Amazon QuickSight vs Meraki Location Analytics comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Cisco are both solutions in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7, while Cisco is ranked #24 with an average rating of 9.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.7% mindshare in BIT, compared to Cisco’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 68% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cisco users who would recommend it.

Amazon QuickSight

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Amazon QuickSight and Meraki Location Analytics compete in data analytics and location monitoring categories, respectively. QuickSight seems to have the upper hand in data integration and analysis efficiency, while Meraki excels in real-time location-based insights.

Features: Amazon QuickSight offers interactive dashboards, intelligent forecasting, and ad-hoc analysis. It integrates seamlessly with AWS products. Meraki Location Analytics provides real-time visitor engagement metrics, location heatmaps, and simplifies network configurations for businesses with physical locations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon QuickSight offers cloud-based deployment simplifying setup for AWS users with robust customer support. Meraki Location Analytics provides straightforward deployment via the Meraki dashboard, focusing on simplifying network configurations specific to location tracking.

Pricing and ROI: Amazon QuickSight is cost-effective, enhancing its integration with other AWS services for a higher ROI in AWS environments. Meraki Location Analytics has higher setup costs due to hardware but offers substantial ROI for businesses leveraging physical location metrics through specialized analytics.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon QuickSight

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

5th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Meraki Location Analytics

Ranking in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools

24th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the BI (Business Intelligence) Tools category, the mindshare of Amazon QuickSight is 3.7%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Meraki Location Analytics is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon QuickSight	3.7%
Meraki Location Analytics	0.9%
Other	95.4%

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Featured Reviews

Samuel Ndip Takou

IT Infrastructure Support Specialist at Olam Agri

Can always access reports through intuitive dashboards that support diverse data connections

I can't specifically say how Amazon QuickSight could be improved since I focus more on using it and leveraging its functionalities. However, I could invest additional time to explore possible feedback from customers regarding their challenges. As cloud engineers, our capacity to improve is limited since AWS manages the services, but I would be open to feedback. I'm aware there are minor details that AWS could enhance, such as optimizing costs for beginners or small startups, which can be steep when trying to take Amazon QuickSight into production. Many have noticed that AWS services greatly benefit well-established companies, while startups struggle with costs as they transition data out of AWS. Understanding how AWS charges for Amazon QuickSight usage is critical for all users wanting to visualize their data effectively.

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Richard Bradley

Senior Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Locating equipment within facilities is now straightforward and efficient

We mainly use Meraki Location Analytics to locate equipment within our manufacturing facilities. We're not a public-facing organization, so our use case involves finding devices like printers or scanners that need maintenance The best aspect of Meraki Location Analytics is its ease of use.…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is its flexibility to visualize certain logs."

"The product is easy to learn."

"There is no REVIEW content provided to evaluate."

"Easily able to connect with our other services and easy to manage."

"It has a lot of valuable features, but the most important aspect is the affordable cost. This solution costs much less in comparison to the competitors like Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau."

"Amazon QuickSight is a data visualization tool that is a major component in business intelligence to extract insights from the data warehouse, enabling senior managers to have a clear vision about the data, clients, and organization to make major business decisions or strategic decisions about improving the business."

"QuickSight makes it easy to provision, create, and publish dashboards."

"Regarding the pricing model of Amazon QuickSight, I would say the solution is affordable in general in comparison to some of the other tools, for example, Tableau and Qlik."

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"I use Location Analytics to identify rogue hotspots and find the last location of missing devices."

"Technical support has always been very good."

"The stability of the solution is excellent, and I would rate it a ten out of ten."

"The pricing and licensing for Meraki are good, and I would rate it as a nine out of ten."

"The initial setup process is easy."

"In general, it is helpful because it allows administrators to see where the Wi-Fi and network services are being most used."

"I like Location Analytics' geofencing features for devices. You can manage thousands of devices with just a push of a button and deploy applications in seconds. For example, in schools, you can deploy an app update for thousands of iPads in just two clicks."

Cons

"They could provide more options for graphics and other features."

"An area for improvement in Amazon QuickSight is storage. Data cleanup also needs improvement because I'm experiencing errors when cleaning the data. Amazon QuickSight needs video tutorials showing its different functions and purposes."

"Lacked connectivity with other third-party tools and data sources."

"AWS services greatly benefit well-established companies, while startups struggle with costs as they transition data out of AWS."

"One area where Amazon QuickSight could improve is its formatting features for dashboards."

"There is room for improvement in terms of the number of visualizations and dashboards that are available."

"Amazon QuickSight could be improved by embedding AI features. For example, making automation for filling missing data or reformatting incorrect data formats, and making date corrections."

"Amazon QuickSight has minimal features. The feature set can be improved to allow you to create good production-ready dashboards. This does not happen with QuickSite, it needs to mature to be used in production."

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"The technical support before implementation could be better for premium partners."

"My biggest complaint with Meraki Location Analytics is the lack of visibility into the back end. Everything we do is through a customer GUI, and there's limited access to CLI functions."

"There are no specific areas for improvement as everything is working very well."

"The pricing is a pain point for us. It's a bit expensive."

"I would like to see all of the features included in a single package."

"The biggest issue is negotiating the price with a client. That's the most complicated part, but the product is worth it."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the price of Amazon QuickSight a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."

"The solution's pricing is cheaper than the other products in the market."

"I wouldn't say that it is an expensive product, but to stay competitive they would need to bring down the prices."

"The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."

"I'm using a paid version of Amazon QuickSight, paying about $22 monthly. As I have yet to learn about the pricing for other tools, such as Power BI, I won't be able to compare."

"The standard edition is free to use for exploration purposes while the enterprise edition needs to be paid for. The pricing for this solution is very reasonable."

"Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments."

"A highly affordable cost structure with fixed membership and timeframe basis options."

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"The product is less expensive compared to other vendors for gold partners."

"They have different tiers of pricing including one-year, three-year, five-year, seven-year, and ten-year."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon QuickSight?

The integration is very seamless. We stored our result CSV files in S3 and connected directly from there.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon QuickSight?

Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments. However, this cost is offset by the advantages it provides.

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What needs improvement with Amazon QuickSight?

I don't want to hypothetically say about the effectiveness of Amazon QuickSight in terms of machine learning, so I need to pass on that. At the moment, on the cloud perspective, we have Amazon majo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Meraki Location Analytics?

The pricing for Meraki Location Analytics is comparable to other solutions in the market. When we moved to Meraki Location Analytics, we benefited from not needing to buy outdoor-rated AP enclosure...

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What needs improvement with Meraki Location Analytics?

My biggest complaint with Meraki Location Analytics ( /categories/location-intelligence-platforms ) is the lack of visibility into the back end. Everything we do is through a customer GUI, and ther...

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What is your primary use case for Meraki Location Analytics?

We mainly use Meraki Location Analytics ( /products/meraki-location-analytics-reviews ) to locate equipment within our manufacturing facilities. We're not a public-facing organization, so our use c...

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Overview

Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cisco Meraki's location analytics and engagement solution displays real-time location statistics to improve customer engagement and loyalty across sites. Data collected by intelligent Meraki APs is synced with the Meraki cloud, automatically reported in the dashboard, and exported to third-party applications via the Cisco Meraki Location Analytics API.

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Sample Customers

MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com

Ladbrokes, Neinver, Westwind School Division, The Salvation Army, Queensland Airports Limited

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