We performed a comparison between HPE Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."he stability is very good on this solution. There have been no bugs, glitches or crashes."
"The initial setup is straightforward. The steps are simple, and you can always contact support if needed. Overall, it's easy."
"The speed is very fast."
"The most valuable feature in HPE Ethernet Switches is programmability and analytics."
"It's fairly lightweight, they don't require a lot of maintenance."
"HPE Ethernet Switches are easy to configure."
"You can scale the product as needed."
"The solution is very, very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the granular visibility that they provide with a single pane of glass."
"The product provides a single-pane-of-glass in for management of wireless, security, and switching from multiple devices."
"The main features of Meraki MS Switches are integration, high quality, and hardware guarantee."
"We are using the MS425 series. We like the ease of use, ease of administration, and central dashboard. Meraki also has fantastic documentation and community. With its central dashboard, we can deploy a generic configuration across hundreds of switches, rather than doing it in the old school way where an individual or a group of engineers would log onto each device via CLI, which takes a long time. So, everything is connected."
"We found the initial setup to be easy."
"These switches are not expensive and their configuration is very easy. You can provision them on the dashboard, then you just connect them to everything."
"The performance is pretty good."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"The pricing could be lowered."
"It would be ideal if the product offered more security."
"I would also like to see a more centralized private management console for the series of devices. Most solutions are adopting centralized cloud-based management, but my client base believes cloud solutions are too insecure. You've got a few dozen switches, so it would be nice to have the ability to manage them on a "single pane of glass.""
"We haven't had any issues with this switch in the past 10 years. That's the reason we're still keeping them alive."
"There could be features for ransomware attack detection and enhanced anomaly detection to identify and mitigate anonymous traffic."
"There is a limitation of capability."
"The solution could improve by having more integration options."
"In this solution, you are lacking a feature that Cisco Classic has that allows you to save your configuration with a serial cable."
"Their subscription model could be better. Some of our customers prefer a one-time payment to a monthly or yearly subscription model, so they don't buy the product. Technical support could also be better."
"The lead times can be long in terms of actually getting the hardware."
"The product demonstrates poor price per performance when compared with its competitors."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"We aren't missing any features."
"On the switches, I don't know a whole lot that I would change. Different levels of switches have different layer 2 and layer 3 functionality. It's always nice to have layer 3 functionality across the board if you can, but that drives up the cost. They've got different lines for different amounts of layer 3 functionality. However, on their models that do include full layer 3 access, when you choose to use layer 3 on a switch, it doesn't have the full functioning routing capabilities of an MX firewall. It can be limiting in some of those aspects."
"This is quite an expensive solution."
HPE Ethernet Switches is ranked 10th in Ethernet Switches with 94 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. HPE Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Ethernet Switches writes "They're solid and can last for up to 15 years". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". HPE Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and D-Link Ethernet Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our HPE Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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