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

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki MX

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Cisco Meraki MX-Systems to connect 56 branch locations to one central system without the hussle to manually configure anything. The firewall-rules are deployed globally across all sides

Pros and Cons

Pros

Manage large numbers of clients without any bottleneck
Integration with Cisco Umbrella
Configuration with Terraform

Cons

Easier replacement function

Return on Investment

Low management cost
Easy and fast replacement in rare cases of hardware failure (PSU/Fans)

Simplified Management

Thanks to the low technical entry barrier, even new colleagues can fastly adapt to the configuration system and can easily modify firewall settings to allow new products

Integrations with other Cisco products

Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points, Cisco Meraki MS and Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker (discontinued)

Easily intergrates with mobile work settings of colleagues, configuration of VLANs policy based ssid-profiles are fastly deployed across multiple switches and/or access points.

Scalability

New VLANs or firewall rules are easily deployed. Integration with Teleworkers are hussle-free and new branches are setup in an instant with all required settings

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Cisco Meraki MX again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Keep multiple sides setup identical, not very well suited for a single side - there are more cost-effective solutions for that

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Cisco Meraki MX - MX450

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