Cisco Meraki MX Overview
Updated March 13, 2025

Cisco Meraki MX Overview

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Modules Used

  • MX67
  • MX67C
  • MX67W
  • MX68
  • MX68W
  • MX68CW
  • MX84
  • MX100
  • MX250
  • MX450

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX

SD-WAN and firewalling for customers. Customers use it to create VPN tunnels to connect their sites and distribute traffic over different WAN Links. It is also used as a router, a firewall and policies are also applied to the network. Sometimes DHCP is also used, but often, customers reside in their own DHCP server.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • SDWAN
  • Monitoring of VPNs

Cons

  • STP for HA
  • Firewall Logs
  • More clear documentation for Licenses
  • Big Customer project
  • Projects over millions come frequently
  • Management of operations center is rising
APIs make it easy to deploy a lot of locations in a short amount of time. Monitoring at a high level is very easy. The entrance barrier for junior colleagues for small projects is very low. We can choose customers from all over the world since the configuration is in the cloud.
Cisco Meraki MX does not have a core switch therefore cisco 9500 can be used when companies have special requirements for their network infrastructure. Advanced routing can be done via this core switch and offers an interface for combining cisco classic and Cisco Meraki MX. Some Features like stacking and HA are not available on Meraki switches but on Catalyst.
Claming of devices is easy. Configuration is very easy to understand even with basic technical background. APIs are used to deploy a lot of configurations in a small amount of time. A lot of people can access the dashboard in an easy way which allows to find and fix errors very quickly.
Z4 Teleworker Gateway is a suitable alternative for very small offices or homework stations. It offers the possibility of SD-WAN, LAN and WLAN capabilities. Functionality is of course slightly limited compared to a full stack Meraki environment, but is still a very viable choice for someone in the homeoffice needing few ports, wlan connections and sd-wan connection to other sites.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki MX go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MX again?

Yes

For easy to access SDWAN in a big wan network, where you want to reach your sites easily. Standardized designs like in retail stores is optimal. The deployment and use is very easy. IT Admins can monitor their solution at sub CCNA level and do not require a lot of support from engineers, if they want to.

Cisco Meraki MX Feature Ratings

Firewall
7.5
Identification Technologies
7
Visualization Tools
10
Content Inspection
5
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
4
VPN
10
High Availability
9
Stateful Inspection
8
Proxy Server
2

Using Cisco Meraki MX

80 - Since we are a service provider, we use meraki as a product to sell to our customers and also manage those devices. We internally have a lab environment to test functionalities and we also have direct access to cisco people. Business functions range from field engineer, to consultant, to engineer to first and second level.
50 - You need technical skills in the networking field which is of utmost importance. Additionally security know how to implement and add cisco secure connect is important. And at last API/Python programming knowledge is very useful to use meraki's api, which is full of features, since Meraki has an API First Strategy.
  • managed service
  • engineering
  • connectivity
  • API use cases
  • Automation
  • Security Features
  • SASE

Comments

More Reviews of Cisco Meraki MX

  1. Home
  2. Firewall Software
  3. Cisco Meraki MX Reviews
  4. User Review of Cisco Meraki MX