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Attribute Ratings
- Cisco Meraki MS is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.3
Cisco Meraki MS
93%
34 Ratings

9.0
Huawei Ethernet Switches
90%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

10.0
Cisco Meraki MS
100%
1 Rating

Huawei Ethernet Switches
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

9.0
Cisco Meraki MS
90%
25 Ratings

Huawei Ethernet Switches
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

9.3
Cisco Meraki MS
93%
15 Ratings

Huawei Ethernet Switches
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Meraki MS
This product will go to the top of the list of what I will use again. It makes support significantly easier and that is important to the operations here. I feel this is a strong candidate to be used in just about any configuration. It is very adaptable.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 51-200 employeesHuawei Ethernet Switches
Huawei switches are ideal for cases where performance is not essential, for low traffic solutions and for equipment management. It is not recommended for situations of high performance and stress, immediate availability and high scalability. It is also not advisable to use them in solutions that involve hardware from other brands, the integration of Huawei with Cisco, for example, is very traumatic and the results were not optimal in my case.
Lider de proyectos
CANTVTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Pros
Cisco Meraki MS
- Meraki MS switches are wonderful at allowing a network admin to configure a VPN mesh network without having to have highly specialized knowledge. Unlike Cisco switches, there is no CLI, there is only a GUI, and Meraki support helps you set it up as you add nodes to your network.
- Meraki MS switches are easy to deploy. Full stop.
- They can work with any firewall or ASA but I would strongly recommend using the Meraki MX security appliance if you are going to use Meraki MS switches because they were made to work together.
- They easily stack. It's all done for you in the Meraki cloud control panel.
- They will get an address from your admin VLAN's DHCP scope and keep it. Even if you unplug it and move it, you will not have to worry about addressing it.
- The GUI is online and you can reach it from anywhere, so as long as you have the credentials, you can manage the network from any device that has a browser.
Senior Systems Administrator
DRT Holdings, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
- Scalability
- High throughput links
- Redundancy of links with resilient protocols
- Fast switching in the event of a redundant link failure.
Network Engineer
ALOO TELECOMTelecommunications, 201-500 employees
Cons
Cisco Meraki MS
- People who are coming from enterprise switches or command line options may feel limited
- If internet is having issue, managing the switches can become more burdensome
- Switches do not have as many advanced features as enterprise switches
- Delay in reporting and debugging
IT Infrastructure Supervisor
Sight and Sound TheatresEntertainment, 201-500 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
- One of our switches encounted a hardware defect after 6 months of use (but was replaced within warranty)
- The switches appear to get hotter than what I would expect under normal use
Security Officer
IXON CloudInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco Meraki MS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Huawei Ethernet Switches
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Meraki MS
Cisco Meraki MS 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Great product and we're always watching for new additions from meraki

Verified User
Manager in Customer Service
Architecture & Planning Company, 51-200 employeesHuawei Ethernet Switches
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco Meraki MS
Cisco Meraki MS 9.0
Based on 25 answers
Cisco support for the Meraki products is great. I have a dedicated representative who I can reach out to at any time. They offer numerous online resources and easy to follow tutorials to help the most novice user feel like a pro. When I need support they were ready and quickly helped me solve my problems.
IT manager
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter SchoolEducation Management, 51-200 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Meraki MS
Cisco Meraki equipment is easier to configure, setup, and deploy as well as manage. The only thing I will say for the other gear is that they have their special niche requirements, protocol options, and special configuration options that not all Meraki gear has. Meraki gear cannot do everything that other switches out there can do for specific requirements. For the most common network requirements, Meraki can do it!
Senior Network Administrator
Birchcliff Energy Ltd.Oil & Energy, 201-500 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
The performance of Huawei is lower than Cisco, but initially the costs inclined the decision towards Huawei, but unfortunately, it was not, the licenses and the manager fired the investment to make it very similar to cisco. Therefore it is preferable to go to the Cisco switches for reliability and robustness.
Lider de proyectos
CANTVTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Scalability
Cisco Meraki MS
Cisco Meraki MS 9.3
Based on 15 answers
We have had no trouble linking multiple switches together with a daisy chain cable. We have done this throughout our building and have added them as switch stacks so that they appear as one large switch. It's even better when combined with port aggregation on our fiber feed lines for 20GB throughput back to the core network.
Network Operations Manager
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Religious Institutions, 501-1000 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco Meraki MS
- One critical business objective was a worry-free network. This is it!
- Another business objective was to be able to manage my entire network from a single interface. Meraki delivers again! Not having to be in the building to monitor, manage and configure networking equipment is worth the weight of these devices in gold.
- I wanted to be able to see everything that was happening on my network. Meraki enables that. I can see every device, what each is doing, set alerts for when individual ports go down or the device that is attached stops sending packets, etc. The visibility into my network's performance and security is unprecedented. I never knew what I was missing and I do not want to go back!
Director, Management Information Systems
CareerSource FloridaPublic Policy, 11-50 employees
Huawei Ethernet Switches
- Revenue Increase
- Greater satisfaction for our customers.
- Greater compliance with SLAs
Network Engineer
ALOO TELECOMTelecommunications, 201-500 employees