We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and PRTG Network Monitor 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."The ability to view the entire project stack, including the camera, features, and routers, which I believe are the most important or relevant components."
"It's really user-friendly."
"Some of the features I have found valuable are the ease of access, simple configuration, and monitoring."
"It's a scalable solution."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"Everything is in a single pane and you can look at your network in one centralized place."
"We find that Meraki has all the features you need to be able to enable complex network protocols for AV equipment. We deal with a streaming product over IP, and Meraki is fantastic at that."
"The product can scale if you need it to."
"The initial setup was easy. We didn't have any issues with the process and everything rolled out smoothly."
"PRTG gives us true visibility of the downtime of particular circuit functions. So if a circuit is up but not routing traffic, I will know with this tool. I can write a customized script for a sensor to detect specific things."
"The Slack integration is fantastic, and I've actually found it to be very useful recently."
"Network Discovery is a feature that our customers like a lot."
"The most valuable feature of PRTG Network Monitor is real-time monitoring."
"It is easy when it comes to dependencies of devices, so if your router goes down, the three or four switches behind it will automatically be paused so that you don't get multiple alerts."
"PRTG Network Monitor's best features are its flexibility, ease of implementation, user-friendliness, and intuitive interfaces."
"The bandwidth monitoring is a very attractive feature, it can tell you the bandwidth utilization while it is attempting to connect to the host for feedback."
"Some features could be added."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve the user interface by making it more user-friendly. The configuring can at times be difficult."
"More integration would be an improvement."
"It's a very complex system. Customers have told me that sometimes there are lots of advanced features that are available and that you can change in the dashboard, but sometimes it's very hard to know what they are."
"When users are trying to roam from one location to another location, geographical tracking would be helpful."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
"The wait time to speak with a Meraki support engineer is always long, but they get the job done."
"The downside to the simplicity is that you can't get as granular as you could with the Cisco APs."
"There's always room for improvement. The high availability feature is good, but it's an area that PRTG could marginally improve. For example, in PRTG, both servers have a different IP, but it would make things a lot easier if they were bound by a single IP."
"The inventory of the device should be improved."
"PRTG Network Monitor should improve the NetFlow dashboard, there is no flexibility, and the NetFlow is not meeting the business needs. Additionally, they are missing part of the configuration management."
"A room for improvement in PRTG Network Monitor is its sensors. Its application technology sensor, such as the IAS, .NET, etc., needs some improvement because it doesn't work as expected. For example, the IAS sensor doesn't give immediate information, and the information you get from it isn't of good value. The web GUI of PRTG Network Monitor also needs improvement because errors keep popping up if it's not been updated to the latest version. What I'd like to see in the next release of the tool is end-to-end topology mapping for the business model, and that should be required. There has to be a technical map. Technical mapping and topological creation are missing in PRTG Network Monitor, so I would like to see those in the future."
"The free version only gives us 100 free sensors to use. It would be nice if there was double that."
"The solution has to evolve as an end-to-end monitoring solution. It has to do better at understanding the application at the deepest level."
"PRTG Network Monitor could improve by having a feature to allow uploading of preset standard network switch configurations and the ability to monitor the SLA configuration, such as uptime for the switches or internet connectivity. This would be very useful."
"PRTG Network Monitor can improve the reports. In the reports, you have to give an alert for that SMS and email, the emergency calls and downtimes have to be reported accordingly. You have to enable email services or an SMS gateway service to receive more alerts at the proper time."
With PRTG Network Monitor you can identify and solve potential issues before it affects anyone. Download a free 30-day trial today and experience the benefits of 24-hour IT Infrastructure Monitoring.
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews while PRTG Network Monitor is ranked 6th in Network Monitoring Software with 43 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.8, while PRTG Network Monitor is rated 8.2. 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 PRTG Network Monitor writes "Good even for beginners, and cost-wise, it isn't that expensive, but its sensors and web GUI need improvement". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with ThousandEyes, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Auvik and LogicMonitor, whereas PRTG Network Monitor is most compared with Zabbix, Nagios XI, SolarWinds NPM, Centreon and Icinga. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. PRTG Network Monitor report.
See our list of best Network Monitoring Software vendors.
We monitor all Network Monitoring Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
