Cisco Meraki MR
February 07, 2024

Cisco Meraki MR

Simon Watkins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • MR36
  • MR20
  • MR33
  • MR42

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MR

I deploy Cisco Meraki MR devices, mostly for guest and corporate access at remote sites around the world. The main reason that I deploy Cisco Meraki MR products is that the IT teams I work with are quite lite on resources and the Meraki products that I deploy really help with managing the solution.
  • Management
  • Upgrades
  • Support
  • Umbrella integration
  • Ease of management
  • Zero touch provisioning
  • Management from a single Pain of Glass
The Meraki management portal insures that the solution can be managed from a central location. I work with organisations with lots of small offices and the Meraki portfolio ensures that once that office has been deployed, then pretty much looks after itself. I really like the upgrade Capability of the product, ensuring the smooth operation of a remote site.
the Cisco MR ax points, integrate really well with Cisco Umbrella. There is an API integration between the two dashboards and once linked it’s a really simple process of pulling down your umbrella policies and attaching it onto the SSID’s you have on your network. You still need to use the umbrella reporting functionality in their own dashboard to look at what traffic has been blocked or allowed by umbrella.
Cisco Meraki are constantly developing new features and from a management perspective, this is great as we’re not having to manually perform software upgrades obtain access to these features. Having automatic software upgrades deployed to remote devices the total cost of ownership for any Cisco Meraki MR deployment. We really enjoy this functionality!
When considering a solution you need you really need to take into account the environments that you are deploying into. If you request something that is fully configurable, then you are more likely to deploy the Cisco Catalyst controller. With the Meraki solution, one of the major selling points is the dashboard and how easy it is to manage. In most cases, the features available in a Meraki solution are sufficient for 80% of customers.

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MR go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MR again?

Yes

Cisco Meraki MR products work really well in offices where the environment is not challenging from an RF perspective. If I had to deploy Wi-Fi or wireless products in somewhere like a warehouse, then I would most probably choose to go with traditional Cisco Catalyst products, as it’s much more configurable than a similar Meraki solution.

Meraki MR Feature Ratings

Zero-Touch Provisioning
8
WLAN Performance Monitoring
8
Topology Maps
2
Layer 7 Visibility
8
Power over Ethernet Support
9
Wireless Security
8