Cisco Meraki Dashboard vs. Itential

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
As a cloud-managed network management solution, the Cisco Meraki Dashboard enables users to provision, configure, and troubleshoot global networking and IoT deployments.N/A
Itential
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Itential is an automation and orchestration solution built to support both network and cloud, that helps enterprises and service provider organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management. The Itential Automation Platform is a low-code solution that connects IT systems with network technologies for end-to-end network configuration, compliance, and automation.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Meraki DashboardItential
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Meraki DashboardItential
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Cisco Meraki DashboardItential
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(116 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(115 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Meraki DashboardItential
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.
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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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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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Itential
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ScreenShots

Cisco Meraki Dashboard Screenshots

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Itential Screenshots

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