We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and MikroTik Routers and 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."Meraki's site-to-site VPN function is phenomenal, and the VLAN is simple to use and set up. If you need the VLAN to sort the networks out, that works very well. The performance is also excellent."
"The product offered a lower CapEx cost for the appliance."
"The technical support is very good. They offer some of the best support on the market."
"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."
"Setting up a switch can be performed prior to having your hands on the device. Once you purchase a Meraki switch you will get an email from Meraki with a code to add to your dashboard and then you can start setting up your switch so when it arrives it will download its configuration and be all setup."
"With Meraki, there is the advantage that you have dashboard access via the internet and you can work on it from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the interface because it is very simple and easy to learn, even for somebody who hasn't seen it before."
"Meraki MS Switches is easy to use and implement."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches are good and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is controlling the bandwidth."
"This solution is easy to configure and it's very flexible."
"The radius and wireless features are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"We have use cases like providing power over ethernet, as an access controller for Wi-Fi, and normal networking."
"It's pretty stable."
"This is a good solution."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
"It might be perceived as more of a niche product, partly due to its name, as it's still not entirely recognized by the market."
"We have dealt with a few minor bugs."
"There are some limitations in Meraki MS Switches. Other switches have more options, such as the Cisco Catalyst Switch."
"It is not compliant with the requirements of specific industries that want to set it up within a particular region or country."
"They tend to have some weird issues with fiber uplinks."
"There should be a focus on the emerging markets to offer better pricing. In India, they are offering it at better pricing for the emerging markets."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"The product's setup process could be easier."
"The user interface is not very good."
"They should improve technical support and make direct access available to the customers."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It would be very good if these products are accessible via different kinds of shells and GUI. It will make these solutions very usable."
"The queuing functionality needs improvement. The initial setup could be simplified."
"The solution should improve the features of Wi-Fi 6 a little bit."
"If the reporting functionality of the solution is considered, I think it is not good."
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Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 62 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. 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 MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Datto Networking Switches, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and Huawei Enterprise Routers. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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