We performed a comparison between Cradlepoint NetCloud and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of this solution is the automatic failover."
"Cradlepoint NetCloud is very stable."
"It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it."
"The Meraki interface is really well driven and very mature."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki SD-WAN is its user-friendly interface."
"A lot of our customers really enjoy the Meraki Dashboard."
"This is a high availability solution that is easy to configure and has a nice GUI."
"The dashboard is user-friendly. It's very simple to use."
"Meraki SD-WAN is scalable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are load balancing and the security possibilities you have."
"They're known for their ease of use and ubiquitous management platform that covers everything. Meraki really excels in plug-and-play solutions. You just plug it up, and everything works. All of the components—the firewall/router, the switches, the access points, the cameras—work very nicely together, and they all can be managed from one platform. That is probably their biggest selling point. Everything comes in one ubiquitous package, and you don't have to manage different components from different platforms. You can see everything from one platform."
"The performance of group-based clouds should be enhanced."
"It is missing important settings options."
"In our situation, the initial setup was complex."
"It's a matter of cost and expenses that we may take some issue with."
"There is a point in a very large organization where you hit the VPN limit, or tunnel limit."
"There are currently issues with NAT-Unfriendly situations on G4 networks that should be resolved."
"This solution can only support up to two WAN ports."
"The port density should be improved because this solution is limited to two."
"You need to have internet access to configure the solution. You cannot do it locally, there should be a local option."
"Some of the on-premise security features of Meraki SD-WAN are on the cloud and some of my customers do not want to use the cloud. They should have on-premise security features for those that do not want to use the cloud."
"There is still some work to do when it comes to AI."
Cradlepoint NetCloud is ranked 6th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews. Cradlepoint NetCloud is rated 7.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cradlepoint NetCloud writes "Simple to install and reliable, but technical support should improve their response time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Cradlepoint NetCloud is most compared with Peplink SpeedFusion, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Prisma SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Cradlepoint NetCloud vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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