Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Well suited for all sizes of companies. They are constantly adding new features and keep users advised of bugs. The only way I could see this as not being a fit would be the requirements of the end-users or someone not familiar with the interface.

We have Meraki gear installed at 4 locations and I can view their status or make config changes from a single dashboard. This alone is worth the cost.

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN can be adapted to any type of scenario. Everything depends on the needs of the business and the complexity in terms of routing and treatment of links, but nevertheless, where it is best adapted is for the retail and hospitality sector. Where I would not recommend it is for service provider scenarios or where it is required to have [...] more granular control of the quality of the service.

I give it this rating because it allows a faster and easier deployment and, above all, [is] intuitive. The visibility it gives on the infrastructure, especially if you have MS, MR is very broad and allows us to take proactive actions. The support activities are minor since, in the matter of software updates, they can be scheduled and carried out automatically in hours where the operation is not affected.

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is well suited for organizations [with] limited IT staff\several hubs\locations to replace large existing MPLS network to replace the end of life WAN appliances\servers. I cannot specify where it would be less appropriate. It all depends on your IT environment, business case, and ROI.

We use a pair of MX100 for redundancy. Very scalable if I need to increase to MX450. Everything works well together.

[Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN is ideal for scenarios where rapid deployment of sites in SD-WAN is required. The Retail sector is an ideal case. A scenario where [Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN is not so appropriate is when it is required to apply a more specific segmentation in the networks to be shared and when it is necessary to apply quality of service policies in a more specific way.

Because [Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN has fulfilled the required functionality with the easy deployment of the configuration of new sites and growth, in addition to one of the integrations that Meraki has in general as a platform and the centralized management of everything through a single Dashboard. [...] The best thing is that [Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN is included from the enterprise licensing of the MX.

Meraki is great for a small team. Easy to depot and easy to manage. You might not get all the insight you need of the network but it does work.

Once your template is set up Meraki is easy to scale. Even creating the template is easy and I was able to learn enough in 4 hours to build, test, and deploy templates for our locations. Best part is you can stage your deployment by adding a unit to a template even before taking it out of the box.

Meraki SD-WAN is a good fit for a small number of simple, standard sites. It does connect sites fairly easily.
The more sites involved, the less the Meraki SD-WAN seems manageable. Managing content and security for a large number of sites in separate interfaces requires having to check each site against each other manually to make sure they are alike.

The Meraki SD-WAN using MX series appliances is scalable up to a point. The requirement to manage all MX series appliances as their own network makes the use increasingly difficult as the network expands, causing network managers to have to keep track of the different appliances separately.

Remote sites with no IT staff. Meraki zero-touch provisioning is a great feature. We are using Cisco Meraki to support small to large size customers and Meraki is always a perfect fit for any scenario. I'd highly recommend Meraki solutions over a traditional firewall setup.

Meraki Scalability is amazing with the addition of market place that provides a wide range of custom API software processes that works amazing as per customer need.

We've deployed this in 5 of our offices and [it] easily scales.

I would recommend Cisco Meraki SD-WAN to my colleagues in the scenario of a big corporate with 2 or 3 IPS and small branches over the world where they can’t have specialist in case of a failure. The platform can be managed from a single point through the dashboard and make a simple or profound testing and troubleshooting without losing any connectivity. It is the best solution that will save you money and time

The flag of Meraki is its scalability. This is an important feature that wins against the competitors. There is no better way to integrate new equipments, add new services and extend equipment’s licensing but the Meraki Dashboard. You can easily manage your inventory and move configuration without compromising the overall performance.

The Cisco Meraki SD-WAN solution is extremely well suited to configurations where a user's technical ability is limited, or available equipment is limited. It provides a user-friendly method of connecting multiple sites together via an SD-WAN mesh. This works great when multiple sites across multiple ISPs need to be connected together. The best part about the Meraki interface is how quickly it can be deployed into production.

As far as I am concerned, you can use Cisco Meraki SD-WAN in any type of environment. Small to enterprise businesses can easily benefit from the security and ease of use. From blocking social media to scale bandwidth for certain applications like VoIP, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is an easy sell and install. All can be done from one portal, which makes this really easy to manage

Fast and efficient. The only issue currently is that the support is only overseas support and not in South Africa, which causes delays in resolution for some cases. Escalating issues is quite simple and the opening of new cases from the dashboard is easy. I have never had a support issue that could not be resolved.

Fast and effective support, even at a cost slightly above competitors.