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    Cisco Meraki vMX

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ACisco's Meraki Virtual MX (vMX) is a virtual instance of a Meraki security & SD-WAN appliance, dedicated specifically to providing the simple configuration benefits of site-to-site Auto VPN for customers running or migrating IT services to an Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).N/A

    Cloudflare

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACloudflare’s connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services designed to help enterprises regain control over their IT environments. Powered by an intelligent, programmable global cloud network, it is built to offer security, performance, visibility, and reliability.

    $20

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    Cisco Meraki vMXCloudflare
    Editions & Modules
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    $20
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    Business
    $200
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    171 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    144 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    154 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Meraki vMXCloudflare
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco Meraki vMX and Cloudflare
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki vMX
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Cloudflare
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    AES 256-bit Encryption10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Kill Switch10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support9.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split Tunneling9.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    IP Address Masking9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Support Services9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    DDoS Protection
    Comparison of DDoS Protection features of Cisco Meraki vMX and Cloudflare
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    Cloudflare
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Automatic Scalability00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Mitigation SLA00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Security policy management00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    WAF capabilities00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Request rate limiting00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    Traffic filtering00 Ratings7.67 Ratings
    Bot detection00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Global threat intelligence00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Real-time analytics and reporting00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki vMXCloudflare
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (192 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.2
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    Usability
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    8.6
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    Availability
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    9.1
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    Performance
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    9.1
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    Support Rating
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    6.6
    (154 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    8.6
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    Configurability
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
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    9.0
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    Product Scalability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki vMXCloudflare
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I think for us in our deployment model where it spoke to the hub, it certainly makes ideal sense. I would probably say with anyone that's signed in Azure or a cloud platform, obviously VMX appliance may not be suited. Anyone on Old Legacy MPLS may struggle to see a purpose for SD-WAN overlay of the top. But I think if you really want to introduce network communications that are low cost effective, solid in terms of availability and performance, a Meraki sdwan solution with the VMX appliance in the cloud is ideal.
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    Cloudflare
    Cloudflare has features as a CDN/Gateway/Reverse Proxy that simply don't exist in other solutions. Having so many capabilities under a single platform, with solid support and high uptime, has been essential. I would recommend it for hobby projects all the way to enterprise scale. There's a lot of push around AI and workers. Some feel like Cloudflare is following the hype. But after reading a lot about the new features, a decent amount of them has real value.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It handles load really well.
    • It brings simplification to the whole piece of networking network, so it makes it simple for us to diagnose and troubleshoot issues put in place as changes.
    • It has pretty good site to site firewall control.
    • It works well in Azure, so it ticks all our boxes.
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    Cloudflare
    • The best part is the content delivery network. Cloudflare has a large network of data centres around the world that helps cache and delivers content quickly to our customers.
    • Cloudflare offers us with a fast and reliable DNS service and with the world class features such as Cloudflare workers, SSL verification, certificate management and web application firewall. When all of these are combined together, it provides very strict security for our organization.
    • One of the most important feature that we use is the analytics and threat detection. It provides us with the real time insights of all the threats originating from multiple locations and landing on our websites.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Client VPN: Cisco Meraki vMX in general needs to implement multiple VPN profiles/ group policies for client VPN
    • Alerts: Cisco Meraki vMX in general should be more consistent in sending alerts. We should receive alarms instantly.
    • Event logs: More in-depth event logs for all Meraki products, such as system crashes, etc.
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    Cloudflare
    • In some cases, using Cloudflare can actually lead to slower website speeds if the network is congested or if the website's traffic is particularly heavy.
    • Some website owners may find that the level of customization offered by Cloudflare is limited, especially in comparison to other solutions.
    • While Cloudflare is easy to set up and manage, it may be too complex for users who are not familiar with web technologies.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
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    Cloudflare
    lower cost
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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudflare
    Everything is extremely concise and all settings apply immediately and take effect globally. There is no reason to explicitly plan/think in terms of individual regions as one would have to traditional cloud offerings (AWS, OCI, Azure). All Cloudflare products integrate seamless as part of a single pipeline that executes from request to response.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudflare
    In 6+ years of relying on Cloudflare, I think we experienced one or two brief outages that were Cloudflare's fault.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudflare
    Their Argo for the global network is the core feature we love.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Cloudflare
    While I have had good support in the past from Cloudflare's technical support team, I have had some terrible experiences with billing support. I have had multiple tickets sent to their billing support that I will never receive a reply to for over a month. When I finally do get a reply, it has been an automated email that never gives me an answer to my question.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
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    Cloudflare
    Very well executed implementation where our team was able to handle the implementation with guidance.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Meraki vMX is great for small to medium businesses. It is easy to use with little out-of-the-box configuration. There is an easier learning curve on the Cisco Meraki vMX than on the SonicWall devices. We went with the Cisco Meraki vMX because we had the physical appliances already in place and the virtual appliance tied into our system seamlessly.
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    Cloudflare
    Nothing like it. Organizations can utilize these Cloudflare products to enhance their online presence by improving security, performance, reliability, and developer efficiency. Cloudflare is an American company that delivers services such as DNS, a content delivery network (CDN), and various other additional services to make websites faster and more secure. Cloudflare is used by over 26 million sites, resulting in the processing of more than 1 billion IP addresses each day.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    This question is hard. A chain of retail or gas stations hypothetically that have simple networks in nature would flourish and scale quite well with Meraki. A chain of banks or something more complex that has more complex requirements doesn't scale very well or at least presents many caveats. Routing has always been a big setup with Meraki but I've always managed to 'get by'.
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    Cloudflare
    They are built for scale and have the capacity to handle all the traffic we could ever expect to get.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Standardizing: We can use the same "template" setup for multiple customers
    • Management: Easy to manage along with the rest of the Meraki products
    • Stability: Using Cisco Meraki vMX instead of VNGs in Azure provides better stability with auto-VPN between the Cisco Meraki vMX and other networks
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    Cloudflare
    • Immediate ROI on Registrar and DNS hosting while giving a single plane of glass to managing both with domain registrations at cost, and no cost DNS hosting
    • WAF helped us move at risk servers/applications into a protected state allowing us to perform remediations at a measured pace and get them done right instead of band aide solutions.
    • CDN proxying increase the speed of our website while simultaneously reducing server load.
    • DMARC management and report interpretation allow use to identify weak points in our email systems, remediate and move to stricter policies without significantly increasing staff time spent managing it.
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