Cisco Meraki MR

Cisco Meraki MR

Cisco Meraki MR

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Meraki MR	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	Cisco's Meraki MR Series is a wireless LAN solution.	N/A

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Cisco Meraki MR

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	Cisco Meraki MR
Considered Both Products	Meraki MR Verified User Administrator Chose Cisco Meraki MR We looked at HP and their products, their Aruba products. We actually entertain looking at some of Cisco's products. The problem is once you start down a path with a technology that you choose and you get pretty deep down that path, it's very hard to try to change, especially … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Cisco Meraki MR good value for the money, reliable, lifetime warranty Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Cisco Meraki MR Compatibility to existing products Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR I am definitely highlighting the same themes of reliability, ease of management, and scalability. Everything Cisco Meraki MR puts out is what I would consider to be industry standard. With a team that isn't as networking savvy as others, we have been able to grow comfortably … Incentivized Helpful? Matteo Rosi Network engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR I really fall in love for Cisco Meraki MR. Incentivized Helpful? Simon Watkins Senior Network Architect Chose Cisco Meraki MR When considering a solution you need you really need to take into account the environments that you are deploying into. If you request something that is fully configurable, then you are more likely to deploy the Cisco Catalyst controller. With the Meraki solution, one of the … Incentivized Helpful? Trevor Mayes Network Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Cisco WLC controllers are good but not a scalable option. We have 10 deployed and it is a pain to keep them all updated on the same code without DNAC. I just love to deploy with a controller that needs the APs to check into. Cisco Meraki MR is one big controller for multiple … Incentivized Helpful? Eduardo Montes de Oca Huerta Network engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR NA Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Cisco Meraki MR We chose this Meraki firewall for the same reasons as our other equipment, for its ease of implementation, but also to have all our Meraki products visible on the same console. Its use is identical to that of switches or Wi-Fi kiosks; all you have to do is set it up via the … Incentivized Helpful? LO Lee Ollett Infrastructure Architect Chose Cisco Meraki MR I would personally always recommend Meraki over the above for ease of deployment and management. My only reservation is you feel like you never really own the equipment... its more like you're leasing it and that the end it all just stops working. Where with the above products, … Incentivized Helpful? FR Filipe Ramos IT Consultant Chose Cisco Meraki MR Meraki console is great, has more visibility and functionalities. Incentivized Helpful? George Hanson Network Engineer III Chose Cisco Meraki MR The Cradlepoints can also serve as wireless access point devices, but can have phone provider SIM cards added to them for internet connectivity, which is good as a backup route or for mobile vehicles. However, for office locations we use the Meraki access points, because of how … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Cisco Meraki MR Cisco Meraki MR is unique. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Cisco Meraki MR Price was better Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Meraki is in a different class, much more expensive and a better UI and large scale manageability Incentivized Helpful? CB Claes Brusefalt Sales Specialist Networking Chose Cisco Meraki MR Meraki for the easier choice. Lately Meraki have climbed up the ladder with the new MS390 widening the offer. For me I see Meraki for the small/mid market customer and Cisco Classic more for the bigger customer with more specific needs. But security must follow along with the … Incentivized Helpful? GV Giorgio Vezzaro Pre sales IT systems engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Good competition. Meraki has an easier dashboard Incentivized Helpful? TH Tom Hollingsworth Event Lead Chose Cisco Meraki MR I've used a lot of wireless access points in the past, and I can say that Cisco Meraki MR is probably the easiest for me to use and configure. It may not necessarily be cutting-edge technology. Still, in my experience, people trying to run on the cutting edge usually try not to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Cisco Meraki MR We use MR and MR switches in our IT infrastructure. Incentivized Helpful? GR George Richardson Network Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Haven't really used a similar product to Meraki MR. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Meraki - ease of management. Negative - cost device and annual licensing, especially we comparing Meraki APs to Ubiquiti. This becomes a harder selling point because of the comparative cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR The Meraki MX is more of a firewall than a wireless access point, though some models do provide wireless capabilities. Can be useful as a gateway for the MRs or in a location where a single device is needed but additional ports, VPN, or other firewall-like functionality is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Cisco Meraki MR [Cisco] Meraki [MR] costs more but generally seems to work better for us. Our older Ubiquiti kit seemed to struggle with people roaming across the building, especially with Macbooks. We have had no such issues with [Cisco[ Meraki [MR]. Incentivized Helpful? JG Julien Guffroy Network Engineer Chose Cisco Meraki MR Nothing could be better for network administrators than the integration with all of the other Meraki products in only one dashboard. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Cloud management Pro Easy to manage
Top Cons	Minus Wi fi Minus Subscription fee Minus Licensing model

Best Alternatives
	Cisco Meraki MR
Small Businesses	Ubiquiti WLAN Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco Meraki MR
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (66 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.7 (3 ratings)
Usability	8.7 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (16 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.5 (33 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Meraki MR
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Really it's well suited in any kind of environment, be it public sector or private sector. It's well suited for those that are just coming in and into this profession, into networking, because as I stated before, it's really easy to use. It's intuitive to set up and to troubleshoot. And even as you grow into this profession, it's still a very good product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco Management- Profiles and templates are easy to deploy Reliability- the up time for these APs (outside expected firmware updates) is class leading in my opinion Transparency- we are able to quickly gather metrics on the RF environment to properly identify potential issues and maintain a positive UX Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco Our current series doesn't have the GPS Telemetry for auto placement on maps that is coming out, I believe in future models, but we're not there yet. I believe they're trying to make them backwards compatible. So there is a lot of manual places on the map. Make sure you get it in the right location because that can determine its ability to locate your clients in the building. And then I would say the other thing that they probably just need to work on a bit is a bit more of the RF management, the ability to see how is that AP broadcasting compared to others. Incentivized AT Alex Turek Network Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Cisco Cause its intuitive, very clear and easy of use (no brainer) interface. It's whole portfolio in one portal aproach. Also cause the new features cycle release and the cisco Meraki comprehension of WiFi market. Also cause the fastest deployment available on the market that also comes with a easy to scale platform adding features and services in the same interface thats unique and awesome. Incentivized VR Victor Rivera Senior Information Technology Manager Read full review
Usability	Cisco To get basic functionality doesn't take long. Set up a new Meraki Dashboard activate the licenses and get internet connection for the APs and you are more or less done. The Dashboard will find your items and you're good to go. Incentivized CB Claes Brusefalt Sales Specialist Networking Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco Meraki support is usually top notch. The are quick to respond and stick with an issue until it is resolved. One of the difficulties I've had with Meraki MRs is the limited ability the customer has in troubleshooting. Much of the more technical aspects of resolution can only be accessed by the Meraki support team, meaning dedicated IT teams are reliant on them when more complicated issues arise. Incentivized DC Dennis Chwee Senior Network Engineer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco When considering a solution you need you really need to take into account the environments that you are deploying into. If you request something that is fully configurable, then you are more likely to deploy the Cisco Catalyst controller. With the Meraki solution, one of the major selling points is the dashboard and how easy it is to manage. In most cases, the features available in a Meraki solution are sufficient for 80% of customers. Incentivized Simon Watkins Senior Network Architect Read full review
Scalability	Cisco It's really easy just to add an AP to a dashboard. It adopts the config we already have there for everything else. So there's not a lot to configure. I guess it's kind of a one-time setup unless you have some unique use cases to where you want things, maybe not broadcasting from that AP or not. So it's a simple product to use. Incentivized JB John Brinley Network Architect Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco When using Meraki as a single vendor for all networking (switches, firewall, wireless) it has simplified troubleshooting and greatly reducing need for site visits. Speeds up implementation as an entire network can be pre-provisioned before equipment has arrived directly to the customer site. Incentivized LO Lee Ollett Infrastructure Architect Read full review
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