We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer 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 solution scales well."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"We've been spending a lot less time on tickets and deployments, so we have more time to do other things."
"We greatly utilize the network because we can plug it into the DNS, VPN, or equipment. It's very good. Meraki Dashboard enhances wireless network management. We appreciate its flexibility, as it allows for easy suite configuration. We can handle everything on there when there's a policy or any other requirement."
"The most valuable feature is knowing the wireless and switch are healthy."
"The ability to view the entire project stack, including the camera, features, and routers, which I believe are the most important or relevant components."
"There is no need to swap the hardware at all the locations, and importing the APs into the Dashboard was a simple and quick process."
"The program is scalable enough for our usage."
"The monitoring is perfect, showing you the details for the utilization of resources and network bandwidth."
"For stability, I would give SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer a rating of ten out of ten."
"It is great at telling you if your devices are working and it keeps an eye on your network's overall performance."
"In terms of the implementation, we've actually used SAM, the server and application monitoring tools. The network configuration tools are very useful in terms of bulk upgrading switches and infrastructure. Also, the Network Traffic Analyzer was extremely useful to track down errant users soaking up bandwidth."
"This solution gives us important information about the utilization of protocols, particularly in terms of how often they are used."
"They have instructional videos and other information available on the site to assist you with learning it."
"I like that it is able to monitor multiple devices and it's vendor-agnostic."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"I would like to receive decent notification alerts regarding the license's expiry. Or any help on correcting or optimizing licenses, because in certain circumstances you can add a license but it's the wrong licensing. However, the Dashboard adds the license in some way, and you do not utilize it. You can simply extend the license's expiration date."
"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."
"The downside to the simplicity is that you can't get as granular as you could with the Cisco APs."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
"The product is missing a VPN and it is a major issue when it comes to deployment."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"They can improve the landing page in Meraki Dashboard. When I go into an organization, they can include a lot more infographics. They can also simplify it a bit and consolidate it. For example, if I've got five branches and I go into customer A's profile or organization, I'd like to see an infographic on the landing page providing a snippet of the entire network layout, that is, all branches in one snapshot. From there, I would like to go into the network that I want to work on or view."
"Meraki Dashboard's pricing could be improved."
"I would like to see more artificial intelligence capabilities."
"I'm expecting to see a little bit more artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. They need a bit more sophistication in that."
"The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."
"SolarWinds' technical support is ok, but it could be faster and more knowledgeable."
"I would like to see better customization capabilities."
"It does not flow. It cannot do our metric performance monitoring. So it is very limited. They can do it but in a very limited fashion. It is only good for SNMP-based alerts."
"It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."
"It's not a cheap product, so the pricing could be improved."
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Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is ranked 6th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) with 34 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is rated 7.6. 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 SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer writes "Displays traffic visibility and efficient traffic flows". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Zabbix, whereas SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is most compared with ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Zabbix and SolarWinds NPM. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer report.
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