Meraki Dashboard vs Statseeker comparison

Cisco and Techniche are both solutions in the Network Monitoring Software category. Cisco is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3, while Techniche is ranked #62 with an average rating of 7.0. Cisco holds a 1.5% mindshare in NMS, compared to Techniche’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Techniche users who would recommend it.

Meraki Dashboard

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93% willing to recommend

Meraki Dashboard

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 10, 2024

Statseeker and Meraki Dashboard are competing in the network monitoring and management space. Despite Statseeker’s data granularity, Meraki Dashboard holds an edge due to its advanced cloud-based features.

Features: Statseeker offers detailed network performance metrics, real-time anomaly detection, and lightweight data acquisition for efficient insights. Meraki Dashboard provides cloud management capabilities, seamless integration with the Meraki ecosystem, and automatic updates, offering an efficient approach to network control.

Room for Improvement: Statseeker could enhance its cloud-based offerings, integrate more modern IT infrastructure features, and expand its user interface capabilities. Meraki Dashboard could benefit from more competitive pricing, improved offline solutions, and additional flexibility in deployment options beyond its ecosystem.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Meraki Dashboard features a simple deployment model with its cloud infrastructure, easing configuration and setup, and customer service is known to be responsive. Statseeker’s deployment is resource-efficient for rapid setup in traditional environments, with strong customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Statseeker is more budget-friendly with lower setup costs, offering cost-effective network insights. Meraki Dashboard incurs higher costs due to its feature set but is justified by its efficient integration and management capabilities, often presenting a high value return for investment.

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Meraki Dashboard vs. Statseeker

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Categories and Ranking

Meraki Dashboard

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

11th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Statseeker

Ranking in Network Monitoring Software

62nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Network Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of Meraki Dashboard is 1.5%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Statseeker is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Bilal-Ahmed

IT Manager at Fawaz

Seamless connectivity and comprehensive control over network devices

All of the features we are looking for are already in control. I think those features, which we are not currently utilizing, are already there. For example, the control for the cameras and everything else. The cameras are not connected through Meraki, but all other devices are on Meraki networks.

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Jessie Hackney

Network Engineer at West Virginia Department of Education

Simplifies monitoring and provides real-time alerts for issues we might not immediately be aware of otherwise

The product has improved our organization by simplifying monitoring and giving real-time alerts for issues we might not immediately be aware of otherwise. If we notice five devices with latency or errors, I wouldn't know that if I didn't command line into 800 devices and check every day. I can see the status on the dashboard and it just makes it easy to know where the problems are. If we didn't have that capability by using Statseeker, then it would be very complex to monitor. We'd need to have another tool or manually log into every device to try to check things. And this product just does it all for us. That streamlines and improves our workload so that we only need to have two people in our office for the network team. It improves availability. If a circuit goes down texts and email alerts get sent out. So, even if it's in the evening or we're not on premises, we'll know if something's down. We use it all the time because it really helps.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Great visibility on the dashboard."

"The most valuable feature for me is the cloud dashboard."

"The initial setup was easy."

"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."

"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass that gives you multisite visibility."

"The ability of the product to perform with simplicity of deployment make it a valuable solution."

"There is no need to swap the hardware at all the locations, and importing the APs into the Dashboard was a simple and quick process."

"The ability to view the entire project stack, including the camera, features, and routers, which I believe are the most important or relevant components."

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"Statseeker helps to quickly see if you have a spike or something going on. In the future, we need to get NetFlow in the tool so we can see what the IP is."

"We are now able to easily track where problems are with bandwidth and port errors, rather than having to do a lot of diagnostics."

"The most important feature is just the fact that it doesn't aggregate the information up, and I can look at detailed information going back quite a long time."

"The product simplifies monitoring by providing real-time alerts through a GUI dashboard, email and texts."

"The graphics and trends are the most valuable for us."

"Summary Reports provide a quick way to identify where potential issues are. Drill-downs provide more granular details very quickly."

"The most valuable feature is the dashboard, where you have everything right there on the screen."

"It catches frequent flapping of the network and provides detailed reports of outages."

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Cons

"An area for improvement in Meraki Dashboard is licensing management because it's a little complex. Product licensing can be made a little bit easier through license concurrency and a more straightforward approach to applying the license to products and services."

"Third-party switches do not necessarily integrate easily with the system and this could be improved to allow for better adaptation."

"Some features could be added."

"In general, how I add firewall rules is not great."

"The solution has a limited routing table and needs improvement by increasing the numbers as well as providing a summarization for the table."

"If I am a user and I have a seat on the fourth floor, if I move across the building, the system should be able to track me and should be able to figure out my whereabouts or my position within the building if I'm connected to the wireless. That would make the administrator's life easier in terms of reachability."

"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."

"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."

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"Configuration management: In configuration management it would be helpful if it would backup configuration files (running and start-up configuration) for devices. (Not sure if this is already available in the latest version)."

"There is a little bit of room to improve in the alerting section to give some more options there. It's all I can think of right now off the top of my head."

"With Statseeker I'd like to see some flow, i.e. what's tuning-up the network. The trend I like is managing the traffic load by going to the cloud."

"I'd say the interface could improve a little bit. I find with new users, I tend to have to spend a bit of time walking them through how to use the interface. It could be a little more user friendly."

"We haven't seen an ROI."

"I would like to see a friendlier user interface in the administration tool."

"The interface could be more user-friendly and it would be nice if there were enhanced options for reporting."

"This solution would be improved with better automatic discovery for ping-only devices."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"My view is that it's expensive, but it's the best."

"The licensing fees are $180 USD, per AP, for three years."

"The pricing of the tool is relatively high compared to other solutions. It comes with a premium that exceeds that of its competitors by approximately 25 percent."

"I’m not sure of the exact cost, however, it’s my understanding the Meraki WiFi is around $800. That’s for a three-year license. It’s about $150 a year."

"The price of Meraki Dashboard is not expensive because knowing that it is a cloud-based solution has its benefits."

"Meraki Dashboard's pricing is reasonable. It is sold yearly, typically for one, three, or five years. I rate its pricing a five out of ten."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"Licensing for Meraki Dashboard is paid every year, and it's on a per-device model that costs roughly $300 to $400 per device, but that comes with full support and troubleshooting, etc. Compared to similar products, Meraki Dashboard is quite high-end, but the costs you pay are all-in."

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"We now feel the pricing is a good value. Previously we had a just a normal license but now we've got an Enterprise license. Since the Enterprise, it's been a lot better value. We did think it was pretty expensive before, but with the Enterprise license it's almost less than half that price. If you have a number of accounts within the organization that use Statseeker, I would suggest get the Enterprise license."

"Up until we actually talked to Statseeker, and Statseeker came and gave us an enterprise licensing model for multiple accounts, I would have said the pricing was not good value. The fact they've come to the party now and given us a very good discount, I would say it's probably about right, the pricing they're giving us now. But the retail pricing, if I went out and, as a separate company, and asked for pricing for one account, I probably would say their retail pricing is not competitive. The fact that they've given us a discount now because we have multiple servers across multiple accounts, I would say that pricing is about right, but not their retail pricing. It's too expensive."

"We paid $5,000 to $10,000 a year in maintenance."

"Statseeker is pretty cheap."

"The licensing cost is yearly and it's $5,000 to $8,000, I think."

"One thing that needs improvement is how it's licensed. I understand historically the company licensed it off a same charge for everyone. I understand the company needs to make money, but how they introduced the tiered licensing model, and then multiple layers of licensing was a bit of an issue. So, on the whole, coming up with a licensing model that isn't confusing and complicated and is easy to understand would be one way to improve the product. They have told me lately that they're changing how they license stuff, but they haven't made that - as I understand it - in their marketing material public knowledge as of yet. I would say that at the moment it's a bit convoluted. It's confusing. Some of their basic licensing model is a bit of a ripoff. If you go over five or ten support calls in the basic licensing model they start charging you for support calls. I think that's a bit rich."

"This tool would probably be priced well if it had deeper NetFlow capabilities, but for our use case, in particular, we're only recovering ports after ninety days and looking at circuit congestion, it's pretty pricey."

"We pay a yearly maintenance fee of approximately $40,000 USD."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Meraki Dashboard?

We greatly utilize the network because we can plug it into the DNS, VPN, or equipment. It's very good. Meraki Dashboard enhances wireless network management. We appreciate its flexibility, as it al...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Meraki Dashboard?

The cost of the Meraki solution is high, which may not be affordable for smaller companies, especially in developing countries.

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What needs improvement with Meraki Dashboard?

There is a need for price reductions in developing countries, as the cost of Meraki is quite high. Additionally, it would be beneficial if Meraki Dashboard could integrate more Cisco devices such a...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Statseeker?

We are content with our current setup and its features. Additionally, we appreciate Statseeker's responsiveness to our queries and requests for improvements, particularly in monitoring. The upcomin...

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What needs improvement with Statseeker?

There is a need for many developments to mature Statseeker. It should provide a study use case to show how it monitors the SD-WAN service.

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What is your primary use case for Statseeker?

Statseeker provides the basic monitoring status of our network elements, including latency, ping delays, and ping drops. Its strengths lie in a couple of areas. Firstly, it is not an expensive tool...

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Overview

Meraki Dashboard is a comprehensive cloud-based platform that offers centralized management and control for all Meraki networking and security products. It provides a user-friendly interface, allowing administrators to easily monitor and configure their network infrastructure from anywhere. With real-time visibility, troubleshooting becomes effortless, ensuring optimal performance and minimizing downtime.

The intuitive dashboard offers a holistic view of the network, enabling quick identification of potential issues and proactive measures. It simplifies network deployment and scaling, with zero-touch provisioning and automatic firmware updates. The robust security features include advanced threat protection, content filtering, and VPN connectivity.

Meraki Dashboard also offers powerful analytics and reporting capabilities, providing valuable insights into network usage, application performance, and user behavior. With its seamless integration and scalability,

Meraki Dashboard is the ideal solution for organizations of all sizes, ensuring efficient network management and enhanced productivity.

Cisco

Statseeker is the only network performance monitoring technology to seamlessly and successfully combine speed + scale + value. Statseeker is a global provider delivering innovative network monitoring solutions for the IT enterprise and OT industrial market space. With active deployments in over 22 countries and many Fortune 100 firms, Statseeker monitors millions of interfaces in real-time. Instant visibility: Installed in minutes, polls up to 1 million ports from a single server… reduce your time to repair. Powerful monitoring: Checks every port over entire network, every 60 seconds… low network consumption bandwidth. Fast reporting: Practical real-time dashboard, reports in seconds, instant alerts… maximize your up-time. Smart data: 100% network data, original granularity, never rolled up, never averaged… tune for peak performance, control CAPEX and OPEX.

Techniche

Sample Customers

Coop eG, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Priefert Manufacturing, Century Care Management, Clifton College, Zürs Ski Resort, Capital FM Arena, MAXI Autohöfe

With active deployments in over 22 countries and many Fortune 100 firms, Statseeker monitors millions of interfaces in real-time. Some example customers include: FedEx, Optus, Verizon, California State University, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Monash University, Texas A&M University.

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