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Cisco Meraki

Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10
Cisco Meraki
8.4 /10

What is Cisco Meraki?

Empower your teams with intuitive experiences and scale operations with ease. Our cloud-managed network makes it a snap.

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Awards & Recognition

Cisco Meraki won the following awards in the SD-WAN - Midmarket category

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Cisco Meraki Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco Meraki?

2% Negative
4% Neutral
94% Positive

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Saves Time
  • Security Protects
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Simple Administration

88

Ease of Troubleshooting

86

Multiple Connection Type Support

85

SD-WAN Security

84

Adaptive Traffic

84

Flexible Deployment

84

Load Sharing

84

Application Optimization

83

Quality of Service

82

Resilience

80

Dynamic Routing

77

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

87

Quality of Features

86

Usability and Intuitiveness

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Business Value Created

85

Vendor Support

84

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Availability and Quality of Training

83

Ease of Customization

83

Breadth of Features

81

Ease of Data Integration

81

Cisco Meraki Reviews

Ravi Kiran N.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Easy to use and cost effective

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Meraki from other similar products?

Cost is the major advantage of Cisco Meraki compared to other products. Ease of use is another plus.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use and cost

What do you dislike most about this product?

Scalability of the solution and design considerations are major drawbacks

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For non-complicated infrastructures, Cisco Meraki is best solution that comes with less price but decent SDWAN functionalities

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Caring
  • Respectful
  • Transparent

Farjana L.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Cisco Meraki is an incredible WLAN product.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco Meraki from other similar products?

The installation of Cisco Meraki is straightforward. Each device is ready to use within minutes of signing into the Meraki website. The same product controls On-premises and remote hardware, but we make rapid changes that set us apart from the competition. Through a single portal/website, it is simple to manage wireless switches/access points for multiple locations. With our "template," it is also simple to expand to new locations. When it connects to the network, it downloads the configuration. It keeps track of our devices and sends replacements quickly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cisco Meraki is the central hub that allows us to manage our devices through a web-based interface. We use it to protect our network and provide access to Wi-Fi. It is the best product because of its simplicity in deployment and monitoring. A feature that allows it to control the network remotely. Meraki is the firewall and VPN for our internal network. It is effortless to use and configure. It's easy to integrate and secure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Meraki TAC must improve its customer service because it cannot troubleshoot specific issues. It's difficult for the client to figure out what's wrong because debug commands aren't accessible. Meraki does not allow us to download and restore a specific device's settings.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Meraki is an excellent solution for businesses with multiple locations. Its layout is user-friendly, and the product itself is exceptionally long-lasting in terms of quality. Simple to use, it's a good choice for business clients.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time
  • Helps Innovate

Cons

  • Vendor Friendly Policies

M.Burak M.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco Meraki from other similar products?

All of the complicated configuration settings are handled behind the scenes. Secondly, configuration and tweaking of the SD-WAN has been extremely easy as well. I can take the simple approach of letting the appliance decide which WAN connection to use to route traffic, or, if I want to, I can get more specific and specify certain hosts, ports, or applications to route over specific WAN links. Lastly, the SD-WAN just works

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Any time we've had a circuit outage, it's always been due to an upstream issue with the carrier's equipment or network - never with the Meraki platform.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Submitting tickets through the portal tends to work better, but oftentimes it takes just as long to get through basic troubleshooting steps before someone really digs into your issue. As mentioned earlier, the web UI can sometimes be a little too light on detail. We have zero visibility into the health of the hardware itself (CPU/memory), and you can't even get this from SNMP queries of the device, either

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good product

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Client's Interest First
  • Appreciates Incumbent Status
  • Security Protects

Cons

  • Slower Product Innovation
  • Less Productive
  • Less Caring

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