Meraki Pros and Cons

Meraki makes it simple to set up guidelines and execute them. The experience has been fantastic, and the product is even better than we anticipated. It works well with Meraki-based networks. It contains a wealth of data about each piece of equipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Though it does show some bugs when editing profiles, there can sometimes be unforeseen repercussions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

cloud management, SDWAN , simple install process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

np objects managment, no cli access, limited firewalla features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's easy to deploy and fits the low-end niche. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While you purchase the gear, it's effectively a lease. The gear itself is low end, perfectly fine for a small office, but not suited for enterprise or DC space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With help of Cisco Meraki one can easily configure, manage, and troubleshoot network devices. Administration from cloud is possible from anywhere to push the policies and changes. Using Cisco Meraki one can manage traffic and improve efficiency. Smartly balancing of internet links. Deploying VPN is easy using Cisco Meraki. Vlans configuration is also easy using GUI interface. Logs are detailed and are very easy to understand errors you are getting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has limited personalized configuaration functionalities. Any change implemented in network topology using dashboard can take upto 15 minutes to reflect in environment. Services are costly and It lacks some functions like port aggregation, FQDN and filter names by object. Technical customer support can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price. Of all the MDM solutions out there, Meraki SM is by far the cheapest and if you have existing Meraki Networks its a great way to get off the ground with MacOS systems management. The Lock and Wipe features work very well, as do the network uptime and monitoring pieces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Application installs and upgrades are a crapshoot whether you are utilizing VPP or doing direct package installations. While profiles install pretty quickly and easily, app installations do not and often end up taking a considerable amount of manual intervention. They include a pretty nice reverse SSH tunnel implementation for doing remote desktop machines but this too is highly unreliable and I have already replaced that piece with another solution. The licensing model, while affordable, follows the typical Cisco 1-5 year subscription plan and is not that desirable for MDM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and management of switches and APs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not a real fan of the MX Router line as it does not seem intuitive to me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In particular, the MDM portion of Meraki Systems Manager is a powerful management tool, with an intuitive interface that lets you control devices without a cumbersome menu structure like those found in other MDMs (AirWatch, Jamf). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have yet to come across any specific issues with Meraki's SM MDM. Occasionally, provisioning will take a little longer than expected, but that's likely due to end-devices' connectivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall, Meraki Systems Manager has been easy to use. Compared to other options we were using or evaluated when looking for a new solution, Meraki was clearly the easiest. We also have other infrastructure from Meraki and it integrates well with Systems Manager. It's all managed from a single website. Most of the features we've tried to use just work. The support has typically been pretty good as well.

There is also a no touch required remote desktop feature that is great. It's also very easy to send command prompts to one or many devices.

The hardware and software inventory features are pretty robust and have been very helpful.

It's easy to push and manage apps for end users as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think there are some features that are lacking or not fully baked. Especially when it comes to Windows systems, there are some things that would be nice to control or manage that just aren't there yet. We also have a handful of devices that show as non-compliant for seemingly no reason, but this is relatively few and far between. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to manage all Meraki devices via a central cloud platform and the devices always have the latest firmware and updates rolled out to devices automatically.

You can't go wrong with Cisco Meraki or any of the Cisco products. They offer a fantastic SD-WAN solution that enables you to manage your network from a central console in the cloud. This enables devices to be updated seamlessly and also receive critical security updates automatically immediately they are available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It will be nice to have more on-demand and free training for customers. Pricing for the solution can also be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In this times were IP telephony and video conferencing are so important for constant communication, it is very important that it is possible to prioritize important traffic with branches. The Cisco Meraki SD-WAN solution allows you to select the type of important traffic or critical applications and select the Internet link that performs best and the best thing is that it is very easy to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The L7 application categories that Meraki SD-WAN uses to prioritize traffic are not updated, that is, there are categories that include applications that are no longer used Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.