We performed a comparison between Brocade Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS 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."There's a zone for each server and services in the storage."
"The reliability of Brocade is the most valuable feature. The solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail, fixes required, or breakdowns. It is a very strong piece of equipment."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"I have not had any issues with our Brocade switches."
"It has good integration with HPE Primera. They have smart zoning in which the administration is very easy. You don't have to do anything. Zoning and other things are done automatically if you just enable the smart zoning. That's one very good thing in HP."
"The switches last for a very long time."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of Brocade Ethernet Switches is the good range of access it provides."
"The product provides a single-pane-of-glass in for management of wireless, security, and switching from multiple devices."
"Quality of Service is easy to deploy. The ease of deployment, in general, is valuable. It is easy to do port configuration and VLAN assignments."
"It is easy to set up and easy to monitor. It is also easy to check the status of the switch."
"It is easy to configure and provides complete visibility of the graphic end point."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are ease of use, and we can find technical knowledge easily."
"Provides good statistics and it doesn't require teaching command lines."
"Being able to look at every port and see what it is connected to is very useful. Everything seems to be running really well. They've got everything covered. They have a really cool mounting system at the bottom and an access point that you can use to level up your device. It is kind of cool."
"The management is cloud-based so you do not have to be on-premises to work with it."
"These switches are no longer supported."
"The solution could be more secure."
"It should be simpler. There are still some things that can be simpler in the Brocade switches."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches need a better interface and centralized management."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches could improve by having better compatibility with web management of older versions."
"There are some performance issues."
"No graphical interface."
"The quote-building process is challenging and it needs to be simplified."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
"The stability of the solution isn't ideal. We've had a lot of problems with the switches. They are unstable and unreliable. We need to reboot them often."
"The cameras should be better integrated."
"We have dealt with a few minor bugs."
"I've had some hardware failure issues on the POE side on several switches across the years. There seems to be a problem with the POE ports of their unit system."
"It would be good to include the command-line access someday."
"Meraki MS Switches could improve if it was an SDN. It will be more flexible and WWE can use one link for specific traffic and another one for other traffic."
Brocade Ethernet Switches is ranked 21st in Ethernet Switches with 10 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Brocade Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Brocade Ethernet Switches writes "This solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Brocade Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Mellanox Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR Switches. See our Brocade Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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