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Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker for your remote workers. No VPN client needed!
November 20, 2023

Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker for your remote workers. No VPN client needed!

Joshua Van Camp | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker

The Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker allows you to extend your network to the home office. It makes it easier to control and understand the networking experience of critical employees. Allows for an "always on" experience that makes PC management easier. You can deploy handsets and other components in order to mirror an "in office" type of user experience.
  • Provide visibility into user home network.
  • "Always on" type of network experience without VPN.
  • Managed and provisioned through the Cisco Meraki dashboard.
  • Certain functions are not available from command line.
  • Pricing could be lower.
  • Availability varied through the covid pandemic.

Do you think Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker again?

Yes

  • Simplified remote network access experience for remote users. No VPN authentication is needed.
  • Additional tools for IT staff to view connectivity from the remote users side.
  • Reduced time to resolve issues for IT staff and the users they support.
With a number of totally remote or fully remote employees, Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker allows for an always on type of experience that removes the need to use VPN software and associated delays with logging in and authenticating. Users have been happier with this experience and it's easier for IT staff to support as well.
Cisco is moving more products to their online dashboard, but this has, as of yet, not benefited the organization.
Your ability to scale is limited by your ability to pay for additional access points. Again the solution works best for remote or mostly remote users so that they don't have to deal with the everyday experience of the VPN. Allows you more visibility into remote users local networks which depending on security config, may be of value.
At the time of implementation, we were not aware of a comparable product from Cisco or comparative vendor. We had initially deployed the Z1 appliance and had so much success that the transition to the Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker was a quick and easy fit for us. The device is easy to deploy and just works.
The Cisco Meraki Z3 Teleworker appliance was ideal for scenarios where the remote worker spent the majority of their time remote. It alleviates the need for VPN software and gives the IT staff additional visibility into the connectivity of the user. We often encountered scenarios where the users broadband was having issues vs the Meraki network and the tools Meraki provides help to work through these scenarios. The case for the Meraki devices is not as strong for occasional users who cannot justify the cost of the appliance vs just logging in via VPN.