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Cisco Meraki MX

Overview

What is Cisco Meraki MX?

Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring.

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Recent Reviews

Cisco Meraki MX

8 out of 10
February 13, 2024
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Cisco Meraki MX allows us to deploy a single solution to our office networks across our locations with easy central management for both …
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Cisco Meraki MX review

8 out of 10
February 12, 2024
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We use Cisco Meraki MX for the Meraki SD Wan solution to connect about 400 physical sites. It helps us to move from an old MPLS topology, …
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Cisco Meraki MX Overview

8 out of 10
February 09, 2024
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SD-WAN and firewalling for customers. Customers use it to create VPN tunnels to connect their sites and distribute traffic over different …
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Cisco Meraki MX

7 out of 10
February 09, 2024
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As a perimeter firewall and sd-wan solution. Customers need a simple configuration product and a single telemetry dashboard.
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Cisco Meraki MX review

10 out of 10
February 08, 2024
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With the dynamic changes in applications and hybrid work, we required an approach to provide ease of working for users within our office …
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I love Cisco Meraki MX

8 out of 10
February 05, 2024
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We are a Cisco Meraki MX partner and sell all Meraki solutions, including wifi and security services. Sometimes, we find that Mx products …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Visualization Tools (82)
    8.4
    84%
  • Identification Technologies (81)
    8.0
    80%
  • Firewall Management Console (83)
    7.7
    77%
  • Reporting and Logging (85)
    7.2
    72%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Pricing

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MX64

$595

On Premise
per appliance

MX67

$695

On Premise
per appliance

MX68

$995

On Premise
per appliance

Entry-level set up fee?

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Offerings

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  • Free/Freemium Version
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Features

Firewall

A firewall is a filter that stands between a computer or computer network and the Internet. Each firewall can be programmed to keep specific traffic in or out

7.7
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Cisco Meraki MX?

Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Software-Defined WAN solution. As a UTM product, Meraki MX provides content filtering, app-specific traffic control, intrusion prevention, malware protection, and site-to-site VPN that is deployable on hardware or virtually. It also enables firewall management remotely for 24x7 monitoring and accessibility.

Cisco Meraki MX Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring.

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi, Fortinet FortiGate, and SonicWall TZ are common alternatives for Cisco Meraki MX.

Reviewers rate Visualization Tools and High Availability highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Cisco Meraki MX are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
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We utilize the Meraki firewall at one of our satellite offices and they provide us the gateway/firewall functionality, as well as opeating a site-to-site VPN connection back to our main office. As well as this, they allow for personal client VPN access, which makes it possible for key members to connect remotely to the company.
  • The cloud management console is incredibly easy to use and very powerful
  • The device looks the part, so for an open plan office it looks good
  • Forms part of the Meraki estate to easily add wireless and switches into the network
  • Very quiet operation, doesn't make nearly as much noise as other firewalls
  • Not cheap to purchase initially
  • While the interface in the cloud is great (and constantly improving) it's aimed towards the less techy, and so certain features are squirreled away.
  • once you have committed you have to pay for the cloud access for them to work. DO your homework on costs
  • Can be difficult to sort issues if your internet connection drops internally
Been great for our satellite office, but looking to expand to others as the multi-wan site to site VPN solution looks great. IT integrates well with the other solutions we have (wifi and switches), so monitoring all aspects of the network are very easy and troubleshooting is a doddle as a result.
  • Cost of purchase and maintenance is high. And it significantly increased recently.
  • This is offset by the ease of use which has a positive ROI effect since staff spends less time configuring and monitoring the firewalls.
  • The web filtering was pivital to assist us keep users "business focused" so is a bonus
  • WatchGuard
We were using WatchGuard firewalls prior to the Meraki firewalls. We selected the Meraki devices because we were impressed with the ease of use from the presentations and were not disappointed. The feature set they offer is good, but there are hidden costs with on-going maintenance that is essential to consider.
2
They are the gateway to the internet as well as the link back to our main office. They now form a critical role in monitoring the network health of the site and make management an easy process with a single pane of glass view of the site. This means that issues are quickly identified and acted on.
2
The skill-sets required for these products are quite low as it is all web based and easy to configure. As the main user, i configured what i needed and then gave another colleague a lower amount of access to be able to monitor for issues (although email alerting is setup so he doesn't require access normally).
  • protection from hackers
  • Interconnectivity between remote sites
  • Web blocking of dodgy websites
  • monitoring
  • Spotting potential network issues, with its web interface you could track network traffic all the way to particular users and so pin point when someone's machine is having issues easily.
  • Further investment in firewalls at other sites, to enable to alternative tunneling solutions they offer, thus meaning we can have seamless access over the backup lines we have would be interesting.
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.
Yes
We had an old watchguard at the site which was under performing, was loud and didnt have the ease of setup that this offered. As we were able to get this kit operational quickly and its been great since. Its also much quieter than the other device so users are happy.
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Third-party Reviews
Additional features is key here, getting the most out of the device is what we wanted to achieve, not only through connecting it back to our main office but also to better manage the users when they were working on the internet, with the web filtering and antivirus options it has.
We would have potentially re-reviewed watchguard as they have a new raft of UTM features that seem interesting and also offer some new models that would potentially offer an interesting alternative to test against.
  • Implemented in-house
No
Change management was minimal
  • As we have different model firewalls at other sites the IPSEC configuration (making the devices talk to one another) was the tricky bit but not impossible.
  • Similarly to above, matching what we had with web blocking took a little time as it was a different interface
Good product and simple to use.
No
When we have had issues, their team were quick to assist.
No
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  • The web interface is very simple and the configuration is very easy, even for more complex requirements
  • If you have an issue that involves loss of internet connectivity, it can be a little hard to resolve as the web interface doesn't work
Good product and requires little prior firewall knowledge to get started on.
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