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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

    Grade.us

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AGrade.us allows businesses to generate, monitor, and market online reviews to increase the companies visibility in search, create and showcase social proof to build their reputation, and collect feedback to improve their customer experience. Create a Review Funnel Landing Page The review funnel landing page allows users to segment happy customers to leave a review on the major like Google and Facebook and industry-specific review sites. Generate…

    $180

    3 seats ($60 for additional seats)

    Pricing
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $180.00
    3 seats ($60 for additional seats)
    Agency
    $400.00
    10 seats ($40 for additional seats)
    Partner
    $2500.00
    100 seats ($25 for additional seats - tiered discounts at higher volumes)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—We offer a free basic version of white-labeling the dashboard for agencies, but also offer Premium white-label. Premium White-label Option Agency customers may optionally choose to put the entire Grade.us dashboard under your brand and domain. There are additional annual costs to cover the SSL certificate, dedicated hosting, and installation/renewal: $440/yr. This option is not available to Professional plan customers.
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Traject
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Cisco Meraki vMX and Grade.us
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki vMX
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Grade.us
    -
    Ratings
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    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
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco Meraki vMXGrade.us
    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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    Traject
    Grade.us is a great way to implement a process/system for continuously garnering a steady stream of reviews from your clients.
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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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    Traject
    • Automates review requests.
    • Makes review monitoring across sites easy.
    • Makes reporting on review progress simple.
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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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    Traject
    • Video support could be a little more granular.
    • The nomenclature used in the dashboard is a little unclear to a new user.
    • The password assignment system is a bit over-engineered making it harder to use.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Traject
    They are very prompt when we send an inquiry and very helpful with fixing issues.
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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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    Traject
    Different scopes in total, but G.us does a far better job in review management and social proof growth.
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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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    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Traject
    • Grade.us has allowed us to bring a valuable service to the table for our clients as well as a solid source of recurring revenue. A win win!
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of White label the Grade.us platform with your company's logo.Screenshot of Use the review funnel to make it as easy as possible for customers to leave a review on the review sites important to your business.Screenshot of Monitor all of your reviews and respond to them with the Grade.us review monitoring command center.Screenshot of Stream your greatest reviews to your website with the embeddable widget or WordPress Plugin.Screenshot of Analyze your review performance with in-depth reports.