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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Entuity

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Entuity network monitoring tool from Park Place Technologies (acquired 2019) automates network discovery and uses workflows that enable users to see when something has gone wrong. Responsive dashboards allow users to take a high-level view to gauge network health or drill down to the component level to fix network problems.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Park Place Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    97 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Cisco Meraki Dashboard and Entuity
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard
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    Ratings
    Entuity
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (116 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (115 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki DashboardEntuity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Park Place Technologies
    I think that if your organization is network-oriented (such as telecom or ISP) deploying Entuity should be considered a mandatory step. Big organizations will benefit from the ITSM (ticketing, monitoring and CMDB) integrations.
    However, if your goal is to ensure that the server layer is monitored in great level (process and service monitoring, log parsing etc.) then Entuity will not suit your needs.
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    Pros
    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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    Park Place Technologies
    • Exceptional network discovery and mapping.
    • Great CMDB integration capabilities.
    • Good event management integrations.
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    Cons
    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).
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    Park Place Technologies
    • Detailed server monitoring.
    • Detailed storage monitoring.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Park Place Technologies
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    Usability
    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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    Park Place Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Park Place Technologies
    Entuity support has always been quick to respond and the majority of the calls I had were resolved on the first call. In addition, the product documentation is easy to read and goes into great detail of how the product works. This is probably a reason why a support call is literally the last call for Entuity (no pun intended).
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Park Place Technologies
    The list above shows you some of the products that Entuity replaces.
    The good product and excellent support behind it make it a better choice from the admin's and EA's perspective. My customers have praised the short learning curve and the swift and professional support staff. From my own experience I can tell that this product is delivered with one of the finest sets of documentation I have ever seen.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Park Place Technologies
    • Reconciling multiple tools (netflow, configuration, monitoring and discovery) into one tool simplified the support agreement.
    • Root cause analysis (RCA) time has been greatly reduced thanks to having all information in a single interface.
    • Security of the network devices has improved thanks to the discovery provided by Entuity.
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