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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meraki MS

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco offers the Meraki brand of Ethernet switches.N/A

    Webex App

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Webex App brings together Webex Calling, Meetings, and Messaging into a single application, fostering collaboration and unlocking more productive ways to work.

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    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic Plan
    $0.00
    user/month
    Meet Plan
    $13.50
    user/month
    Meet + Call Plan
    $25.00
    user/month
    Enterprise Plan
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki MS
    The business case that we need it is a solution that could upgrade or downgrade easily because we open and close contacts center or we need to redistribute workloads so Cisco Meraki MS was the solution that fix that business need
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    Chose Cisco Meraki MS
    Meraki MX should be accompanied with the Security license to provide routing an security capabilities. The MX series provide great insite and is foundational to Meraki SD WAN and for setting up Cisco Secure Connect or the more advanced SASE solution from Cisco. Meraki MX is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MS
    I am able to go deeper into analytics and troubleshooting. A lot more updated and features that are far different than others evaluated or had used previously on the network
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Webex App
    It's not an equal comparison because Webex has so many more features than the other options. The other solutions we looked at only focused on communicating one to one.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    111 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    600 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    101 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    523 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    108 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    606 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    380 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    107 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    440 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Ethernet Switches
    Comparison of Ethernet Switches features of Cisco Meraki MS and Webex App
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MS
    8.4
    16 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Webex App
    -
    Ratings
    Management Interface8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality of Service (QoS)8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Scalability8.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Switch Redundancy8.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Link Aggregation (LACP)8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Cisco Meraki MS and Webex App
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MS
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    8.3
    638 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.0362 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.5173 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.7501 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.4244 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.8600 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.3512 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.5278 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Cisco Meraki MS and Webex App
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MS
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    7.8
    680 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.1670 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.6661 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.6612 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.2349 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.3307 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.4152 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings2.1175 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.8381 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Cisco Meraki MS and Webex App
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MS
    -
    Ratings
    Webex App
    8.0
    590 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.1361 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.5512 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.6511 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.4474 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3376 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.7390 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.1171 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings8.5365 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (126 ratings)
    8.6
    (747 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (9 ratings)
    8.4
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.9
    (393 ratings)
    Availability
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (16 ratings)
    8.6
    (396 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (15 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (108 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki MSWebex App
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    A Cisco Meraki solution should always be in the toolbox for a small-medium office. Especially for a project team that moves around a bit. It is very easy to deploy and if after 6 months the project moves to another location, re-deployment times are much faster than traditional kit. Whilst it could do the job. It is not at the point of replacing a large corporate office of Catalyst Switches but we feel it does not need to do that necessarily.
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    Cisco
    It's perfect for project rooms for collaborative work, file sharing, quick reporting and incident handling, and initiating conversations via chat, voice, and video. Some more formal matters are better handled by email. There's a greater chance they won't get lost, and if we want to revisit them months or even years later, we'll be able to find them more easily.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • I think when it comes to the Meraki products, it's just the ease of use and ease of troubleshooting because it's all cloud-based, easy to access from anywhere I can literally get on now and troubleshoot. So I think it's just the ease of use, which is great.
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    Cisco
    • The online meeting within the internal team using Webex App is always a good experience as it helps well in sharing screen, and any content for that matter.
    • It helps in arranging online interviews and it is also very good experience using the web version of Webex App.
    • It also helps in arranging online training sessions and webinars which generally involve huge number of participants generally over 200+ participants and Webex App handles it very well.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • So compared to the Cisco Catalyst series, there isn't that many dolls you can turn and just optimize stuff. So particularly I'm not quite sure around how stuff like MACsec would work on the MS. It's something that I've really got to look into more and the documentation isn't really that obvious for that feature.
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    Cisco
    • Compared to zoom, I think the user experience is not as good.
    • I am not familiar with more detailed options; maybe they are too hidden: how do I integrate Slido better?
    • Not a fan of a mobile app. Maybe needs some improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    At the time I am writing this, Meraki MS has conver all of the required needs. Is really easy to implement, the dashboard helps a lot with the implementation and troubleshooting process, the devices are very robust and you can count with the meraki support in case you face a physical or logical issue with them.
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    Cisco
    While Webex has strong adoption on the administrative side, the LTI tool for Webex is lacking some important support for teaching and learning. Therefore, faculty do not see much value in Webex and prefer to use other tools that are easier to access and more likely to benefit their students within the LMS. Webex has not been the easiest to work with for identifying pedagogical roadmap improvements, especially compared to competitors who work closely in the education space
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    Usability
    Cisco
    The Meraki dashboard is one of the most intuitive and user-friendly network management interfaces available. It simplifies many traditionally complex tasks, such as VLAN configuration, port management, and firmware updates, making it easy to deploy and manage networks without extensive CLI work. Features like zero-touch provisioning, remote troubleshooting, and real-time monitoring significantly reduce the time and effort needed for network administration. The reason it’s not a perfect 10 is that while Meraki is great for most standard networking tasks, it can feel somewhat limiting for advanced configurations. Additionally, the reliance on the cloud dashboard means there’s very little local management option, which could be a drawback in environments with strict compliance requirements. Overall, it’s one of the easiest networking solutions to work with, but power users might find certain advanced features lacking.
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    Cisco
    Webex is quite usable, and it is, in fact very easy to use as well. You don't need a lot of documentation to learn how to use the app as it's mostly self-explanatory. The user interface is easy on the eyes, and people can see buttons without issues. Overall, WebEx's front-end design is great and I don't have much issue with it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki MS switches are quite reliable, robust, and incredibly rare to experience failures. Most of the time, as with all equipment, problems arise from incorrect configurations, not from poor performance of the equipment itself. In any case, when a hardware or software issue arises, Meraki support responds promptly, and if equipment replacement is required, the service is dispatched quickly and efficiently.
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    Cisco
    I would say every time I open it, it is there, there are times that our users have to sign out and back in to get it to work or even do a full exit as the app will disconnect from the controlling the desk phone, but some easy steps to sign-out or fully exit the app gets the user back up and running quickly.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    In deployments using Cisco Meraki switches, no issues with performance, slowness, or loss have been reported; overall, performance is quite good. Communication and integration with other devices and brands is quite good, and the devices rarely fail.
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    Cisco
    On standalone it works fine, it used to consume a considerable amount of system resources in the past, but with updates and upgrades, this has improved quite a lot. As far as integrations with other systems, we have not come across any critical issues with the app.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Meraki support is excellent. They are also highly proactive. They literally replaced all of a particular model of our MS switches when it was discovered that they were not sure about the longevity of a particular chassis fan inside those switches. Without us having to do anything other than ask, they shipped us all new replacements (with a better fan in them) for the 10 or so of the switches that were in the affected model group, and we shipped the defective ones back to them int he same packaging, prepaid. None of the recalled switches had ever experienced a fan failure, but they were not willing to let them run in a production environment. I like that. Meraki MS support staff are also quick to get back to you and very knowledgeable about their product. I actually contact our Meraki rep to instigate a support case (although i could call support directly), and he gets the details from me first, then opens the ticket for us and explains it to support. This means that I only even need to talk to one person, and I like that, too. Meraki MS switches are designed to be essentially "plug and play", so support is generally not needed unless the end user is not following the deployment and operation guides
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    Cisco
    Talking about Webex App technical support is talking about the quality because they are always attentive and willing to attend to our needs, and the response is immediate; every time we have needed help to solve a problem or find out a function, they have not responded quickly, Cisco has always been characterized by being efficient and deserving 10 points.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    The trainers provided during the sessions are highly knowledgeable and well-prepared. They possess a strong understanding of both the technical aspects of Cisco products and the practical applications, which greatly enhances the learning experience. Their ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and understandable manner helps participants grasp the material more effectively. Additionally, their expertise allows them to address questions confidently and provide real-world insights, making the training sessions more engaging and valuable. Overall, their professionalism and depth of knowledge significantly contribute to a positive and productive learning environment.
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    Cisco
    I am very satisfied with my experience with Webex App in online training. The creation of the event is very easy with the possibility of scheduling it in advance. The management of participants, organizers, and animators is complete. The invitations are automated and by simply using emails we can create all the schedules of the training session
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    The trainers provided during the sessions are highly knowledgeable and well-prepared. They possess a strong understanding of both the technical aspects of Cisco products and the practical applications, which greatly enhances the learning experience. Their ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and understandable manner helps participants grasp the material more effectively. Additionally, their expertise allows them to address questions confidently and provide real-world insights, making the training sessions more engaging and valuable. Overall, their professionalism and depth of knowledge significantly contribute to a positive and productive learning environment.
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    Cisco
    I would rate the online training 8/10. It provided clear and well-structured content, making it easy to understand the core features of Webex. However, I believe it could have been more interactive, with practical exercises or real-life scenarios to enhance user engagement. More advanced topics or troubleshooting guides could also be helpful for deeper learning.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    In general, the implementation process was relatively simple, given that we already have a relationship with the partners and experience in other implementations, from the acquisition of licenses, purchase of equipment, configuration of switches and support from the Meraki team, everything has been easy to manage and the support from both the partner and the Meraki team has been excellent.
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    Cisco
    There was quite a bit of back and forth with TAC and Cisco Reps to get it fully up and running but we did get there. Some of which had to do with documentation was not fully understandable. But with Cisco TAC we were able to get fully up and running.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki MS is the clear leader for technical proficiency and he ease of cloud integration with the rest of the network devices. Prospects often balk at the cost of MS Switches, or they might already have competitor switches. The Cisco Meraki MS Switch is preferable, but the budget may not exist.
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    Cisco
    Microsoft Teams is the main competitor of the Webex App. But it provides services for less cost than Webex App. And also teams are used by majority of companies in software industries due to its support for other Microsoft services.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki MS is super easy to scale up. The dashboard neatly arranges all your devices. You can have a change of requirements, such as adding a new comms room in a site, and easily deploy and add new Meraki MS switches into it, and copy a lot of the configuration across. The SFP's also work very well and reliably in my experience
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    Cisco
    Once everything is in place on the back end getting Webex on a user's PC is now very easy and with single sign-on, users are able to sign in without having to remember another password. Just make sure you have all the user settings in CUCM, CUC set right, and that they have the needed licenses in Webex Control Hub.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • I can't think of any negatives. Positive, well, I had nothing but positive things to say about it. Like I said, multiple times. Of course it does give us so much visibility, which is important to us. As far as on a daily basis, I mean the dashboard daily of course, and the use of the phone. It's just also they keep innovating and adding new features to it, which help us lower our troubleshooting times and uptime. And just the overall use of the product itself.
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    Cisco
    • Comfort in switching multiple OS platforms, when there is similar UI design.
    • HD video quality and HD screen share, make up presentations look more professional and standardized.
    • Less call/meeting drops as seen in other platforms applications.
    • Builds a level of trust, when we connect on Cisco's application platform with customers who are having their whole communication infrastructure shifted to Cisco Webex App.
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