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Cisco's solution to business needs: Easy, Affordable, and Reliable
January 08, 2020

Cisco's solution to business needs: Easy, Affordable, and Reliable

Reon Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

We are using Cisco Meraki SD-WAN at our customer site. We are currently busy with a project where we are linking 17 sites via SD-WAN on mixed Merakis. We are using Z3 teleworkers at the smaller site with MX84's at the bigger sites. We are also implementing the end point of the Hub in Azure.
  • The natting function works really well. Even if you are behind a router with NAT, it still translates the traffic.
  • Security is a big benefit as you can define that only certain elements go across the VPN (SD-WAN).
  • It would really help if it had more detailed reporting.
  • Traffic flow lacks visual reporting.
  • We do have to put a lot of capitol in to buy the units outright.
  • We do see 100% profit return in the third year.
With the other solutions, you have to bulk up on pricing to get the central management that is bundled with Cisco Meraki already. The FortiGates are an excellent product but not for use in smaller companies as the price is not comparable with the Cisco devices. SonicWall does not have the SD-WAN capabilities of the Meraki yet. The Cyberoam devices are not user friendly and lack some of the components required for security.
Fast and efficient. The only issue currently is that the support is only overseas support and not in South Africa, which causes delays in resolution for some cases. Escalating issues is quite simple and the opening of new cases from the dashboard is easy. I have never had a support issue that could not be resolved.

Do you think Cisco Meraki SD-WAN delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Meraki SD-WAN's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Meraki SD-WAN live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki SD-WAN go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki SD-WAN again?

Yes

As far as I am concerned, you can use Cisco Meraki SD-WAN in any type of environment. Small to enterprise businesses can easily benefit from the security and ease of use. From blocking social media to scale bandwidth for certain applications like VoIP, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is an easy sell and install. All can be done from one portal, which makes this really easy to manage