Cisco Meraki MX Review
Updated March 18, 2025

Cisco Meraki MX Review

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

Modules Used

  • MX68W
  • MX95

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX

The product is used as a routing agent for the network. It is used for controlling the network security also. It is connected to a Cisco Catalyst switch, with Cisco AP, etc. Basically, it is used for our head office network. It also used for Cisco VC.

Pros

  • Control AP
  • MAC Address authentication
  • VLAN
  • Dashboard

Cons

  • More POE ports
  • Radius Server
  • Licensing is a major issue. Need renewal regularly
  • Good thing is resetting the network is much easier
  • Configuration can be standardize across
It can be managed thru Dashboard. Just need to plug the system to network and have it program remotely. Any Network issue can just reset the Cisco Meraki MX.
The network can be managed remotely. No FE on site is required.
It is very easy to implement.
Unifi is more suitable for branch office rather than complex network.

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?

No

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MX again?

Yes

Implementation without iOS programming experience. Having a dashboard view of the network layout. Can monitor the network performance. Can Identify network issues easily. Able to pinpoint what is causing network performance degrade.

Cisco Meraki MX Feature Ratings

Firewall
10.0
Identification Technologies
10
Visualization Tools
Not Rated
Content Inspection
Not Rated
Policy-based Controls
Not Rated
Active Directory and LDAP
Not Rated
Firewall Management Console
Not Rated
Reporting and Logging
Not Rated
VPN
Not Rated
High Availability
Not Rated
Stateful Inspection
Not Rated
Proxy Server
Not Rated

Using Cisco Meraki MX

150 - Users are from all Business Functions such as Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain, Business Management, Digital Services, EHS and Legal etc.
3 - Mostly will be people who have knowledge and experience in managing routers
  • Network routing
  • WiFi Access
  • LAN management
  • None so far
  • Probably looking at attendance
  • Door access control
  • Environment monitoring
So far, my experience with MX is mix. It does have some features that I believe is good. However, it isn't easy to manage and required experience to achieve that.

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