We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and OmniPeek 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."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"Meraki Dashboard does not require a lot of maintenance. Cisco tells communicates through the Meraki Dashboard web client, it will automatically send updates to the equipment. They will send you an email on what day the updates will take place. If you want to proceed, you can click on accept, or you can decline them and schedule the updates at another time."
"Great visibility on the dashboard."
"The initial setup process is quite simple."
"An excellent dashboard that is currently unique in covering both SD-WAN and SD-LAN with built-in security."
"The feature I find most valuable is the single pane of glass where you can configure a monitor view, all from one dashboard. For example, on the wireless side, you can configure it under the configuration panel, and then view statistics like location analytics, user analytics, etc."
"The ease-of-use and the analytics are really effective tools."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek is the ability to assign custom color codes to the different packets easily."
"The most valuable feature of OmniPeek was the ability it gave us to see the connection procedure."
"The most valuable features are the voice bot, which checks the quality of service for voice, and the expert view that gives me insight on what and where to troubleshoot."
"I believe the most crucial feature of OmniPeek search is the ability to sniff packets based on channel switching."
"It's a solid piece of software. It's stable."
"The most valuable feature is OmniPeek is user-friendly."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"There needs to be more improvement on the device-connected interface."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"You can't really clone or replicate a device, that sort of feature would be useful. You can clone the site but you cannot clone the device."
"They could offer API functionality for Meraki Dashboard. It will help us develop software immediately using available solutions."
"I’d like the product to allow for other solutions to be integrated with the dashboard as well."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"Lacks an alert notification when there are IP or DNS issues."
"This solution can be quite complicated to configure and manage, unless you have a technical person with specific knowledge working on it."
"I don't see a clear roadmap in the future for improving this software."
"I am not using OmniPeek for automation, we only do manual testing. Automation testing is tedious to do. The automation should be more user-friendly. I have exposed some APIs but the usage is not user-friendly."
"I would like to see the tool work in an open environment the same as how it does in a closed environment."
"The solution's automation has room for improvement."
"I would like to see the saving feature improved. We have had issues if you do not save your progress then you have to start from the beginning."
"Making it more clear on how to configure the filters, or really automating them, would be an improvement."
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while OmniPeek is ranked 40th in Network Monitoring Software with 6 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while OmniPeek is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OmniPeek writes "Easy to identify packets, beneficial color assigning, and responsive support". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas OmniPeek is most compared with LiveAction LiveNX, Colasoft Capsa, LogicMonitor, SolarWinds NPM and DX Performance Management. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. OmniPeek report.
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