Cisco Meraki Go is good but regular Meraki is better
September 20, 2024

Cisco Meraki Go is good but regular Meraki is better

David Corby | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki Go

We use Cisco Meraki Go to run all of our remote offices. Cisco Meraki Go allows us to centralize the management of all of our networking products under a single pane of glass. Before Cisco Meraki Go we had several networks that had been set up by different vendors. Each vendor had their own way of managing their network. Cisco Meraki Go allowed us to centralize our management.

Pros

  • Centralized management for several sites
  • Alerting for components with issues
  • Easy to setup

Cons

  • VPN setup is a bit of a pain
  • Logging doesn't work very well
  • Sometimes it is difficult to see where the issues are occurring on the network.
  • We were able to reduce the amount of effort that went into maintaining our network infrastructure.
  • Cisco Meraki Go's centralized network management tool allowed us to easily manage network licenses.
  • Licensing is expensive in comparison to other networking tools.
We were able to set up and deploy a couple of networking sites over a weekend and then manage everything out of a single pane of glass. We realized that we were missing a license. Purchasing a license required us to go through a reseller and this process took several days to complete. We were still in the 30 day activation window before the device stopped working. Cisco Meraki Go works great as long as you are paying for the licensing.
Everything Cisco Meraki Go works together in a seamless pane of glass. Everything is integrated and we are able to detect issues as they come up. Even if an SD-WAN or an access point is misconfigured we can still access the device and reconfigure it through the web interface without being on site.
We can add devices as needed with zero disruption to the network as a whole.
I would use Cisco Meraki Go for small business needs. I would rather use the full Cisco Meraki system for anything more than five people. Cisco Meraki Go is cheaper but regular Meraki is far more robust.

Do you think Cisco Meraki Go delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Meraki Go's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Meraki Go live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki Go go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki Go again?

No

Cisco Meraki Go is well suited for small or large organizations that want to centralize their network management. We have half a dozen offices spread over two states. I can manage all of my networks through a single pane of glass. The only time Cisco Meraki Go isn't super appropriate is when larger organizations may want to use a more granular security approach or set up VPNs with non-Meraki hardware.

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