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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

    MxToolBox

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMxToolbox in Austin supports global Internet operations by providing what they describe as free, fast and accurate network diagnostic and lookup tools. The vendor boasts millions of technology professionals using their tools to help diagnose and resolve a wide range of infrastructure issues.N/A
    Pricing
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    Cisco Meraki DashboardMxToolBox
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki DashboardMxToolBox
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    113 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    112 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    97 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki DashboardMxToolBox
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (116 ratings)
    9.6
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.9
    (115 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki DashboardMxToolBox
    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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    MxToolBox
    We had a scenario where one company could not send us an email, our spam filter was unable to resolve and therefore deemed it greylisted. With MXToolBox I was able to determine their DMARC was not set up correctly with their provider causing this and helped them see the reason for failure with a short report from MXToolBox, giving them some guidance as to how to resolve it themselves.
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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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    MxToolBox
    • External DNS record lookups
    • Verifying if a domain has been blacklisted
    • Provides mail-flow monitoring and alerting
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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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    MxToolBox
    • Adding the ability to send test messages from the site
    • It is possible to create a temporary inbox to check the receipt of e-mails
    • Dark mode
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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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    MxToolBox
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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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    MxToolBox
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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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    MxToolBox
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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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    MxToolBox
    While I do not use other tools as this one provides everything i need. I find that MXToolbox provides a better experience through their clean UI, there is not a flood of popups, or other unrelated information that impacts the trustworthy nature of the web site. Other Solutions could learn from these guys on how to keep a tool clean and efficient.
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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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    MxToolBox
    • On many occasions we have noticed problems and reported then to a client before they knew it was a problem. Customers really appreciate that
    • Keeps our customers coming back to us as they know we help keep an eye on their uptime and availability
    Incentivized
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