Meraki SD-WAN vs Omada Cloud SDN comparison

"The most valuable feature is application awareness."

"The management system is one of the best available."

"I'm not directly involved in SD-WAN monitoring and maintenance, but based on what I've heard from our infrastructure team, it's working well."

"What I found most valuable in Meraki SD-WAN is its simplicity. I also like its manageability."

"As long as the LAN is well structured, installations and setup can be complete within forty-five minutes."

"It is secure, and some features, like work device management, are very useful."

"The features of SD-WAN are very appealing because you have a centralized dashboard and multiple options to terminate. You have an internet leased line, which means that you can connect your broadband and 3G and 4G cellular networks on the same router. This makes it easy for us to manage everything on a single dashboard. That is, you can integrate multiple stacks in such a way that you do not have to maintain any other dashboard. You get single-pane-of-glass accessibility with Meraki."

"We have found the product to be quite scalable."

"The solution enables us to monitor and help our customer with their connectivity remotely."

"In Meraki SD-WAN, we have some limitations with the traffic shaping capabilities."

"They stopped doing WAN optimization as a feature set, which is lacking. They need to relook at that and consider WAN optimization as an option."

"The tool has challenges with features like multiple-link support, which currently only supports up to three links. Additionally, it doesn't offer router integration, and forward error correction is another missing feature. The scalability of Meraki SD-WAN is good, but there are limitations to the performance of the concentrator devices, especially in larger deployments. While the cloud scale is not an issue, the performance of the devices in branches and data centres is limited."

"The only problem occurs when users are not paying attention and turn on the wrong switches, like power switches, in places they should not."

"Meraki SD-WAN had trouble prioritizing traffic for VoIP calls."

"In some cases, like an Internet outage, this can make the solution unmanageable."

"Some of the on-premise security features of Meraki SD-WAN are on the cloud and some of my customers do not want to use the cloud. They should have on-premise security features for those that do not want to use the cloud."

"You need to have internet access to configure the solution. You cannot do it locally, there should be a local option."

"The product must provide access points that can be plastered into the ceiling."

"The pricing is fair, but if they can make it less it would be even more attractive."

"Meraki solutions come with a choice of several different subscription options including one year, three years, five years, seven years, and ten years."

"Pricing is a significant concern for me. Amongst all the firewall brands, Cisco is one of the most expensive options. Despite its reputation and security features, many customers opt for other brands, such as SonicWall because of their lower prices. These other brands offer similar features to Cisco but at a lower cost. Cisco's pricing is something that could be improved to attract more customers. The brand has a good reputation, but when it comes to budgeting and pricing, it is not always the first choice."

"Regarding pricing, Meraki SD-WAN is quite competitive, especially compared to solutions like Fortinet. However, it's essential to consider that Meraki requires cloud orchestration, which adds to the overall cost. Overall, it's one of the most competitive solutions from Cisco for SD-WAN."

"From the perspective of the customer, the price is not terribly cost-effective."

"They have a baseline software license, and then they've got an SD-WAN software license, and then they've got an advanced security software license. They're low cost, and they'll provide any amount of flexibility that you want from a modeling perspective for payment. Typically, it's either annually or multi-year, but they are a lower-cost company. They're not the most expensive by far."

"Meraki's pricing is on the higher side, which may limit who can afford to use them."

"The pricing is reasonable and we can choose the software or the feature."

"The tool is reasonably priced."