We performed a comparison between Ixia Hawkeye and Meraki Dashboard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is the deployment because it's very easy to deploy real flow through the network."
"The ease of setup is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It's easy to set up and run tests."
"It empowers network administrators to access specialized and detailed views for specific tests, including video streaming and performance related to specific applications like video games."
"Our customer was happiest with the price of this product."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"The most valuable feature is their support, they get better every day."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki Dashboard is that it's well-organized, easy to use, and practical."
"You don't have to be a network engineer to use it."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and a single-pane-of-glass that allows us to identify issues across the entire network from one dashboard."
"We have found the client dashboard to be very simple to use, especially in our Meraki environment."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"You can't delete more than one thing at a time. It would be great to be able to highlight three out of five things and delete them, whether it's a test or an actual report."
"The customization of tests and even the results can be improved."
"Ixia has one flaw, which is that they do not print the license code on the paper licenses that are shipped to the customers."
"Improvements in network performance are essential."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
"I am concerned about the fact that once your licensing expires the devices stop working and become a brick."
"More integration would be an improvement."
"An area for improvement in Meraki Dashboard is licensing management because it's a little complex. Product licensing can be made a little bit easier through license concurrency and a more straightforward approach to applying the license to products and services."
"One area that could use improvement in the Meraki Dashboard is user-friendliness when navigating to port configurations."
"If I am a user and I have a seat on the fourth floor, if I move across the building, the system should be able to track me and should be able to figure out my whereabouts or my position within the building if I'm connected to the wireless. That would make the administrator's life easier in terms of reachability."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
"Not a lot of training is available."
Ixia Hawkeye is ranked 53rd in Network Monitoring Software with 4 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. Ixia Hawkeye is rated 9.2, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Ixia Hawkeye writes "A valuable tool for optimizing network performance and security with comprehensive network monitoring capabilities, user-friendly interface, and flexibility for scripting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". Ixia Hawkeye is most compared with ThousandEyes, Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and SolarWinds NPM, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Zabbix. See our Ixia Hawkeye vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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