Cisco Meraki MX Magic love from Cisco Live
February 14, 2025

Cisco Meraki MX Magic love from Cisco Live

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • MX64
  • MX84

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX

I use it as my security appliance, it is helping me as a firewall to connect my branches and headquarters networks. I really like it. I am an advocate for it. It helps me manage my network well better, but it is a bit too simple, and it comes with unexcited problems.

Pros

  • SD-WAN
  • Inter-VLAN routing
  • Branch deployment

Cons

  • High availability
  • Active primary and secondary
  • More uplink speeds for cheaper prices
  • Simple management deployment
  • Centralized management
  • SD-WAN
It is all cloud based and we are all cloud first focused. We want some back ups on prem for the nice and important information. If the cloud goes down like Crowdstrike, you know like a petrol power emergency, although it will work right even if it loses connectivity to the dashboard.
I give the Cisco Meraki MX security appliance this rating because it is very scalable and easy to use. It can be complicated when needed. However, at first there is so much support and you can get out of it and that is what it makes it amazing. I love Cisco Meraki MX.
The enormous difference between Catalyst and Meraki products is the granular and simple deployment. The Cisco security appliance firewall gives one and you more granular activity whereas the Cisco Meraki MX is focused on plug and play and it gets one and you going. I like Meraki but they both have their place in the working world.

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

It's perfect for SD-WAN Branch deployment, not so much for Data center deployments on the edge of the network but it's getting there!

Cisco Meraki MX Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
6
Visualization Tools
9
Content Inspection
8
Policy-based Controls
7
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
5
Reporting and Logging
6
VPN
10
High Availability
6
Stateful Inspection
7
Proxy Server
5

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