Meraki Business Development Manager at Alef Nula a.s.
MSP
Top 20
2024-01-26T08:18:06Z
Jan 26, 2024
For sure, I will recommend the tool's potential users to at least do a demo because one of the best parts of interacting with Meraki is that users can use a demo version for a certain period and do their own tests to see if it is okay or not. After I was okay with the functionalities, I went to use the product for myself. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
If you are looking for a solution that is easy to manage and offers stability, and if you are not really very specific about SSL decryption, then you can go for Meraki MX. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
We require at least three to four people to commission the solution because many integration points are required, like the RBAC policy integration. If we want to deploy MAC authentication, then that's an integration requirement. These things consume more time than the product itself. We would recommend the solution to our clients, but we would also give them options. Meraki MX is not the only solution. It must be made application aware to compete with Juniper or Silver Peak. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.
I would tell those planning to use the solution that it's very easy and flexible. However, the solution is very expensive. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
If someone has Meraki MX in their organization and they buy a device from a different brand because they cannot afford Cisco, Meraki will not communicate with the device. The same visibility is not provided with other devices. Meraki communicates easily with Cisco devices, and we easily find the issues in the devices. Ideally, Meraki should communicate with a device even if it does not belong to Cisco. Overall, I rate the solution a five out of ten.
I would recommend others call us, we can implement the solution for them. We have three technicians for maintenance, and we all can handle servers, firewalls, and routers. Once we put the Meraki MX in, it doesn't require much maintenance. It has automatic updates and we receive all the firmware updates. Once they're in place, we don't have any issues with them. However, if we do, it's easy to get in and make configuration changes. I rate Meraki MX a nine out of ten.
Director of IT at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 20
2022-11-22T22:22:00Z
Nov 22, 2022
I work in a mid-sized company, and I've used Meraki MX in small business and enterprise settings. On the small business side, two people use the product, but on the enterprise side, about twenty people use Meraki MX because of the number of locations and equipment. My enterprise customer had about forty thousand employees and at least ninety locations. I'd rate Meraki MX as nine out of ten.
The big thing now is SD-WAN and it's been that way for a number of years. I always remind clients that Meraki is one of the biggest players in the SD-WAN market, meaning their hardware is deployed under another label as being the SD-WAN box. I always suggest that clients buy the equipment from Cisco because the provider's likely going to use it anyway and leverage their technology. It's important to size the solution according to your needs. There are different tiers of performance so don't oversize or undersize. It's better to aim a little higher and anticipate replacing the equipment in five years. I rate the solution 10 out of 10.
I've been in this industry for 40 years and this is the simplest and easiest product that I've ever used. What's important to me is it makes my people more capable. Instead of having to rely on one or two people within the company that know the firewalls, this solution is so simple that anyone with a small amount of technical capability can manage it. Most of our solutions are on-premises, but we do have one MX in the AWS cloud.
Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
2021-08-03T07:24:00Z
Aug 3, 2021
It is a very good platform for small businesses. It is easy to configure and manage, and it has Talos. It is easy to integrate with other Meraki products. Its contact filtering is also good, and the VPN is very easy to configure with the Auto VPN feature. It provides good security, but it is not the best. It is for small businesses, and it doesn't have the same functionality as Firepower or other brands, such as Fortinet. It doesn't have the same security as Firepower or FortiGate. I would recommend complementing the security provided by Meraki MX with an endpoint security solution. If you need more security, you can add sandbox security. I would rate Meraki MX an eight out of 10.
Senior Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2021-02-07T11:05:49Z
Feb 7, 2021
The suitability of this product depends on the customer's needs. If they don't need really complicated firewall rules, yet want to protect the network and want really good web filtering, then I recommend using Meraki. If on the other hand, they have a really complicated setup and want better filtering, then Sophos is the better option. Also, if you have your own web server or mail server on-site, then I recommend Sophos. If instead, you have a normal office network with mail stored in the cloud, then I recommend Meraki. Overall, this is a good product but it does have some limitations. Sophos UTM gives you more options, for example. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Engineering Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
2021-01-08T13:09:25Z
Jan 8, 2021
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.
COO at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-12-20T14:00:04Z
Dec 20, 2020
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.
System and Network Administrator at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
2020-11-24T13:09:05Z
Nov 24, 2020
If you are a small scale company looking for an SD-Wan solution, plus UTM box-type combination, then Meraki is the best option — based on the price and the features available. On a scale from one to ten, I would give Meraki MX a rating of nine.
Chief Technical Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
2020-11-18T10:28:55Z
Nov 18, 2020
If you're thinking about implementing Meraki MX, make sure to plan it properly. Planning takes time which gives you the ability to make sure it's scaled properly, without too much complexity. On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine — nothing is perfect.
I don't have much advice to offer — everybody has to do their due diligence. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Meraki MX a rating of eight.
Managing Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2020-10-30T13:53:21Z
Oct 30, 2020
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.
From the IT perspective, people are more relying on the cloud for cloud hosting. Instead of having the data center on-premises or hybrid, people are moving towards cloud hosting. The integration with cloud managed services is there. We have some services hosted on Azure. We also have some services hosted on Amazon. We have a plugin with the cloud manager, Meraki MX. It has VMS features available so that we can have the security and our own private cloud connected to Amazon, Azure, or any cloud services, which is a future proof solution. I would, of course, recommend Meraki MX. Everyone should have this cloud management solution. We never had any problems after the implementation. This solution also gave us the confidence to deploy across the group. If we had experienced, for example, sluggishness, slowness, or some unreliability, we would have not continued deploying it. Based on this, I would strongly recommend that any company in the world can deploy this product without any hesitation or doubt. It's very reliable. They are continuously updating the firmware and resolving the issues. They're always there to help you out. So, we should not be worried about this product. I would highly recommend that the Meraki MX appliance should be deployed. I would rate Meraki MX an eight out of ten. It has got pros and cons, but the pros are more.
On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate this product a 7. For us, the license is a big issue and we need to get better facilities, i.e. the original problem. From any country, it's not easy to manage a product remotely across the world. We are supporting little companies and compatibilities for three countries with different languages. It's not easy to deal with because the provider we use doesn't deliver to our country, even Israel. It's a problem we encounter more than the physical system. It's complicated. The one question we get about the system in Switzerland is that when we send it to the target countries, it's not good. We need a solution that merges both to be able to access the system and theoretically to target businesses. We don't have this possibility
I would give this solution about an eight out of ten. They can buy the brand directly or from a partner. They need to consider performance. I have to be totally honest about Meraki. Because of the client VPN, the lack of an easy way to implement templates with Meraki, that's really only enough for an eight.
I recommend anyone look towards the possibilities of firewalls of this caliber with Meraki. Research the top firewalls to compare, depending on how many users and the purpose of the need. It is great to have a firewall like Meraki or FortiGate. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Meraki an eight or nine.
For this solution, Meraki is still more expensive than FortiGate. The FortiGate license is still less than the Meraki license. On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate Meraki MX firewalls a 7. If they were to add the configuration tools, then it would be much higher.
In terms of advice, I would say you should really prepare for open source because you have more control. For us here, we are well trained in firewalling as we have access to open source software and we are good at it. Open source gets rid of all the licensing issues. Meraki is a good solution, but it's not the best solution out there. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
Network and Security Administrator at AJINOMOTO-OMNICHEM
Real User
2019-06-27T08:13:00Z
Jun 27, 2019
As advice, I would say that you should look first through the community and see the different issues that people are running up against, so you're aware of what's going on. Meraki is very easy to configure. So if you want an easy to configure firewall, I think Meraki is a good solution for you. I would rate this solution between an eight and nine out of ten. The product still needs work and the features could be better.
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For sure, I will recommend the tool's potential users to at least do a demo because one of the best parts of interacting with Meraki is that users can use a demo version for a certain period and do their own tests to see if it is okay or not. After I was okay with the functionalities, I went to use the product for myself. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
If you are looking for a solution that is easy to manage and offers stability, and if you are not really very specific about SSL decryption, then you can go for Meraki MX. I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.
I rate Meraki MX an eight out of ten.
We require at least three to four people to commission the solution because many integration points are required, like the RBAC policy integration. If we want to deploy MAC authentication, then that's an integration requirement. These things consume more time than the product itself. We would recommend the solution to our clients, but we would also give them options. Meraki MX is not the only solution. It must be made application aware to compete with Juniper or Silver Peak. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.
I would rate the product a ten out of ten.
I would tell those planning to use the solution that it's very easy and flexible. However, the solution is very expensive. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
If someone has Meraki MX in their organization and they buy a device from a different brand because they cannot afford Cisco, Meraki will not communicate with the device. The same visibility is not provided with other devices. Meraki communicates easily with Cisco devices, and we easily find the issues in the devices. Ideally, Meraki should communicate with a device even if it does not belong to Cisco. Overall, I rate the solution a five out of ten.
I would recommend others call us, we can implement the solution for them. We have three technicians for maintenance, and we all can handle servers, firewalls, and routers. Once we put the Meraki MX in, it doesn't require much maintenance. It has automatic updates and we receive all the firmware updates. Once they're in place, we don't have any issues with them. However, if we do, it's easy to get in and make configuration changes. I rate Meraki MX a nine out of ten.
I work in a mid-sized company, and I've used Meraki MX in small business and enterprise settings. On the small business side, two people use the product, but on the enterprise side, about twenty people use Meraki MX because of the number of locations and equipment. My enterprise customer had about forty thousand employees and at least ninety locations. I'd rate Meraki MX as nine out of ten.
My company is a Cisco partner and a reseller of Meraki MX. My rating for Meraki MX is ten out of ten.
The big thing now is SD-WAN and it's been that way for a number of years. I always remind clients that Meraki is one of the biggest players in the SD-WAN market, meaning their hardware is deployed under another label as being the SD-WAN box. I always suggest that clients buy the equipment from Cisco because the provider's likely going to use it anyway and leverage their technology. It's important to size the solution according to your needs. There are different tiers of performance so don't oversize or undersize. It's better to aim a little higher and anticipate replacing the equipment in five years. I rate the solution 10 out of 10.
I've been in this industry for 40 years and this is the simplest and easiest product that I've ever used. What's important to me is it makes my people more capable. Instead of having to rely on one or two people within the company that know the firewalls, this solution is so simple that anyone with a small amount of technical capability can manage it. Most of our solutions are on-premises, but we do have one MX in the AWS cloud.
It is a very good platform for small businesses. It is easy to configure and manage, and it has Talos. It is easy to integrate with other Meraki products. Its contact filtering is also good, and the VPN is very easy to configure with the Auto VPN feature. It provides good security, but it is not the best. It is for small businesses, and it doesn't have the same functionality as Firepower or other brands, such as Fortinet. It doesn't have the same security as Firepower or FortiGate. I would recommend complementing the security provided by Meraki MX with an endpoint security solution. If you need more security, you can add sandbox security. I would rate Meraki MX an eight out of 10.
The suitability of this product depends on the customer's needs. If they don't need really complicated firewall rules, yet want to protect the network and want really good web filtering, then I recommend using Meraki. If on the other hand, they have a really complicated setup and want better filtering, then Sophos is the better option. Also, if you have your own web server or mail server on-site, then I recommend Sophos. If instead, you have a normal office network with mail stored in the cloud, then I recommend Meraki. Overall, this is a good product but it does have some limitations. Sophos UTM gives you more options, for example. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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.
I would absolutely recommend this solution. We will keep on selling this solution. I would rate Meraki MX a nine out of ten.
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.
If you are a small scale company looking for an SD-Wan solution, plus UTM box-type combination, then Meraki is the best option — based on the price and the features available. On a scale from one to ten, I would give Meraki MX a rating of nine.
If you're thinking about implementing Meraki MX, make sure to plan it properly. Planning takes time which gives you the ability to make sure it's scaled properly, without too much complexity. On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine — nothing is perfect.
I don't have much advice to offer — everybody has to do their due diligence. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Meraki MX a rating of eight.
I would recommend this solution based on the use case. I would rate Meraki MX an eight out of ten.
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.
From the IT perspective, people are more relying on the cloud for cloud hosting. Instead of having the data center on-premises or hybrid, people are moving towards cloud hosting. The integration with cloud managed services is there. We have some services hosted on Azure. We also have some services hosted on Amazon. We have a plugin with the cloud manager, Meraki MX. It has VMS features available so that we can have the security and our own private cloud connected to Amazon, Azure, or any cloud services, which is a future proof solution. I would, of course, recommend Meraki MX. Everyone should have this cloud management solution. We never had any problems after the implementation. This solution also gave us the confidence to deploy across the group. If we had experienced, for example, sluggishness, slowness, or some unreliability, we would have not continued deploying it. Based on this, I would strongly recommend that any company in the world can deploy this product without any hesitation or doubt. It's very reliable. They are continuously updating the firmware and resolving the issues. They're always there to help you out. So, we should not be worried about this product. I would highly recommend that the Meraki MX appliance should be deployed. I would rate Meraki MX an eight out of ten. It has got pros and cons, but the pros are more.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of seven.
I would recommend Meraki MX. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. It can have better management.
I would rate it a ten out of ten. I'm very happy with the solution.
On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate this product a 7. For us, the license is a big issue and we need to get better facilities, i.e. the original problem. From any country, it's not easy to manage a product remotely across the world. We are supporting little companies and compatibilities for three countries with different languages. It's not easy to deal with because the provider we use doesn't deliver to our country, even Israel. It's a problem we encounter more than the physical system. It's complicated. The one question we get about the system in Switzerland is that when we send it to the target countries, it's not good. We need a solution that merges both to be able to access the system and theoretically to target businesses. We don't have this possibility
I would give this solution about an eight out of ten. They can buy the brand directly or from a partner. They need to consider performance. I have to be totally honest about Meraki. Because of the client VPN, the lack of an easy way to implement templates with Meraki, that's really only enough for an eight.
I recommend anyone look towards the possibilities of firewalls of this caliber with Meraki. Research the top firewalls to compare, depending on how many users and the purpose of the need. It is great to have a firewall like Meraki or FortiGate. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate Meraki an eight or nine.
For this solution, Meraki is still more expensive than FortiGate. The FortiGate license is still less than the Meraki license. On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate Meraki MX firewalls a 7. If they were to add the configuration tools, then it would be much higher.
In terms of advice, I would say you should really prepare for open source because you have more control. For us here, we are well trained in firewalling as we have access to open source software and we are good at it. Open source gets rid of all the licensing issues. Meraki is a good solution, but it's not the best solution out there. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.
As advice, I would say that you should look first through the community and see the different issues that people are running up against, so you're aware of what's going on. Meraki is very easy to configure. So if you want an easy to configure firewall, I think Meraki is a good solution for you. I would rate this solution between an eight and nine out of ten. The product still needs work and the features could be better.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
I would rate this solution nine out of 10. As a solution, there is no need for improvement, it's a good solution.
I was very worried when Cisco purchased Meraki, but surprisingly, they have not changed the organization or product lines for the worse.
Be prepared for a new way of managing networks. Test it. See the webcast. The zero deployment is a killer feature. Network Products like switches and Wifi do the rest.