Cisco Meraki MX Reviews

I utilize their whole stack. I use their Cisco Meraki MX firewalls, MS switches, MV cameras, and MR Wi-Fi.

I can tell you about my use cases for Cisco Meraki MX, as I use it as high availability in my use case at my clinics. I have the firewalls in an HA in the network. I do some client VPN tunneling and I have a direct fiber connect. An SFP+ connects to connections to my switches. The firewall is phenomenal. It allows the normal day-to-day IT to be able to troubleshoot issues on the fly without having to know major CLI commands. It's very intuitive, very easy on the eyes, and easy to navigate through. I deploy this at all of my clinics in an HA, and it works great. Failover is quick, and it's quick to respond. Firmware upgrades are easy to deploy remotely.

The criteria and policies that govern how my Cisco Meraki MX appliances dynamically steer traffic across multiple uplinks are by the application that I'm utilizing. My core application is a contact center, so my voice application is going to take precedence. I'm applying a QoS policy or some type of policy that puts that first. That's what governs what I hear and what I do.

Cisco Meraki takes the complexity out of network configuration. I no longer need a dedicated architect to do this anymore. Cisco Meraki and others are starting to see that. Once you start taking the complexity out, they still give you the ability to get into the CLI and run minimal things. I feel the CLI is the old way. They're making it easier and easier, and that's how it should be. It shouldn't be so complicated.

If there was anything I can say I don't about it, I wish the automation was a little bit more friendly. If someone doesn't know too much about automations, I wish it had the ability within the platform to say, 'I want to run this automation within this network. Here's the new network that's coming on board. I'm utilizing the same firewalls, the same switches, same MVs. Here's the subnet that I'm going to use. Here are the IPs for the devices.' It should be able to give me that run book and configure it. That would be my main thing within the automation.

I don't have much else to complain about. Everything is pretty straightforward. Back in the day, about five years ago, I tried to run 10 terabytes of data on an MX95 with a gig fiber coming in. The firewall was doing all the routing at the time and all the Layer 3. I did see some degraded performance trying to push that data through my MS350 10 gig switch. Once I moved the Layer 3 off the firewall and placed it on my core switch, I saw a better improvement. However, that was five years ago, and I'm not pushing that type of data out now.

If the splash page was a little bit more appealing and more configurable, I think that would be nice.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for about 10 years now.

I haven't seen any lagging, crashing, downtime, or any sort of instability. I get an occasional reboot here and there, and then a firmware fix addresses that. That's usually on the secondary. I haven't had the issue of it going down or completely powering off unless it's ISP related.

They seem to function fine during ISP degradation or brownout events, as I don't have any issues with those. Especially with brownout events, I have my devices on a battery backup, but even when that goes down, I don't see too many issues with that.

Scalability is great. The WAN interfaces are 2.5 gigs. Once I enable threat protection and AMP protection, that scales that down. I wish they would work on that a little bit. The WAN has 2.5 gigs, then I have four gig, and I have four SFPs or two of those. It can definitely scale. It's definitely one of the better firewalls out there.

The quality and speed of the support is great. They have new processes where they prefer a case first compared to back in the day, but every time I got a hold of someone, I was always able to resolve my issues. I commend them because they're really good.

I give them a 10 on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, for the support.

I used to use ASAs and Firepower back in the day. I did a little Sophos back in the day. I would say Sophos is a little bit more comparable to Cisco Meraki MX.

The initial deployment for Cisco Meraki MX is really easy. It's one of the things I appreciate about Meraki. I'm able to show a regular network tech or just a regular tech how to navigate through it before the device has even arrived and is plugged in. I can already have the license imported and have the network configured. As soon as it arrives at the location and my ISP is configured, it's plug and play.

The younger generation that I'm training gives me feedback that this is really easy to navigate and they're able to understand some of the commands or some of the modules visually. Many people understand things or learn visually, while others can know more of the command lines. For people who can't remember commands, I have a hard time remembering them, but the help feature is really useful. Visually, I can see it and click it. I can't get any better than that.

Many of the firewalls are going that way and cloud managed. They're taking the complexity out of configuring it. That's key, and that's one of the things Cisco Meraki MX has a grasp on. They're taking the complexity out of the configuration. If this is your WAN IP and this is just a simple small-medium business that just needs a network with maybe one to two VLANs, I can just click here and it's so simple. It's super easy.

It does not require any maintenance on my end. I have seven clinics. They all have two MX95s in an HA. Tonight, I'm getting ready to do a firmware upgrade. At first, I would always go on site, even at previous jobs, just to see it go through the firmware upgrade. Now that I have a lot more confidence in the current firmwares, I'm now doing my upgrades remotely.

I haven't utilized their automation for managing multiple locations, any new workspaces, or any new workbooks for new locations because all of my locations are their own entity. They're their own clinic. When the clinic grows to, let's say, I have Cisco Meraki switches in a stack, and the switches are doing the Layer 3. They're never going to grow to three, four, five, six stacks. So there's really no need to have a run book or some type of flow that says, 'Here's a new stack. Here's the configuration auto-config from stack one.' I'm never going to do that. Each location is a new setup. I know I can probably automate that through Terraform and Ansible, but for me, it's easier once I place the order and I get my licensing. At that point, I have to add those licensing into the dashboard. At that point, Cisco Meraki MX is so simple that I can, within literally 5 to 10 minutes, configure the network and have it ready to go within the dashboard.

I would it. I wish they had a lot more classes on that type of automation or a lot more communication on the automation.

I think the pricing is comparable. The licensing or some of the add-on modules, I think are outrageous, especially for the CS versions. If I'm just talking about Cisco Meraki MX, the prices are pretty reasonable. The pricing for support actually speaks for itself because their support is phenomenal.

I have been working in my current field overall for 26 years.

I would go with the MS switches for review.

I would talk about Cisco Meraki MX as my focus.

Regarding the trade-offs I have observed between local breakout and centralized threat inspection, I haven't seen any or had any breaches or any threats alert me or come through at the firewall level. For me, it's more at the end-point level, but I know that Cisco Meraki MX has this new trust traffic exclusion through the security. I'm eager to start familiarizing myself with this type of trusted applications.

I give Cisco Meraki MX a 10 for the overall score.

Our main use case for Cisco Meraki MX is network security and centralized network management. We use it as a security gateway, firewall, and VPN access.

On a typical day, I use the Meraki dashboard to monitor network health and check for unusual traffic or connectivity issues. If a user reports that a website or application is not accessible, I can review the traffic logs and security events to determine whether the traffic is being blocked. I can then update required firewalls or security policies centrally and monitor the results without needing to be physically on-site.

Another useful aspect is centralized troubleshooting. When a remote user experiences connectivity issues, I can check the Meraki dashboard for device status, bandwidth usage, VPN connectivity, and security events. This helps us quickly identify whether the issue is related to the user's device, the network, or a security policy, and resolve it remotely without needing to access the firewall directly.

The features I rely on most are the centralized dashboard, VPN capabilities, and security and threat protection. The dashboard stands out because it gives me a clear, real-time view of network health, connected devices, traffic, and security events from one place. The VPN is useful for securely connecting remote users and sites, while the security features help monitor and block potentially harmful traffic. Overall, the biggest benefit is the ability to manage the network centrally without having to be physically on site.

Another feature I find helpful is the visibility and reporting provided through the dashboard. Being able to quickly review traffic patterns, security events, bandwidth usage, and device status makes troubleshooting much easier. I also appreciate the ease of making configuration changes centrally and having those changes applied across the network without needing to manage the firewall locally. Overall, simplicity and visibility are what make Cisco Meraki MX particularly useful for day-to-day network administration.

Cisco Meraki MX has had a positive impact by saving time, improving security, and making troubleshooting much easier. The centralized dashboard gives us a quick view of network performance and security events, allowing us to identify issues remotely. The built-in security and threat protection features help us enforce consistent security policies and respond to potential threats more efficiently. Overall, it has reduced the time spent on routine network administration and troubleshooting.

One of the main improvements has been a reduction in time required for troubleshooting and routine network administration. With the centralized Meraki dashboard, we can quickly identify connectivity issues, review traffic and security events, and make configuration changes remotely. This has reduced the need for on-site troubleshooting and helped us resolve common network issues more effectively. It has also improved visibility into network activity, making it easier to maintain consistent security policies.

One area that could be improved is providing more advanced reporting and analytics within the dashboard, especially more detailed historical data and customizable reports. It would also be useful to have greater flexibility for advanced firewall and security configuration without making the interface more complex. Better customization and more detailed troubleshooting information would also help administrators.

Another improvement would be more granular control over alerts and notifications, so administrators can prioritize critical security and network events without being overwhelmed by less important alerts. More detailed historical analysis and easier integration with third-party security and monitoring tools would also be valuable. Overall, I would keep the simplicity of the Meraki dashboard while adding more advanced options for administrators who need deeper control and visibility.

One additional improvement would be better support for integration with third-party security and monitoring platforms. More flexible APIs, deeper SIEM integration, and more detailed security analytics would make Cisco Meraki MX even more useful for organizations with a broader security stack, while the simplicity and centralized management are already strong points.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for about six months.

Cisco Meraki MX is pretty much stable in most cases.

Cisco Meraki MX is scalable. With the increase of the account, it can consider that and evaluate the situation. Network devices and everything can be managed centrally through the cloud dashboard. This makes it especially useful for distributed or multi-site environments.

Customer support has been good overall. If we had any kind of issues regarding the deployment of Cisco Meraki MX, the support team generally handled the situation quite well.

Before Cisco Meraki MX, we used a more traditional firewall that required more manual configuration and on-site access.

We have seen a positive return on investment, mostly through time savings and improved operational efficiency, rather than direct cost reductions. While we do not have a specific metric regarding it, we have seen a positive impact on our administrative tasks.

My experience with the pricing and licensing has been generally positive. While the upfront cost can be higher than other solutions, the initial setup cost for the simplicity, cloud-based management, and features justifies the price. The license model is straightforward. The main drawback is that recurring license costs need to be considered as part of the long-term operating budget.

Before choosing Cisco Meraki MX, we evaluated other firewalls and network security solutions, including Fortinet and traditional Cisco ASAs.

I would recommend Cisco Meraki MX to organizations looking for a simple, centralized network security and management solution. Before choosing it, I would evaluate the licensing cost, expected network growth, bandwidth requirements, and specific security features you need. The biggest advantages are the easy-to-use dashboard, centralized visibility, remote management, VPN capabilities, and straightforward troubleshooting. I would also recommend taking advantage of the trial or evaluation period.

Overall, it is a strong platform for network management. If you want to have a centralized view of your network and administrative tasks, then Cisco Meraki MX is a good device to use rather than a traditional firewall.

One of the main challenges with security policies that Cisco Meraki MX addresses is its centralized dashboard, which allows us to configure policies for all our sites, manage firewalls and VPN policies, and troubleshoot connectivity remotely from a single dashboard. This reduces the need for on-site investigation and makes it easier to maintain consistent security across the organization. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

Cisco Meraki MX is used for SD-WAN. Organizations need URL filtering and web security content. Small and medium businesses need it because it is a bit cheaper than other products. Unified branches benefit because some models have multiple functions such as wireless, 4G connectivity, or 3G connectivity, plus some switching ports.

SD-WAN is built on Auto VPN connectivity. Auto VPN connectivity is one of the most requested features that customers ask about, and we can promote and market Cisco Meraki MX based on this function, aligned side by side with the cloud-managed feature.

The most powerful function of Cisco Meraki MX is the cloud-managed platform. You can manage all Meraki products, not only Cisco Meraki MX, through a single dashboard. This is the most important feature. The second valuable feature is flexible licensing. Basic licensing gives you a traditional firewall and a traditional router. It combines the firewall function plus routing functions. In the smaller models, even though they are small, they have a lot of functions including firewalling and routing. They have 3G, 4G connectivity, and wireless connectivity as well, plus they have ports for switches.

You do not need to sell a device for firewalling and ask for another monitoring platform plus another dashboard management. It is an all-in-one box. You can sell Cisco Meraki MX plus a license, and you get analytics and management from one dashboard on one side. This is one of the most useful features on Cisco Meraki MX because it is an all-in-one solution.

Advanced security is the second tier of Cisco Meraki MX. It brings you the main next-generation firewalling features such as URL filtering, advanced malware protection, and threat protection. This means you have a next-generation firewall that is not only a firewall. The geo-location feature on Cisco Meraki MX is very good in advanced security. Advanced security has a lot of other features, but these are the main ones. It also has flexible durations. It is not a three-year minimum requirement like Cisco Secure Firewall. You can go with one year, three years, five years, or even seven years; it is totally up to the client.

Cisco Meraki MX's content filtering has a wide range of capabilities, allowing you to filter based on the URL, group settings, and even block gambling and adult content. You can also prevent and block specific URLs, so it is simple in its configuration. That is the most important thing.

Cisco Meraki MX needs 5G connectivity on the smaller models. If there is an option to add wireless connectivity or at least 5G connectivity on all models, it would be better. The next-generation models have added and merged Cisco Secure Firewall and the new Cisco Secure Routers with Cisco Meraki MX. If they merged all lines with Cisco Meraki MX, I think it would be a very predictable and powerful platform. The most important thing is that customers need to manage Cisco Meraki MX from on-premises. If we can do that, it will not be Cisco Meraki MX at all. Cisco Meraki MX is special because it is cloud-managed. From my perspective, there is no need to improve on this side; you have to be a specialist in this area. You have to be on your way as a cloud-managed solution and do not go with customer opinions who need on-premises management.

I do not have anything in mind regarding additional features such as AI or ML because Cisco Meraki MX is targeting small and medium businesses. The functions that Cisco Meraki MX already has fit perfectly in this area of the market for small and medium businesses. However, the pricing is a bit high compared to other vendors such as Fortinet or Huawei. This is the main concern for customers.

I think this is the most important issue because if the price is a bit lower, Cisco Meraki MX will market and sell better than today.

I have been working with Cisco Meraki MX for five years.

The technical support from Cisco is fine. Cisco is one of the best vendors in the market. I would rate them between eight point five to nine out of ten.

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I can compare Cisco Meraki MX with other vendors such as Fortinet, specifically FortiGate, and Huawei. If I were to compare the three vendors, I would say Cisco Meraki MX is the first one because it is easy to use and comparable. Fortinet is best because it is a security company, so its features are better. Huawei has a competitive price.

Overall, I would give Cisco Meraki MX a rating of eight out of ten.

I use Cisco Meraki MX to provide WAN connectivity to remote sites. I deploy Cisco Meraki MX to provide connectivity through standard NBN connections to reduce costs and to provide a resilient SD-WAN environment. Additionally, I'm also looking at deploying the VRF-aware capabilities for network segmentation.

I currently have two hub appliances that are responsible for connecting around 30 branches, with the second hub used for IoT connectivity of nearly 100 different remote locations.

Cisco Meraki MX has positively impacted my organization by providing a simplified WAN deployment platform, which has allowed me to focus on more complex tasks and delegate the setup of branch offices to T1 or level two engineers. It has also given me a single pane of glass for monitoring all the smaller sites that I have connected through Cisco Meraki MX.

The specific outcomes I have seen since using Cisco Meraki MX include faster branch rollouts, simplified troubleshooting when there are network connectivity issues, and redundant connectivity by pairing up the NBN connection as the primary with a 4G backup.

Cisco Meraki MX helps me protect my network and maintain reliable connectivity across my locations by allowing me to utilize low-cost NBN connections and have centralized routing, enhancing security and better visibility by routing all traffic via my data centers.

Managing Cisco Meraki MX through the Meraki dashboard has changed my team's day-to-day operations by simplifying WAN connectivity support issues, which has freed me up to work on more complex projects or more technical issues.

The best feature Cisco Meraki MX offers is ease of deployment.

The ease of deployment of Cisco Meraki MX has helped by reducing the total time to bring a remote site online. It has also allowed me to delegate out the configuration and build of the appliances via templates and simplified IP allocation.

The Meraki dashboard helps me monitor network performance and troubleshoot security or connectivity issues through a simplified dashboard layout that allows me to quickly and easily see connectivity issues at remote sites and then focus in for faster resolution time.

Currently, I have templates used to deploy the WAN connectivity elements for my IoT networks, though I do not have automated scripts building or designing the MXs beyond using templates.

Cisco Meraki MX can be improved with enhanced support for VRFs and network segmentation, which would be very beneficial. I am currently trying out this new feature with hopes that over the next few months, I will be able to deploy end-to-end VRF-aware networks.

Overall, I think Cisco Meraki MX's governance and security are good. If it had additional SIEM integration with external SIEMs, that would be beneficial.

Cisco Meraki MX integrates fairly well with my other networking, security, and cloud technologies at the moment. However, due to the array of technology I have, Cisco Cloud Connect would probably be a big improvement to allow me to centralize a lot of disparate Cisco technology.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for about three years now.

Cisco Meraki MX is definitely stable.

Cisco Meraki MX's scalability is quite good. Due to the ease of deployment, I have been able to scale up sites from 10 to 20 to nearly 100 in total very quickly.

Customer support is generally responsive and good.

I would rate the customer support of Cisco Meraki MX on average about a seven. Most of the time, I have had positive experiences, but I have had a couple of difficult moments where support cases dragged out longer than I believe they should have.

Cisco Meraki MX was my first foray into the SD-WAN space, and I am still using it today.

I have not seen direct metrics regarding return on investment that I can share, but there has definitely been a noticeable free-up of my time personally because I am able to allocate the build of these devices to my team and not have to handle it myself.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that pricing is about on par with similar devices within the industry. Setup costs are kept to a minimum due to the ease of deployment through templates, and through an enterprise agreement that I have, licensing is straightforward and essentially self-managed.

Silver Peak was evaluated before choosing Cisco Meraki MX, however, the decision was made not to proceed with it due to the complexity of the environment.

I would rate Cisco Meraki MX an eight out of 10. I rate it an eight because of its simplified deployment, good troubleshooting options, and single pane of glass for monitoring 30 plus connected remote sites.

I would recommend giving Cisco Meraki MX a try. It is certainly a scalable and robust solution.

Cisco Meraki MX serves as an SD-WAN solution for retail, deployed to all 800 retail stores, distribution centers, and support offices. Cisco Meraki MX helps protect our network and maintain reliable connectivity across all locations, though we use limited security features on it since we have a different security stack.

The ease of use benefits our organization with speed to deployment, which is very time-sensitive in retail. We do not need to concern ourselves with the underlying connectivity as it operates at an application layer. Cisco Meraki MX is really good and cost-effective, along with being easier to attract and maintain the necessary skill set in today's market.

Cisco Meraki Dashboard helps me monitor network performance and troubleshoot connectivity issues, mainly by being proactive when stores are offline due to a power failure or power surge. This gives the team a heads up and visibility to try and resolve issues before stores open in the morning.

Cisco Meraki's automated capabilities have made our team's workload and network performance much more efficient.

What I appreciate about Cisco Meraki MX is its ease of use. Cisco Meraki MX is plug-and-play, GUI-driven, and very quick to stand up new stores or to replace equipment. Configuration, shipping, and plug-and-play is the process, and it is all cloud-managed, which makes configuration management easier. I value the ease of management and ease of deployment.

Cisco Meraki MX integrates fairly limited with my other networking, security, and cloud technologies. We do basic logging into our SIEM and security operation center, but apart from that, the integration with security tools is limited.

To improve interoperability, Cisco Meraki could make it easier because it does not always log everything you want to know or does it in a different way. While it has great features, every store having its own internet breakout means it is potentially an unmanaged or unmonitored network egress point. Cisco Meraki security tools do not always have the same capabilities as our enterprise security stack from a monitoring and enforcement perspective, which means we have to deploy agents on all devices within the retail setting.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX in the current environment for about six years.

I assess the stability and reliability of Cisco Meraki MX as pretty good. While there is occasionally downtime, it is often due to environmental issues such as power surges or power failures. Generally speaking, they are reasonably reliable.

Cisco Meraki MX grows with the needs of my organization. It scales as we open new stores, new locations, and relocations of existing stores. We run an ongoing asset refresh program that includes new stores, refurbished equipment, and general maintenance.

I evaluate customer service and technical support through a partner for level-one support. We are currently building an internal support capability for level-one and level-two triage.

Prior to adopting Cisco Meraki MX, I was using traditional Cisco networking standard kit. I switched to Cisco Meraki MX to modernize with SD-WAN and all the benefits it provides.

I do not remember the other solutions we considered as it goes back a long time, but there would have been a number of SD-WAN products or offerings at that time. I think at the time, Aruba or HP might have been among the typical players.

I would rate Cisco Meraki MX overall as an eight on a scale of one to ten. It is not higher for that use case because it is not an enterprise sort of high-end Cisco capability. It is fit for purpose for a retail setting.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MX is to utilize the firewall and switches.

A specific example of how I use Cisco Meraki MX in my day-to-day operations is through the firewall and site-to-site VPN.

A unique aspect of my main use case is the LTE failover on some of the MX models.

Cisco Meraki MX has a great positive impact on my organization.

The positive impact includes improvements such as being able to view and control devices via the cloud platform.

Managing Cisco Meraki MX through the Meraki dashboard has changed my team's day-to-day operations by providing cloud access and being easy to navigate.

Cisco Meraki MX's automated capabilities have had a positive effect on my team's workload and network performance.

The best features Cisco Meraki MX offers include the cloud dashboard.

What I like most about the dashboard is that it is easy to navigate.

Alerts are another feature that makes my day easier.

Regarding Cisco Meraki MX's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are great.

Concerning Cisco Meraki MX's AI capabilities, I find its accuracy and reliability of output to be very reliable.

Cisco Meraki MX helps me protect my network and maintain reliable connectivity across my locations with features such as IDS detection, AMP detection, and malware detection.

The Meraki dashboard helps me monitor network performance and troubleshoot security or connectivity issues, and I find it very useful.

Cisco Meraki MX works adequately in terms of integration with my other networking, security, and cloud technologies.

One area where Cisco Meraki MX can be improved is in pricing.

Needed improvements include features, and I believe AI agents would be ideal enhancements.

I think a nine is appropriate because some new features and AI agents will make it a ten.

Those are all the improvements I can share at this time.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for over 10 years.

I find Cisco Meraki MX to be stable.

Regarding scalability, I would say it is good.

The customer support has been good so far.

I would rate the customer support a nine on a scale of one to ten.

Previously, I used a different solution, specifically Teltonika, which was cheap and good at the time, but Cisco Meraki MX seems to be the best enterprise solution.

I have seen a return on investment.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that the pricing has increased lately regarding licensing.

Before choosing Cisco Meraki MX, I evaluated other options, including MikroTik and another solution.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Cisco Meraki MX a nine.

In my organization, Cisco Meraki MX is deployed in on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.

We use Microsoft Azure as our cloud provider with this hybrid deployment.

My advice to others looking into using Cisco Meraki MX is to go for the product; they are great products.

My main uses for Cisco Meraki MX are selling to school districts, state and local government, large customers, and large commercial customers.

What I appreciate most about Cisco Meraki MX is its central management, which is easy to use. Their licenses offer flexibility with one year, five year, and seven year options that you can align with E-rate funding.

The end-to-end visibility from Cisco affects my organization's troubleshooting by making it effortless. It has AI built in so that it can pinpoint the problem without requiring external resources.

I faced some challenges with Cisco Meraki MX, but they fixed most of those issues. They had some firmware issues, but those are easily corrected from the cloud.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for 10 years.

I assess the stability and reliability of Cisco Meraki MX as outstanding. They stand behind their product completely. If something doesn't work, they send you another one.

I have had zero downtime at all with Cisco Meraki MX. The product is rock solid.

Cisco Meraki MX scales with the growing needs of my organization very well. It is easy to add licenses ad hoc at any point in time.

I evaluate customer service and technical support as a 10 out of 10. They are the best. TAC is unmatched.

Before selecting Cisco Meraki MX, I considered Juniper Mist.

My experience with deploying Cisco Meraki MX is that it is very easy due to its simplicity. You unbox it, connect it, and go.

I have experienced ROI with Cisco Meraki MX. Absolutely. You can eliminate some positions because it manages itself.

My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that pricing is challenging right now. However, cost for cost and pound for pound, it is the best dollar amount and the most value that you can find out there.

I assess the operational efficiency of Cisco in my IT environment as very high. I am Cisco certified and I have been with Cisco for a long time. I would say they are the best in the business.

My impression of the end-to-end visibility offered by Cisco is that it is unparalleled by any other technology out there. No one else can do it the way Cisco can.

The optimization with the hybrid experience is that it is a cloud-based technology. You have on-premises hardware that communicates with the central cloud, which manages all of the devices at one time.

As for Cisco as a whole, they are the best in the business. I rate this product a 10.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MX is installing it for enterprise customers. When I install Cisco Meraki MX for enterprise customers, they are typically using it to upgrade their network to an SD-WAN solution.

A typical SD-WAN upgrade for those customers covers branch connectivity, security, and application traffic routing. I have worked on all the Meraki products, including Cisco Meraki MX, wireless products, and access points.

Cisco Meraki MX has impacted my organization positively because it is very user-friendly compared to other products like VeloCloud and other Cisco SD-WAN solutions I have worked with. Meraki is far more user-friendly.

I can share specific outcomes from that ease of use, such as faster deployments, less troubleshooting time, and fewer support hours. Roughly, I would say it saves half of the cost compared to legacy products. In terms of troubleshooting, it is very user-friendly. I feel more comfortable with the ability to prepare the whole config and have it pushed through the system. I can clone the network, which is another positive in Cisco Meraki MX.

Managing Cisco Meraki MX through the Meraki dashboard has changed my team's day-to-day operations because it is more user-friendly, and during installations, it is helpful for the technicians as well. When they go to the customer site, it helps us install it easily, saving time for both my technicians and the people working in the backend to support technicians.

Cisco Meraki MX's automated capabilities reduce my team's workload and improve network performance because the installation time is reduced with Cisco Meraki MX as a product due to the plug-and-play feature.

The best features that Cisco Meraki MX offers are its user-friendliness and the ease of installation. I have taken support from the Cisco Meraki help desk, which is very prompt. They get into the call and fix it, which is really helpful when I am working with customers. With their help, I have successfully installed it many times.

The second thing I like most about Meraki is the user interface and the portal, which is very user-friendly and everything is visible. I love the way the visibility and the product portal look. It is definitely helpful.

Regarding Cisco Meraki MX's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security are good. Its accuracy and reliability of output are reliable.

Cisco Meraki MX helps me protect my network and maintain reliable connectivity across my locations by controlling the traffic the way I want to. When I am giving access to the customer network, I determine what I want to give them and how I need to secure their network. That way, it is very helpful.

The Meraki dashboard helps me monitor network performance and troubleshoot security or connectivity issues by providing easy visibility. I can see the graphs.

Cisco Meraki MX can be improved in that sometimes the software download or the license creates a problem. It does not go through, and I need to get help from the help desk. They get into the device and check it. That is the major issue I have seen.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for three years.

Cisco Meraki MX is stable.

Cisco Meraki MX's scalability is definitely good.

Needing support is part of my experience. Sometimes the license and the software download did not happen, where I needed to reach out to the help desk. They helped me by getting on the call.

The customer support from Cisco Meraki MX is very good. I would rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten as a nine.

I used to go for Cisco routers before. Cisco Meraki MX is far more user-friendly, which is why I switched.

Cisco Meraki MX setup is easy and user-friendly because it is a plug-and-play device. I just need to connect it and give it a power boot. It starts working after installing the config.

I would put time saved rather than money when sharing relevant metrics. Roughly, Cisco Meraki MX saves about twenty to thirty percent of my time per installation.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is good. It is helpful and user-friendly as well.

I did evaluate other options before choosing Cisco Meraki MX. I did check VeloCloud as well as Palo Alto, but due to the user-friendliness, customers usually prefer Meraki.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Cisco Meraki MX an eight overall.

The advice I would give to others looking into using Cisco Meraki MX is to go for it. It is user-friendly.

My main use for Cisco Meraki MX is for our retail locations. All our retail stores have connectivity back to our corporate.

What I like the most about Cisco Meraki MX is the ease of simplicity. It is easy to deploy, templatization, and security.

End-to-end visibility from Cisco helps a lot when I am troubleshooting and I have end-to-end visibility. I know exactly where the problem is. Cisco's Assurance and Cisco's Insight are really good.

I think Cisco Meraki MX can be improved by seeing more of Layer 7 firewall functions as opposed to just Layer 3. Having more applications that we can control while not hampering down the performance in the next release would be beneficial.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MX for four years now.

I would assess the stability and the reliability of Cisco Meraki MX as pretty stable. I would say it is rock solid for us.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I would evaluate customer service and technical support as 11.

Before Cisco Meraki MX, I considered other solutions, and this one was already inherited. When my previous organization was with another vendor, it was not Cisco Meraki MX but it was Viptela. We did a comparison of all the other SD-WAN solutions because that was our first SD-WAN deployment. We compared all options, including Silver Peak and VMware Cloud. Cisco Viptela came out on top.

The deployment process with Cisco Meraki MX was pretty easy.

I have seen returns on investments with Cisco Meraki MX. It greatly helps out when I am moving away from the expensive MPLS circuits or MPLS hardware. Provisioning is really easy.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing when I got it is that licensing cost with Cisco is always good. Pricing of Cisco Meraki MX hardware is pretty reasonable as compared to others. I am pretty happy with it.

I assess the operational efficiency of Cisco in my IT environment as really good. Cisco is really good across all uses. I have used Meraki, Catalyst Center, SD-WAN, Catalyst switches, and Wi-Fi. The ease is really good. Functionality-wise, Cisco always delivers on what they advertise.

I did face some challenges when I was doing the deployment, but not with Cisco Meraki MX. With Viptela, we did have a big challenge where the utilization numbers were initially slow. I am glad that Cisco caught it before we deployed, as the numbers were cutting it really slow. That was a big challenge as we had to re-architect because I selected one hardware A for looking for my throughput and then Cisco said I could not support that throughput, so I had to go for hardware B.

I give this review an overall rating of 10.

Cisco Meraki MX is mainly found in restaurants, restaurant cafes, and other restaurant-type environments. Because of the seamless integration at the back end with Cisco Meraki MX, you are almost certain that there are no hitches.

People have gotten used to it, and even clients will be asking me for specific models because they are well-versed with the product when discussing visibility.

This is very powerful because, as a brand, it is widely known, widely used, and widely accepted when discussing the advantages of the tool. The security aspect on Cisco Meraki MX is very nice, which is one of the specific features that I appreciate.

The predictability and app mode features of Cisco Meraki MX, especially in the use of restaurant Wi-Fi, stand out. The collaboration with other vendors such as Webex, Teams, Zoom, and even Google Meet is hinged onto Cisco. This is readily available and in use, as Cisco helps to address challenges in hybrid and distributed enterprise networks.

When you use the hybrid services with Cisco, the user experience is much more enhanced, and integration is seamless. Cisco Meraki MX is pretty easy to troubleshoot because visibility is super easy to detect, and the data, especially for endpoints and other things, is pretty easy to gather.

The reporting for third-party solutions with Cisco Meraki MX could be improved. There is a slight gap, so you may find some reporting on those devices not being catered for.

I find it very expensive when discussing the cost of Cisco Meraki MX. A lot of very good features in some of those other vendors such as Fortinet are quick to adapt to new technology, and their upgrades are much quicker and less expensive.

It is not very easy to achieve 100% return on the product because you need technical expertise in installation, and that is not exactly straightforward. I would like to see enhanced AI capability added in the future. They could enhance it in analytics, especially in that area.

I started working with Cisco Meraki MX approximately five years ago.

Stability with Cisco Meraki MX is almost guaranteed, and it is pretty high.

It is not easy to scale because it has some limitations when you try to expand. The limitation is technical expertise needed to be able to go from one layer to the next; for example, you probably need a new device.

I previously rated support for Cisco Meraki MX as six points out of ten. The first issue is a time delay. Secondly, you do not just get the support that you actually require; you get mixed and matched solutions or broad-based answers to specific queries, and that is very frustrating.

ROI in the long term is a plus, and it is realized pretty fast, but that is in the long term, not immediately. Between 25 and 30% is what you might see when talking about savings.

Pricing-wise, Cisco Meraki MX is number one; it has a clear lead over competitors because it is more expensive than all the others put together.

The client is actually aware of what they need and which model they are looking for. I would rate this product seven out of ten.