Cisco Meraki MX Reviews

We were able to ditch our old terminal server based WAN.

We have added VPN access.

Ease of management and insight over the network.

Reduced internet risk at all branch locations.

Increased network visibility.

Still waiting to see what a large license renewal looks like.

Ease of management, less IT staff required to administer.

Ease of installation, less cost to set up.

Cost of the licenses tend to be higher than competition.

Offer a consistent price for the product

Able to enforce security and filtering

Adaptable for various locations

Visibility and management

ROI for the deployments that we support has been positive seen almost immediately.

Due to the ease of management, you can set it and forget it, to a point because we are still dealing with security. This allows companies to reallocate resources to other projects due to the free time the solution has created.

Compact and easy to deploy

Centralized control will reduce IT opex

ROI by 15 months

Licensing can be somewhat confusing when combined with other Meraki products.

If the license is no longer paid, the teams stop working.

It is an easy tool to implement even if you don't have IT staff on site.

Ease of management.

All in one unit which is compact and can be placed on the desk or shelf in a cabinet.

Licensing is a bit expensive compared to competitor products.

Security functions can be improved to include more features.

In remote places where we can not get an MPLS connection, or it is very expensive, we get the Internet and place a Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls.

We don't need to hire a 3rd party or have an IT tech onsite since the configuration is cloud-based

We have definitely saved money in the area of network administrative payroll expense. We don't have an advanced network engineer on staff and with a Meraki network powered by MX appliances, we don't need one. I'm going to guess that save an entire engineer's FTE per year just because of that.

We have saves a great deal of time in setup and deployment. These devices are so easy and fast to configure and deploy that, for instance, we can now add a new;y-acquired manufacturing plant to our network in about three days.

Less need for IT staff.

Attractive license model.

Lifetime support.

ROI has been great since our IT staff has been freed up to focus on other tasks.

Easy management and deployment are the key business objectives that have been met.

Huge ROI.

Saved management time and allowed them to focus on other tasks.

Reduce Opex

Reduced management oversight

Reduced outages

It has dramatically reduced the time and effort associated with monitoring, configuring, and updating my network.

The appliance has been rock solid. We've never had an outage that can be attributed to the device.

It's fast. VOIP, streaming, video conferencing, file transfers, etc, all happening simultaneously and nary a hiccup.

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

Running a smaller department, the Cisco Meraki MX Firewall has eased configuration for users who may not have advanced networking experience.

The MX firewall with the Advanced Security feature has cut way back on our calls about viruses and malware.

These were a bit more expensive than some options, but well worth it now that we've had them for a few years.

It's made remotely managing locations far less expensive since you don't need on-site staff or need to send IT staff remotely to help.

Our clients have a quick ROI due to savings SDWAN gave them.

ROI for clients was also improved by the lower costs to manage and operate the network.

Reduced management time

Increase throughput to end user by managing traffic at layer 7

Enabled my business to become HIPAA Compliant because of the IPS (Advanced Security License) coverage.

Having to renew the license every year can be costly for IT budgets for very small companies.

Support is always available, 24/7 when needed.

Easier to manage and budget IT assests and services. No more smartnet renewals! Hurray!

Lower cost to deploy due fewer high level network engineers needed.

Deployment costs reduced.

Licensing cost have increased.

Management time reduced.

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.