Cisco Meraki vMX vs. Speedify VPN

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Meraki vMX
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco'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
Speedify VPN
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Speedify is a new kind of bonding VPN designed from the ground up for speed, security, and reliability. The vendor says Speedify's bonding protocol lets it do things no other VPN can: switching between Wi-Fi and Cellular without breaking sockets, and bonding connections together for speed boosts. Speedify is built with the latest encryption standards (DTLS + ChaCha) to deliver over twice the performance of conventional VPNs on many mobile devices. Speedify is available for…
$0
1GB per user per month
Pricing
Cisco Meraki vMXSpeedify VPN
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
1GB per user per month
Teams
$39.99
per user (5+) per year
Unlmited
$49.99
per user per year
Dedicated Server
$1,200
per Server per Year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Meraki vMXSpeedify VPN
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Cisco Meraki vMXSpeedify VPN
Virtual Private Network
Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Meraki vMX
8.5
7 Ratings
5% below category average
Speedify VPN
-
Ratings
AES 256-bit Encryption9.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Kill Switch10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Split Tunneling8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
IP Address Masking7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
No-Logs Policy6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Support Services9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Meraki vMXSpeedify VPN
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Meraki vMXSpeedify VPN
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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Connectify, Inc.
Sometime the bandwidth of my network is low but it work quite efficiently and able to finish my work. It [gets] connected within seconds and sometime it also does not need password to fill-up, it automatically detects the password and connect within seconds. [Speedify VPN is] quite an expensive tool but overall good.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Works well with physical Meraki MX devices
  • Site-to-Site VPNs are easy to set up with other Meraki devices
  • Cisco Meraki vMX provides a great solution for a virtual environment, like Azure
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Connectify, Inc.
  • Security-wise they use the standard 256-bit military-grade encryption.
  • It has a built-in kill switch - used to kill a connection entirely when the connection drop or disappears.
  • Performance-wise it is super duper fast and has 200 plus servers available across 30 countries.
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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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Connectify, Inc.
  • Provide browsing activities, browsing histories and connection logs
  • Please provide VPN IPs Records and DNS queries
  • Need to improve in the organisation of traffic
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
The VMware SD wan does give some better WAN metrics, but the interface is super clunky and doesn’t support a full stack. If Meraki could give some more QoE link metrics, it would be perfect.
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Connectify, Inc.
Most VPNs required four main features are 1) Ease of use, 2) Security, 3) Performance and 4) Value. The speedify, fulfils all features as compared with others out there. Specifically, It has a lot more security, is faster allows you to stream and torrent and all the things that really make VPNs worth their weight in gold
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Scalability
Cisco
We have over 350 locations and growing. We chose Cisco Meraki vMX because of ease of use and how it scales.
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Connectify, Inc.
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Some users it knocks down on maintenance labor/cost
  • Negative would be if you didn't really vet the feature set to the customers needs and end up having to replace it short notice.
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Connectify, Inc.
  • More secured and faster allowing you to stream and torrent
  • Users can not find any live chat options if any queries, but provide email support and quick reply.
  • Not having a logging policy, impacts negatively when it's consideration regarding clients.
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ScreenShots

Speedify VPN Screenshots

Screenshot of The dashboard, showing WiFi and Cellular bonding for extra speedScreenshot of Summary of usage for the last monthScreenshot of Settings for Cellular connection.  Speedify is cost aware, and lets you set both priorities and data caps on each connection.Screenshot of Server selection.  There are servers all over the world, and an option for getting dedicated servers for enterprise clients.