Cisco Meraki MX series excellent for sdwan deployments
June 14, 2025

Cisco Meraki MX series excellent for sdwan deployments

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Modules Used

  • MX68CW
  • MX68W
  • MX68

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX

We have a large (1500+ site) deployment for a client building a meshed SD-WAN deployment + MS switches, Catalyst and MR access points

Pros

  • Easily add sites
  • Global config changes
  • Dashboard visibility is an excellent asset

Cons

  • Better analytics of session counts
  • Built in TRUE ping and tracert to chosen ips
  • Lower cost of ownership
  • Lifecycle of hardware very long
  • Very little rma
  • Easy resilency
We utilize templates, API pushes of changes and global firmware updates. All are excellent.
  • Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Better visibility across network
Easy to add new sites
Cisco Meraki MX easier to deploy.

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

Incredibly well suited to fairly simple large networks. Struggles to match enterprise support like viptella

Cisco Meraki MX Feature Ratings

Firewall
7.0
Identification Technologies
7
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

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