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Meraki World!
Updated September 19, 2023

Meraki World!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • MS120-8
  • MS120-8FP
  • MS120-48
  • MS120-48LP
  • MS210-48

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MS

These switches are used for connecting small offices, typically we were looking for access switches and these come in handy. We use layer 2 switches and some layer 3 switches depending on the need. We require stackable switches and MS switches are perfect for these
  • Stacking
  • User interface
  • Cloud based
  • Security
  • More robust
  • Improve on latency

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MS again?

Yes

  • Return on investment
  • Longer support
  • easy to manage
This is easy for Non-technical users where this is deployed in small home offices for "C" level during COVID (During COVID). Also these can be deployed with very little configuration. Since the config is in the cloud, we dont need ask users to connect to "console" during troubleshooting
Meraki MX and Meraki MR are perfect blend for small offices. The fact it can do auto vpn is even very handy. Meraki has done the SD WAN feature which is a key for SASE implementation. It can be integrated with Cisco ISE
Essentially There is there no config needed to configure the device. All that needs to be done is deliver and get the end user to connect it to an Internet enabled connecition and rest done remotely. no more consoling in!
Meraki Access points are also cloud managed and work hand in hand with Meraki MS. Since controller is cloud based, all the info is looked up on one portal. The portal is intutive and provides a lot of info. With the MS capable of stacking its even better
We use these for small offices where they come in perfectly. we use a MX as a firewall to protect the access layer but where this is needed for isolated LAB these switches are perfect and since they are cloud managed, it can be configured on the go

Using Cisco Meraki MS

100 - We use Meraki MS as end user switches and new models are stackable which comes in handy.
Also we use the same switches for connecting PoE devices likes phones, cameras, access points etc

These are very easy to setup and management is simplified. We have layer 7 visibility so its very helpful. Patching the device is easy and remotely done
10 - Supporting Meraki is very easy. We watched a few videos and were able to support this but Meraki tutorials are very informative. We generally dont log onto the Meraki until there is an issue :) and even if there is an issue its easy to troubleshoot and fix the issues quickly
  • Easy deployment
  • Cloud managed
  • layer 7 visibility
  • patching can be done on schedule basis
  • Stackable
  • cameras
  • access points
Being on the cloud its very easy to manage. We have layer 7 visibility and Cisco has introduced stackable MX switches which is even better!
The Meraki portal can be accessed via SSO which is important to my organization (although it was a bit difficult to get that implemented initially!)