We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is simple."
"This is an OK solution for small to medium-sized businesses with no IT staff."
"I like the portal, it's really interesting."
"Easy access to the solution is the most valuable feature."
"These switches are not expensive and their configuration is very easy. You can provision them on the dashboard, then you just connect them to everything."
"We have no problem with technical support from Cisco."
"I found the cloud-managed dashboard most valuable in Meraki MS Switches."
"With Meraki, there is the advantage that you have dashboard access via the internet and you can work on it from anywhere."
"With this, you literally just log in to a website, see all your clients, all your NETGEAR switches, and you can manage them all right there: the VLANs, powering on and off individual ports, rebooting the whole device, the firmware updates. Everything can be done remotely..."
"Since it has a web interface, it is easy to set up. You don't have to take three years of training somewhere for a lot of money."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Technical support is helpful and quick to respond."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I have not faced any issues with the product whatsoever."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"We have one client that has three Insight switches and when we make a change to their network... we can make the configuration change and push it down to all three switches at once. We don't have to individually log on to each switch to make the change."
"Sometimes the controller in the cloud that controls the access points does not have the most accurate information. There is sometimes a glitch in keeping the management controller that is in the cloud up to date."
"Less flexibility than in some other solutions."
"The lead time for delivery can be a challenge, and there is room for improvement in this area."
"Meraki MS switches are great for pretty much all SMB networks and most enterprise networks. However, there are some higher-end functions that larger enterprise networks with full access, distribution, and core switch stack may find limiting."
"In terms of troubleshooting, if we get more tools there is an issue."
"The firewall is not very powerful. The other week, one of the switches only gave one gigabit of output. It's become a concern for our customers."
"The cameras should be better integrated."
"Meraki MS Switches do not offer as many features as their competitors, so we are quite limited in what we can configure on the switches and firewalls."
"One thing I have asked for, something that NETGEAR lacks that I would love to see — and from what I understand it's in the works — is a REST API to programmatically interface with multiple switches. That would be a great feature."
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"NETGEAR Switches could be more secure. Scalability could also be better. This infrastructure is a bit old, and we need something that will be more secure. Something that will introduce WLAN, and we will need the knowledge to go with that. Some of the switches were used for more than seven years. I think it was just their lifespan that was exhausted. But other than that, there haven't been any issues that required us to complain or get concerned."
"The solution needs centralized management and centralized configuration."
"The web interface has been a little sketchy on occasion. Sometimes I have to reload the page to get things to show up properly, but the switch itself seems fine. The web user interface is a little wonky at times."
"The IGMP specifics of the web management console could use a bit of clarification."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"What I'd like to see is more compatibility with virtual stacking, so that 4300-series switches and 3300-series switches will actually stack together and that virtual switch stacks, themselves, are not limited to just six devices, so that they can create larger loops with more bandwidth and more redundancy."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Arista Networks Platform, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Luxul Switches. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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