We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Meraki Dashboard centralizes control of all our equipment into one cloud-based console, so we can manage it from anywhere. We can resolve problems remotely outside of business hours because it is on the cloud. You can use the dashboard to change security settings or configure routers and switches."
"The initial setup process is quite simple."
"Scalability is one of Meraki Dashboard's strongest features. We have thousands of users if we're counting the end-users on our clients' network, but we have hundreds of clients."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"There are some whitelist blacklist capabilities in the MX dashboard, which is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"We find that Meraki has all the features you need to be able to enable complex network protocols for AV equipment. We deal with a streaming product over IP, and Meraki is fantastic at that."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki Dashboard is that it's well-organized, easy to use, and practical."
"We have found the scalability capabilities to be okay."
"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"The solution's reporting engine has given me detailed information on which applications or services I've either failed or about to fail in terms of the predictive makeup on Azure cloud."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The product has helped our organization with in-depth monitoring."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve integration with non-Cisco platforms."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"Not a lot of training is available."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
"The pricing for this solution needs to be improved."
"What we would like from the IT perspective is a lot more granular control, more visibility into the packets, into the routing, and things of that nature."
"The tool is useful for managing devices and monitoring their current state, but it falls short in troubleshooting network issues, particularly with access points. It does not provide a complete understanding of the root causes of the issues. As a result, network engineers have had to use additional tools to complement it and conduct assessments. The only way to improve the tool would be to enhance its capability to identify and resolve network issues effectively."
"What needs improvement in Meraki Dashboard is its configuration. It'll also be better if the tool has more functionality, and that is what I'd like to see in its next release."
"SCOM needs to improve its usability."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"The console feature is very poor, and it would be very good for us if this were improved."
"In a future release, they should add email notification alerts."
"The solution should have more tools for monitoring the cloud engine versus on-premise."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
"Non Windows monitoring is fairly weak. Network device monitoring is not reliable."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
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Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SCOM report.
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