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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meraki Insight

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meraki Insight is a network analytics tool that supports troubleshooting, and helps IT administrators optimize the end user experience, so as to significantly reduce the time it takes to isolate network or application problems.N/A

    LiveAction

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Cisco Meraki Insight and LiveAction
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki Insight
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    Ratings
    LiveAction
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Small Businesses
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    Auvik
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
    PingPlotter
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Nmap
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki InsightLiveAction
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Within healthcare, services, or manufacturing organizations the Cisco Meraki systems have performed remarkably well. The security standpoint of Cisco aligned equipment needs no additional mentioning other than they are the top choice for Federal, State, and Local governments as well as a plethora of organizations from different market areas.
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    BlueCat
    From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Configuration options.
    • Easy to use Dashboard.
    • Reporting
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    BlueCat
    • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
    • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
    • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Expensive maintenance fee.
    • Expensive equipment.
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    BlueCat
    • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
    • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
    • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    BlueCat
    Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki has made the world of management so much easier, allowing IT Administrators and Business Management personnel to enjoy more time on the business needs and less time managing equipment.
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    BlueCat
    There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Just about every department we've been asked to provide access to has been able to utilize this system. Be it from a CCTV perspective or for environment reporting, Cisco Meraki Insight can fit into this situation with ease, and without a great deal of training, our users found the system very intuitive.
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    BlueCat
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • The ease of use saved us many hours of billable time.
    • Support added lots of value.
    • Licensing and equipment cost really put a damper on overall value (being so high).
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    BlueCat
    • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
    • Great reporting features for executives.
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