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Cisco Meraki vMX

Score8.3 out of 10

24 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Cisco Meraki vMX?

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).

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Cisco Meraki vMX Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Cisco Meraki vMX has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Kill Switch

    Automatically disconnects the device from the internet if the VPN connection drops unexpectedly, preventing data leaks and exposure of sensitive information.

    Category average: 9

  • AES 256-bit Encryption

    Utilizes Advanced Encryption Standard with a 256-bit key to secure data and communication, ensuring high levels of confidentiality and protection against cyber threats.

    Category average: 9.3

  • Multi-Platform Support

    Offers compatibility with various operating systems and devices, allowing users to protect their data and privacy on multiple platforms.

    Category average: 8.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Simultaneous Connections

    Allows users to connect multiple devices to the VPN service under a single subscription, ensuring all devices are protected concurrently.

    Category average: 8.7

  • No-Logs Policy

    Ensures that the VPN provider does not store or track users' online activities, guaranteeing privacy and anonymity while using the service.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Automatic Wi-Fi Protection

    Automatically activates the VPN when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks, safeguarding data from potential cyber threats and unauthorized access.

    Category average: 9.2

Who Buys & Uses Cisco Meraki vMX

Cisco Meraki vMX Reviews

What users are saying about Cisco Meraki vMX.
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Great solution for quick sites event opening.

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Sofiane Bakouri
Network architect in Information Technology at Kering (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using vMX for temporary sites and events.

Pros

  • Easy to deploy.
  • Fast
  • Agnostic
  • AWS compatible.

Cons

  • Number of IPsec tunnels.
  • Licensing model.

Return on Investment

  • Flexibility to activate temp sites.
  • Simple to deploy on AWS.

Alternatives Considered

Cradlepoint NetCloud Engine

vMX

Brian KruegerView profile
Senior Network Architect in Information Technology at Glass Box Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The vMX is the main system we use to connect to our AWS environment. It is the access point for all internal traffic to our cloud provider (s).

Pros

  • Seemless sd-wan setup.
  • Encryption
  • Ease of configuration.

Cons

  • Setup to follow the AWS instructions were difficult.

Return on Investment

  • Reduced configuration times.
  • Reduced troubleshooting times.
  • Better customer satisfaction.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 8000 Series Routers powered by SONiC

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Meraki Dashboard, Cisco Meraki MT, Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points, Cisco Meraki MG, Cradlepoint Routers

Cisco Meraki vMX

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David Fenech
ICT Manager for infrastructure and Service Delivery in Information Technology at Goodstart Early Learning (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have almost 700 locations across Australia, so for us being able to put in place an SD-WAN solution that has really solid hub appliances is crucial by having the VMX appliances in our Azure ancy allows us to get TC four NBN grade services to all our centers, provide that connectivity into our data center.

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • That's a good question. In terms of seeing things stand differently for VMX appliances, it's great to see that over the last month or two. We have now the VMX large appliances available in this U. It would've been great to see that expedited a lot quicker. We've patiently been waiting for that.
  • Probably a bit more granular control in terms of seeing the endpoint from the spoke site at the hub would probably be great, but we're exploring ThousandEyes to help us a bit what we've monitored as well.

Return on Investment

  • I would say as a positive impact, it's simplified our network stack. It's almost brought a cartoon version of our network into play where service desk team members can really get in and troubleshoot a network related issue. It's really only the critical issues that are getting escalated to our managed service provider.

Other Software Used

Webex Calling

Cisco Meraki vMX Review

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Malte Bredevang ZielinskiView profile
Network and Security Consultant in Information Technology at TD-K A/S (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Meraki vMX for customers with an Azure tenant instead of using VNGs in Azure. This solution is more stable, and we can standardize our setup with a full-stack Cisco Meraki vMX solution. We really want to use the Cisco Meraki vMX for AnyConnect client VPN with different group policies/ VPN profiles as well, but this doesn't seem to be an option (yet) in Cisco Meraki vMX. Cisco Meraki vMX is easy to set up and manage, just like any other Meraki product.

Pros

  • Stability: Using Cisco Meraki vMX with auto-VPN instead of non-Meraki peers toward Azure
  • Management: Easy to manage on the Cisco Meraki vMX Dashboard
  • Centralization: With Cisco Meraki vMX, we can centralize/ standardize our setups

Cons

  • 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.

Return on Investment

  • 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

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco Meraki MR, Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Meraki MG

Hub for our branches

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cisco Meraki vMX as VPN concetrator in our DataCenter. It acts like hub for our branches.

Pros

  • Simple deploy

Cons

  • Stability on NFVIS

Return on Investment

  • We dont have to build physical boxes in DC

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Meraki MR, Cisco Meraki MX

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