Item: Cisco Meraki MX
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Meraki MX for the Meraki SD Wan solution to connect about 400 physical sites. It helps us to move from an old MPLS topology, we gain in simplicity and independance as we have the total control of our WAN even if we are still dependant of ours ISP.

Pros and Cons

SDWAN
Routing

DNS conditional redirection
Firewall rules

Return on Investment

Reduce incident response time by about 40%

Simplified Management

Our organization has a small operations team and only one network engineer, but with Cisco Meraki MX, our systems engineers are able to handle some incidents because the Cisco Meraki MX interface is user-friendly and intuitive.

Integrations with other Cisco products

Cisco Meraki MR and Cisco Meraki MS

Scalability

It is very simple to deploy, we send equipment to site, in the same time, we configure the network through the dashboard, claim the serial number, attached it to the network and people on the site receive and plugged the equipment on site and all is work. Additionally, the replacement of equipment is very simple for the same reasons.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR and Cisco Meraki MS

Key Insights

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MX go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MX again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for Remote branch connections, Small and medium businesses, Company with small generalist networking team

Less appropriate for Big company with specific needs and specialists because they will be limited in their scope

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