We performed a comparison between Alluvio AppResponse 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 performance monitoring."
"Ability to see end to end user, application, server, and network response time and throughput data."
"With some APM solutions, it can take a long time to check a periodic report, but you can get all the necessary details quickly with AppResponse."
"The most valuable feature of Alluvio AppResponse is the actual response time for measuring performance."
"It provides us with complete visibility of every packet."
"When it comes to the ability to scale up the product, this is suitable for small medium and large environments,"
"We really like the scalability capabilities."
"AppResponse is a total solution that gives you end-to-end visibility into applications at all levels, from Layer 1 to Layer 7. We can trace all those sections: physical, IP, transport, presentation, application, etc. It gives us the full picture."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass that gives you multisite visibility."
"Everything is in a single pane and you can look at your network in one centralized place."
"The product can scale if you need it to."
"It is a reliable product. It provides a lot of information that is easy to read."
"We've been spending a lot less time on tickets and deployments, so we have more time to do other things."
"The dashboard itself is very simplified and easy to navigate."
"Meraki dashboard deserves an Oscar."
"What I found most valuable in the Meraki Dashboard is straight monitoring of the different devices, as well as the ability to easily set up VPNs, for example, both Meraki client VPNs and non-Meraki VPNs for different organizations that work with my company. I also like that the tool is a really good firewall."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Technical support needs to be more responsive."
"The AI features should be addressed in respect of the analysis and intelligence that must be supported and delivered in the tool to predigest the large amounts of data."
"They need to better integrate with products and solutions from different vendors."
"Integration between NPM and APM solutions would improve efficiency. There is no agent on the server site related to AppResponse."
"The initial setup is straightforward, but you have to know a little about the product. It's not for everybody to just plug and play. If you know how the solution is implemented then it is straightforward."
"Need to bring back the NetFlow module for AppResponse."
"The pricing is on the higher side of things. If they could lower it, that would be ideal."
"If Alluvio AppResponse reduces its cost, it will be more beneficial for customers to monitor their application and network performance."
"Price could be reduced."
"It would be helpful to have the ability to create a floor plan based on an existing PDF or JPEG, which is automatically converted into a usable network map."
"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."
"Lacks an alert notification when there are IP or DNS issues."
"When users are trying to roam from one location to another location, geographical tracking would be helpful."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"Meraki lacks their own software for connecting to the VPN which creates some issues."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
Alluvio AppResponse is ranked 50th in Network Monitoring Software with 15 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. Alluvio AppResponse is rated 8.8, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alluvio AppResponse writes "It's a total solution that gives you end-to-end visibility at all levels". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". Alluvio AppResponse is most compared with ThousandEyes, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, Dynatrace, AppDynamics and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Zabbix. See our Alluvio AppResponse vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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