Great choice for branches
September 25, 2025

Great choice for branches

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • MS120-8FP
  • MS120-24P
  • MS120-48FP
  • MS250-24P

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MS

At some locations we use Meraki full stack, so we have a variety of switch for core and access layers. But at almost every other location we use them only to split the WAN service between 2 routers. For this we use a basic 8 port switch, which is all we need for this purpose.

Pros

  • Remote tools
  • Visibility of each port usage
  • Configuration using templates

Cons

  • Improve logging
  • Implement AI to spot issues
  • Reduction in people onboarding time.
  • Graphical interface without need of third party tools
  • You need a lot of money to implement this solution, capex and opex.
We can deploy new switches very easily. Using templates makes it really plug and play or if you have an existing network and you just add new switches it's also very simple to add it and configure it. Love the feature of copying an existing switch's configuration into a new one
Given that we combined Meraki switches with other Meraki products we can get a lot from it. It can automatically create a network topology, it detects what device is connected to each port and, specially for NOC analysts, everything is in a single dashboard. No need to jump between tools, sites or devices.
With all the tools that Meraki has, like template configuration or copying configuration from one switch to the other, it is really simple to onboard new devices. You do not even need to have the hardware in your hands to start configuring, you can start creating all the config you need and then simply plug and olay

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

These switches are great for quick and easy deployments. If you have people with little knowledge about networking, they won't struggle to maintain and operate these devices. An experienced network engineer could quickly start noticing issues, like lack of logging management (you cannot enable/disable logs) or the need of the switch to have a connection to Meraki cloud in order to be able to manage it.

Cisco Meraki MS Feature Ratings

Ethernet Switches
8.9
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
10
Management Interface
7
Hardware Security
10
Quality of Service (QoS)
8
Switch Scalability
10
Switch Redundancy
8
Link Aggregation (LACP)
9

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