Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Review
December 07, 2023

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Review

Nathan Townsend | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is implemented throughout our organization for site-to-site connectivity. Cisco Meraki SD-WAN addresses connectivity issues, provides high availability connectivity between our locations, and provides real-time diagnostics and troubleshooting. Cisco Meraki SD-WAN has changed the way our network functions and provided a cost-effective solution when compared with traditional MPLS or VPN solutions.

Pros

  • Automated secured tunnel creation
  • Single pane of glass management for all sites
  • Simple load balancing

Cons

  • Settings around physical links can be a bit too basic
  • Single arm concentrator MX behind an edge MX does not have flow control for multiple WAN links
  • More reporting ability in the interface around WAN link performance and diagnostics

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

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

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Cisco Meraki SD-WAN again?

Yes

  • Return on investment
  • Simple to use while providing a flexible solution
  • Range of products to suit multiple deployment sizes
Compared to traditional MPLS and/or VPN solutions, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN has provided us the ability to use cost effective communications links to operate our national business and dynamically change the technologies used. Cisco Meraki SD-WAN has made an impact on the connectivity methods used and is a platform that is simple to administer.
Providing added security to a simple network platform has given us the ability to strengthen our security posture on an integrated platform. It would be nice if these products could have a better single pane of glass to simplify integration and management. Adding ISE has also enabled us to have better control over what is connected to our environment.
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN provides a simple, easy-to-manage platform that we have used to scale our various sized locations, from small sites to data centers, and there has been a solution for everything.
no other SD-WAN products
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN has been a suitable product for most of our deployments. MX devices come in multiple sizes making it easy to find a deployable product for any scenario we have faced so far. The main downsides we have faced have been remote area offices where mainstream connectivity options are limited and 4G has been required.

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