Meraki MX Reviews

We are using it for retail and on building sites in combination with the 4G system. We are using the latest version of this solution.

It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable.

The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better.

I have been selling this solution for five years.

It is stable.

It is scalable. We have a lot of customers for this solution. In terms of the number of users, there are about 200,000 users.

Their technical support is very good.

It is easy to install. It took us one hour to deploy it.

You need a consultant or integrator only when you have a complex installation. We are an integrator and one of the larger resellers of Meraki. We have about 50 people, and we also have a 24/7 service desk.

Its licensing cost could be better.

I would absolutely recommend this solution. We will keep on selling this solution. 

I would rate Meraki MX a nine out of ten.

Meraki lets us control all the traffic data and analyze it. The Traffic Shaping lets us install voice servers and give quality of service. It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from.

• Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account.
• Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge.
• Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic. 
• Content Filtering:  Excellent, and very easy to use. You can establish rules over specific content, what is allowed to be used, and assign them to a single device or a group.
• Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content.

It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device.

The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support.

You need to change the device based on information that Cisco provides. If you overload the Meraki throughput, it is time to change the device.

Excellent.

Fortinet. We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment. Our customers are very grateful because we let them log in to the Meraki and let them see their network activity.

You only need to know about firewalls, content filtering, and networking.

It is more expensive than other solutions, but it is a cloud-managed network solution and support is given at the moment you call. That give a very big plus.

The Meraki UTM is excellent when you buy the Advanced Security license. If you buy a different license you lost all the valuable functions.

Fortinet, Barracuda, and other open source solutions.

The primary reason we implemented this product is as a gateway router. That is the first functionality that we sought out for. It also has all of these built-in intrusion detection and malware protection firewall features. So, we are also using it for the firewall capability that is built into it.

The whole selling point for this product is that it's cloud-managed.

They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them.

The ports can be VLAN separated, so we use that feature, or we used it in the past.

It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services. Ideally, I would like to have one place to shop.

This is a stable product.

They have very good technical support.

We also have a Barracuda.

I worked with the previous, older router than was in the company and it was command-line driven. That was terrible, so I find that the Cisco Merki is a great improvement. Overall, I'm really happy with it, although I cannot compare it to any others.

My understanding is that all of the products have evolved from a command-line interface to being web-based and cloud-managed.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

I deployed this product, although I relied a lot on Cisco support when I set it up.

This is a nice device, although I find that when you speak with professionals about it, they put down these combined devices that have many different functionalities. They say that it is not like a bonafide firewall, the same way that they say the Barracuda IPS is not as good as a dedicated one. I wouldn't be able to tell you whether it's good or it's better unless something really bad happens. I don't know, for example, whether it works great or it's that we haven't been attacked yet.

We have a SIEM SOC managed service and as part of it, they rely on the logs that the Meraki generates, so it can't be that bad of a product.

Overall, this is a very nice product.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Using it as an endpoint firewall on different locations. We used different MX devices to setup a VPN from off-site locations to our main office. It is a firewall for dummies. Almost sets itself up.

Minimal fuss. Stable and fast enough. Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage.

Auto-setup VPN between locations and the simple "cloud-panel" to administer all devices with an elegant overview, all from one place.

It can always improve pricewise regarding throughput.

No.

No.

Have not contacted customer service/technical support yet.

Smaller devices: SonicWall, ZyXel, etc.

We switched to get the Auto VPN function and the brilliant administrator panel, where all devices are accessible from one place.

Initial setup was straightforward and extremely easy.

No need for a vendor team to implement. Used in-house expertise.

Not measured.

You get what you pay for.

With this device, "anybody" can set it up.  Should keep IT man hours to a minimum.

Did not really evaluate other solutions as this was a side project to our "main" firewalls. At the time, we did some research on the Internet and did not really find anything comparable to Meraki.

The solution is simple, fast to set up, and brilliant for its use.

• Easy deployment
• Easy configuration
• Great reports

I can have the firewall up and running and configured in one hour.

• Automatic site to site VPN
• Content caching
• Automatic ISP failover
• Easy to troubleshoot
• Everything done true dashboard.

I do not seeing any areas that need improvement.

I've used it for two years.

Not at all.

Not at all just make sure you using a proper model for your environment, as you don't want to overload the firewall.

If you are overloading the firewall, you need to buy the next model as there is no upgrade path.

It's brilliant, 10/10 - you can open case online, or call them and you will be talking directly to the tech, who has access to your environment.

10/10.

I used Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Palo Altos, Juniper. To configure the devices you need days, to spin up Meraki Firewall you need minutes.

It's very simple.

We did it in house, across five offices and the data center.

It saves time on spinning up new offices, and on managing the firewall.

Juniper switches.

I will never go back to any other solution. Right now our corporate network, across the five offices and the data center, is 100% Meraki, Meraki Firewalls, Meraki Switches, and Meraki APs.

Our company and clients use this solution. Our clients range in size from small, medium, and large organizations. Within our company, there are roughly 50 people using this solution. 

I love the simplicity of Meraki MX — specifically, the simplicity of the dashboard.

Currently, I don't see any big areas for improvement; although, It lacks some switching features. For instance, when you use MX to link the firewall to a stack, you cannot use LACP.  You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch. This would be a really cool feature to have — real switching features on Meraki MX.

I have been using Meraki MX for five years.

Meraki MX is very stable. We haven't experienced any issues relating to stability. It's also very scalable, too.

We are in the first line of support, so we use the support differently than traditional customers — they are good.

Yes. We used Cisco, Palo Alto, a bit of Fortinet, and others. Currently, we only provide Meraki and Meraki-related devices.

The price could be lower, but compared to the TCO of other products, it's not really that expensive. When we sell it to customers, the first fee of the quote is often a bit odd; however, consider the small number of resources needed to manage it, there is an advantage to using Meraki MX.

You need to be ready to change your mindset of classical firewalls. Meraki is really more powerful with the full stack, which is the real purpose of this solution.

The real advantage with Meraki is the interaction between different prototypes, like Xpoint which is Amex — this is a game-changer. It's great when you have the full stack and you can play with the different settings and interact between Meraki devices.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Meraki MX a rating of eight.

The primary use case is a zero-touch deployment.

It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy.

Also, the support is very good.

While it's reasonably priced, it could always be lowered to compete with others.

In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features.

We used this solution for a very small project.

Meraki MX is quite stable. We have not had any issues.

It's a scalable solution.

Cisco's technical support is good, they are very responsive.

It's easy to set up and configure.

It was a very small project and it only took four or five minutes to install.

Four or five switches can be deployed in a day.

We have a team of several engineers to deploy and maintain this solution.

The price is slightly increased, but reasonable.

It's a good solution. If they're looking for something that is easy to use, easy to deploy, and easy to support, maybe they should consider Meraki, given the product is very stable.

The features are good. 

The price point is one thing that we need to consider, but it's expected because good products come with slightly increased pricing.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I like the automatic firmware updates. We use the Active Directory to authenticate VPN users. 

Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the licence is not renewed at the expiration date.

It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with the stability. 

I have not used the scalable features at all. We have around ten users using this solution at the moment. We don't have plans to increase the usage, all business is exhausted. 

It doesn't require staff to maintain it. It's up and running. Tops it requires is one staff checking on it once a month. 

Their technical support has been great. 

We did previously use a different solution. We switched because that solution wasn't stable. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment took around four hours. 

I deployed it myself. 

I did evaluate other solutions but once I found Meraki, I wanted to give it a try. 

I would rate it a ten out of ten. I'm very happy with the solution.