Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) vs Cisco Meraki MX | TrustRadius

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Score 9 out of 10

Based on 21 reviews and ratings

Score 9 out of 10

Based on 115 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Pros

Quality of Service for managing Data priority
Mean Time between Failures - We have found Cisco hardware is reliable
Fast network performance and availability

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Director of IT

Preis PLCLaw Practice, 51-200 employees

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The appliances are very, very easy to use. You could set one up for basic use with minimal documentation.
Intuitive menus in the Meraki Dashboard make traversing your options and finding what you need very easy.
Good support options and a healthy knowledge base with well-written guides.

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Infrastructure, Network Administrator II

Dynamic AviationAviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Possibly higher port count on built in switch.
External WiFi antenna connection to allow bigger WiFi coverage.
More robust wall mount setup using screw slots, currently only 2.

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IT Infrastructure Planner/Architect

FortisBC Energy Inc.Utilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Possible granular access to switchport settings when using VLAN's.
Wireless models could and should have advanced wireless functionality which is inherent in the Meraki AP devices.
More functionality and customization on the local access pages when device has not connected to the cloud yet.

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Network Engineer

United Vision LogisticsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) 9.1

Based on 2 answers

They have proven themselves to be flexible, reliable and are a leader and standard in the industry.

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Director - Network Services

Build-A-Bear WorkshopRetail, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cisco Meraki MX 8.7

Based on 3 answers

As we have it in place now, we will continue to keep it at our remote sites. Future expansion is something we are reviewing, and may well start with some of the larger switches as they seem to offer good performance and management at a reasonable price. Wireless is also something we're investing in and their devices are great for that.

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IT Manager

John Robertson ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) 8.2

Based on 3 answers

I would rate these routers useability as 9/10 - I've designed and deployed Cisco solutions for the last 20 or so years, so, therefore, know what I am buying and try to get an understanding of the capabilities before deploying. The Cisco 1000 series Integrated Service Router is a rock-solid investment with great throughput "out of the box".

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Senior Network Consultant

Sure / Sure InternationalTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Cisco Meraki MX 8.4

Based on 4 answers

The Cisco Meraki MX series is very easy to use. Setting up user VPN access, site to site VPN to tie multiple locations together and managing all your devices. You can even download the latest firmware and install without ever leaving the dashboard. Meraki is the very definition of easy to use

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Director of Information Technology

Callaway CountyGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) 8.8

Based on 6 answers

With any Cisco product, you are very well supported by the Technical Assistance Centre (TAC). This is one of the major plus points when selecting Cisco networking products - working in IT for the last 20years you soon appreciate that it is impossible to know everything and that there are people within Cisco you can lean-on when you need assistance.

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Senior Network Consultant

Sure / Sure InternationalTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Cisco Meraki MX 9.7

Based on 20 answers

I haven't ever had a bad experience with Meraki support. On the few occasions where I wasn't understanding the UI or needed some clarification about what a setting actually would do, I contacted them and they were very quickly able to provide help. Returns are simple and fast, too. We had to return a defective device one time and they shipped the replacement before we had even un-racked the one that was faulty. Unlike many other vendors, they didn't ask use to a do long list of scripted diagnostics, they just took my word for it that the device was broken and sent out a replacement immediately

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Senior Systems Administrator

DRT Holdings, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation Rating

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Train and practice!

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Network Engineer

JacobsGovernment Relations, 10,001+ employees

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Cisco Meraki MX 7.0

Based on 3 answers

Good product and simple to use.

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IT Manager

John Robertson ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We are a mainly CISCO shop, so Junipers are out for the most part. We chose the ASR1001-x as it was an upgrade from the ASR1004 we were using previously. We required the ability to process a lot of traffic using 1G and 10G interfaces, with scalability and security features that match.

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Verified User

Analyst in Other

Government Administration Company, 10,001+ employees

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The key to Cisco Meraki being the superior product is its ease of use and cloud managed portal. Although other products do offer more knobs, the simplistic design of the Meraki portal makes it easy for any user to integrate it into their new or existing networks. It really is a great product!

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Engineer in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 11-50 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Cisco Meraki MX 9.4

Based on 20 answers

Actually my largest deployment is limited to 50 sites for a customer. I'm actually in a new one with the aim of deploy more than 1000 sites. I also can't give 10 because I don't know how it will work with many sites. But actually we already have more than 300 sites and the administration is still easy.

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Network Engineer

6hatComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Once they are installed they just work. Even when a device enters EOL/EOS they keep chugging along.
Good lifetime - they don't retire models so often that you can't keep up.
Good extended support, this allows us to keep them in place as long as possible (or practical) and increases our ROI.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Previously I managed Cisco ASA equipment and enjoyed these firewalls. The need to train other admins and deployment at MSP clients were at the top of my list for switching to Meraki MX. The learning curve is much less steep for new security admins and the central dashboard allows coolabritive efforts when admins are in different locations. Built-in change management makes it easy to see who made specific changes as changes are logged on the dashboard.
Other content filtering solutions that I have used had more bells and whistles, but given the cost, complexity, and management overhead, I am very pleased with Meraki’s solution.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) Editions & Modules

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Meraki MX Editions & Modules

Edition

MX64	$595¹
MX67	$695¹
MX68	$995¹
MX84	$1,995¹
MX100	$4,995¹
MX250	$9,995¹
MX450	$19,995¹

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Rating Summary

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

Cisco Meraki MX

Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)

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