Cisco Meraki MX vs Palo Alto Networks WildFire | TrustRadius

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Score 9 out of 10

Based on 115 reviews and ratings

Score 6.8 out of 10

Based on 16 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Pros

The appliances are very, very easy to use. You could set one up for basic use with minimal documentation.
Intuitive menus in the Meraki Dashboard make traversing your options and finding what you need very easy.
Good support options and a healthy knowledge base with well-written guides.

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Infrastructure, Network Administrator II

Dynamic AviationAviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees

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This is could base and easily manageable for our collocation. While working within the could can review in live time potential treats that it has reported from other devices.
Worked very well with existing Palo Alto devices.
Another huge plus is the simplicity of managing and ease of scalability.
Its cost is competitive with similar/like products available.

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Daniel J. Lewis

System Administrator

vdiscoveryLegal Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Possible granular access to switchport settings when using VLAN's.
Wireless models could and should have advanced wireless functionality which is inherent in the Meraki AP devices.
More functionality and customization on the local access pages when device has not connected to the cloud yet.

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Network Engineer

United Vision LogisticsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 201-500 employees

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Local WF appliance is lacking in term of functionality like no bare metal analysis in local solution.
No new features coming to local WF appliances.
No built-in integration with GlobalProtect Agent.
Cloud WF does not have the option for specific regions to be used (compliance).
Cloud side does not have alarming option for [degraded] performance.
Lack of forensics (needs additional product or integration).

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco Meraki MX 8.7

Based on 3 answers

As we have it in place now, we will continue to keep it at our remote sites. Future expansion is something we are reviewing, and may well start with some of the larger switches as they seem to offer good performance and management at a reasonable price. Wireless is also something we're investing in and their devices are great for that.

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IT Manager

John Robertson ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It works very well and takes care of protecting us from threats new and well-known. It's been a game changer in terms of threat detection & prevention.

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Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Cisco Meraki MX 8.4

Based on 4 answers

The Cisco Meraki MX series is very easy to use. Setting up user VPN access, site to site VPN to tie multiple locations together and managing all your devices. You can even download the latest firmware and install without ever leaving the dashboard. Meraki is the very definition of easy to use

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Director of Information Technology

Callaway CountyGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy to use and works well. For the most part it's set it and forget it, but there's also some flexibility for high security environments and those with extra privacy concerns.

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Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Cisco Meraki MX 9.7

Based on 20 answers

I haven't ever had a bad experience with Meraki support. On the few occasions where I wasn't understanding the UI or needed some clarification about what a setting actually would do, I contacted them and they were very quickly able to provide help. Returns are simple and fast, too. We had to return a defective device one time and they shipped the replacement before we had even un-racked the one that was faulty. Unlike many other vendors, they didn't ask use to a do long list of scripted diagnostics, they just took my word for it that the device was broken and sent out a replacement immediately

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Senior Systems Administrator

DRT Holdings, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 9.0

Based on 2 answers

PAN support is very good. You can get the reasonable and timely support on any conditions. When the product is already integrated with the PAN firewalls, you can choose the severity levels based on the effect. The customer service/TAC is very helpful, they even have additional recommendations of advises for product usability. Local partners are also assisting the cases and give their expertise.

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

Cisco Meraki MX 7.0

Based on 3 answers

Good product and simple to use.

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IT Manager

John Robertson ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

The key to Cisco Meraki being the superior product is its ease of use and cloud managed portal. Although other products do offer more knobs, the simplistic design of the Meraki portal makes it easy for any user to integrate it into their new or existing networks. It really is a great product!

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Engineer in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 11-50 employees

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We wanted a single device to handle numerous jobs, such as antivirus, antimalware, vulnerability detection, url filtering, etc. Palo Alto provides this, while TippingPoint IPS is a more dedicated product. Caveat: I used TippingPoint over 5 years ago, so things may have changed.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

Cisco Meraki MX 9.4

Based on 20 answers

Actually my largest deployment is limited to 50 sites for a customer. I'm actually in a new one with the aim of deploy more than 1000 sites. I also can't give 10 because I don't know how it will work with many sites. But actually we already have more than 300 sites and the administration is still easy.

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Network Engineer

6hatComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Previously I managed Cisco ASA equipment and enjoyed these firewalls. The need to train other admins and deployment at MSP clients were at the top of my list for switching to Meraki MX. The learning curve is much less steep for new security admins and the central dashboard allows coolabritive efforts when admins are in different locations. Built-in change management makes it easy to see who made specific changes as changes are logged on the dashboard.
Other content filtering solutions that I have used had more bells and whistles, but given the cost, complexity, and management overhead, I am very pleased with Meraki’s solution.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Utilities Company, 51-200 employees

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Unknown file analysis helps with identifying malware that may not have a current signature.
Additional visibility into files transferred across networks.

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Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP

Security Architect

Securicon, LLCComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Meraki MX Editions & Modules

Edition

MX64	$595¹
MX67	$695¹
MX68	$995¹
MX84	$1,995¹
MX100	$4,995¹
MX250	$9,995¹
MX450	$19,995¹

per appliance

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Palo Alto Networks WildFire Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Cisco Meraki MX

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

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