Cisco Meraki Pros and Cons

It is very easy to configure. It includes a great variety of preconfigured profiles with which policies can be implemented according to the applications that are handled.

The cost for small and medium-sized companies makes it very competitive. Within Cisco, comparing it to Firepower (ASA) costs can be reduced considerably.

Something very important to note that SD-WAN is that it is just one of many features that are included in the equipment and with the same license. For example, the topic of content filtering and malware protection is already included. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Personally I would like it to support more than 2 links. The limitation of 2 links per appliance limits it to not being suitable for larger companies that need more robust solutions.

It is also necessary to consider that among the different models the capacities between one and the other are not always adequate and going from a model of 50 users to one of 200 or one of 1000, greatly increases costs, which for a medium-sized company is usually bad or inconsistent on the part of meraki.

On the other hand, the Meraki TAC support is not the best. They take a long time to solve the problems and the agents do not always seem to be well prepared, although when we escalate the cases, we reach solutions, this takes some time, which, compared to the Cisco TAC, the Meraki TAC falls below. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their reputation. They are supposed to be one of the best solutions in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- We are experiencing troubles with wifi debit for months, which are related to their devices.

- The French online support never answers

- The English online support answers but doesn't provide any useful help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No out of the box configuration, can be configured and managed from the cloud portal from anywhere. SSO integration with Azure AD moves authentication management to Microsoft 365 and provides a seemless way to access the system. All network equipment can be managed from a single pane. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Changes take a bit longer as they are pushed down from the portal to the devices. Switches do not allow for general mode with vlan tagging, only trunk and access modes allowed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Using the cloud controller makes super easy to setup and to managed this enterprise class solution. Specially the Access Points products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It should included more capabilities for access point configurations, like managing DHCP per SSDI profiles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Meraki has a very clean user interface and lots of options. Luckily most of these options are nested in a clear and logical style making navigation quick and easy. Checking on individual devices is straightforward and the options for each one are well laid out. Swapping between profiles or adjusting restrictions is super easy and can be rolled out in seconds. As you would hope making adjustments is quicker and easier through the web interface than having the device in front of you.

Enrolling new devices is very straightforward and there are lots of different options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We mainly use Meraki for around 90 iOS devices and that is the only area tat I find annoying. Apple still has a very weak story around device deployment and this shows in all sorts of places. We also use Airwatch and others at a corporate level and all seem to exhibit the same degree of erratic behavior. Devices seem to drift out of profile and many of our devices have slightly different load outs on them over time. This often necessitates re-profiling periodically. Again though, this seems to be an iOS 'feature' that doesn't occur on android or other devices. Sadly our users love their iPads and iPhones so we just have to hope that one day apple take this sort of stuff moe seriously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MRS42 APs are extremely reliable and they broadcast radio is very large.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cisco Meraki licensing is a bit higher than other, but for me since I bundled it with my current wireless provider was not bad Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cisco Meraki was one of the best innovations in the UTM FIrewall, switch and wireless market with cloud management. What I think is best is the ease of cloud management, being able to access from anywhere. On this platform I can import the plants from the places and keep everything well organized and safe. When something goes down I receive an alert and resolve the issue as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a tool that is being improved with each new firmware. At the beginning I suffered from some small bugs in the graphical interface, but today the problems have been solved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We installed 4 Meraki Access Points in our 90,000 sq ft manufacturing plant. We have about 60 employees and the coverage, bandwidth and seamless roaming make it an absolute dream. The Meraki Dashboards is a peace of cake to use, and provides visibility to everything you'd need and THEN some! You can view a heat map of devices that are connected, you can track usage by category, amount of data used per device, etc. I will never use another solution for my networking needs. Meraki has been great from the start, and I highly recommend giving them a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, literally cannot think of anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best is everything cloud, no need to worry about backing up the config. Simple UI, Very good support from the Meraki Au team as well. We have about 10 sites with Meraki devices and found so much easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My Knowledge is not much to compare with other vender and dislike. I have been using Meraki for different environment and I have been referring to everyone.

However, we have some people counters connected on the network and we have to restart the Meraki appliances to get them working occasionally.

IT is a bit expensive for home users otherwise I would suggest for my home user friends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.