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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Checkmk

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACheckmk is a solution for IT Monitoring of servers, applications, networks, cloud infrastructures (public, private, hybrid), containers, storage, databases and environment sensors. It can be deployed under all major Linux distributions or users can run it as Docker container or virtual appliance on other operating systems including Windows. The tool is available as a Raw Edition, which is open-source, and as an Enterprise Edition with a many additional enterprise features. The…

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    Cisco Meraki Dashboard

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAs a cloud-managed network management solution, the Cisco Meraki Dashboard enables users to provision, configure, and troubleshoot global networking and IoT deployments.N/A
    Pricing
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Editions & Modules
    Checkmk Free Edition
    $0.00
    up to 10 systems
    Checkmk Raw Edition
    $0.00
    unlimited & always free
    Checkmk Enterprise Edition
    starting at $600.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$600 for up to 3,000 Services / around 100 hostsNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Considered Both Products
    tribe29
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    97 Answers
    Features
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Checkmk and Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Feature
    Checkmk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Network device monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-device monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated alerts and notifications10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Checkmk and Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Feature
    Checkmk
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Software and hardware inventory7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting
    Comparison of Reporting features of Checkmk and Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Feature
    Checkmk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Data visualization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Checkmk and Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    Feature
    Checkmk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Data backup and recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (116 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (115 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    CheckmkCisco Meraki Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    tribe29
    As we have many different applications running on different servers, we appreciate the possibility of writing our own scripts to monitor the different processes and elements. Using scripts of our choice helps us a lot, as we have many different administrators. Thus, we are able to be prepared for upcoming outages or events.
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    Cisco
    Well suited is if you do configuration one time and roll out to multiple sites, multiple networks, multiple wireless S societies. You create a profile and rollout, and you use automation that takes care of a lot of your manual work. So it's pretty suitable for those divers. Anything related to customization that a Cisco Meraki Dashboard doesn't offer and you use your other automation tool, I think there is an improvement for Cisco Meraki Dashboard to involve all those features and integrate with other third party services.
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    Pros
    tribe29
    • monitoring
    • alerts
    • Graphs
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    Cisco
    • Oh, just the ease of use. I am not an IT technical expert by trade—I’m more on the leadership side. So this makes it easy for me to understand everything that is going on and be able to provide an honest review of how the organization is doing at that particular time.
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    Cons
    tribe29
    • Layout
    • Ease of Use
    • Upgradability
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    Cisco
    • Some features are unavailable when the network doesn't have a switch (network topology, for example)
    • I wish there was an overview for all organizations with pending firmware updates, rather than going through one-by-one.
    • I would like to have some of the switch tools available for firewall devices (port cycling, line testing).
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    tribe29
    Very helpful software and I highly recommend to have on hand as a tool for testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
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    Cisco
    Very pleased with he product overall. it is used as expecting + easy to use and very scalable if we want to add new orgs
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    Usability
    tribe29
    After knowing the architecture it is very easy to manage the system, rolling out agents and creating new monitoring tasks.
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    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard is a modern interface that makes it easy to find devices and their health status. It has powerful remote tools that can help you manage every aspect of the network at a granular level. Something that may be frustrating is that some advanced settings are sometimes oversimplified, and the customization is limited.
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    Support Rating
    tribe29
    never contaced support
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    Cisco
    Support seems very knowledgeable and provides detail summary about the call. They even follow up later to check on your case.
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    Alternatives Considered
    tribe29
    We moved over to Checkmk from Nagios which felt like a natural evolution at the time as the raw version is based on Nagios, I vaguely not having any major issues moving over at the time. We still use the Raw version but we are planning to move to the enterprise version in the next 6 – 12 months as our needs expand.
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    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard is easy to use compared to other vendors. They do not have all the intricate configurations offered by products from competitors, but for the price point and what it gives you there is nothing better. The lower learning curve with onboarding a new hire and get them familiar with Meraki is much easier which our company loves.
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    Return on Investment
    tribe29
    • avoid downtime
    • Plan updates based on usage of a VM or network switch to avoid impacting users
    • User satisfaction increased due to less visible downtime or issues with our IT infrastructure.
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    Cisco
    • When there's an issue with communication to the cloud. EX: unable to fetch configs. This due to like new device being installed or if you have to factory reset the device. This has been a negative impact.
    • Incorrect status. Sometimes the status of the device or network is not reflected as it should be. This has had a negative impact in the past. However, for the most part, the Status is fairly accurate.
    • Incident response has been very good. Anytime an issue has been reported to Cisco regarding Cisco Meraki Dashboard, the issue is quickly investigated and doesn't take long to resolve.
    • Customer support and Cisco's technical team has been very helpful and responsive.
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