Meraki SD-WAN Reviews

One of my clients is using Meraki SD-WAN in their office to manage their internal desktops, internal servers, and laptops. Any connectivity for the home-based workers is managed by Cisco Meraki Switches.

I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good.

I have been using Meraki SD-WAN for approximately two years.

I rate the stability of Meraki SD-WAN a nine out of ten.

When we upgraded from the old Cisco models, we encountered very few challenges during the migration to Meraki SD-WAN. In the future, there may be a few challenges to overcome during migration.

This solution is used mostly in enterprise-sized companies.

I rate the scalability of Meraki SD-WAN a seven out of ten.

I rate the support from Meraki SD-WAN a nine out of ten.

The deployment time of Meraki SD-WAN can vary. For someone new to the process, it could take a couple of hours. However, for someone with hands-on experience, such as myself, it only takes approximately two to three hours to set up the entire configuration.

I rate the initial setup of Meraki SD-WAN a nine out of ten.

We used two people for the deployment of the solution.

I have received a return on investment using this solution. The manageability cost has been reduced.

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.

The solution is very expensive.

I rate the price of Meraki SD-WAN a nine out of ten.

In my professional network, when people ask me about which brand of switches to use, Meraki SD-WAN is always the first recommendation. However, the final decision often comes down to budget. If a customer has the budget for Meraki SD-WAN, I recommend it, but if budget is a concern, there are other brands that can be considered.

I rate Meraki SD-WAN a nine out of ten

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our customers. It allows our users to have their main LAN on the internet.

The most valuable feature is application awareness.

This solution can only support up to two WAN ports. However, many of our customers would like to have four WAN ports.

This solution comes without NAT support enabled. If you need it, then NAT has to be enabled.

If this solution were cheaper then it would be of interest to smaller companies.

I have been working with the Meraki SD-WAN for one year.

We have had no issues in terms of stability.

This is a scalable product, although it is most suitable for medium-sized organizations.

We can speak with technical support directly but our customers have not had any issues.

I am familiar with products from several different vendors. The choice of product depends on several factors, including their budget.

The initial setup is straightforward. Just plug and play.

We offer this solution to our customers as a more cost-effective alternative to some of the other products. Meraki is considered to be in a medium-range in terms of cost.

The licensing fees are approximately $1,000 USD annually.

For medium-sized and larger enterprises, Meraki is a very good choice.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We are partners with Cisco Meraki. Our clients need to centralize the administration.

We have seven engineers assigned to maintain and deploy this solution.

Meraki SD-WAN is user friendly.

I would like to see more functions added to the next release of Meraki SD-WAN.

Meraki SD-WAN is a scalable solution.

Customer support is very good.

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The initial setup is easy to configure.

The price of this solution is good, it is not expensive.

I would rate this product a 10 out of 10.

The primary use case of this solution is for optimization, load balancing, and the different end links. We have a variety of customer enterprises that consist of small, medium, and large-size enterprise customers. More of our clients are moving to direct internet access, so we are getting rid of the current MPLS solutions.

The most valuable features are the traffic shaping, the security that is built into the routers on MX, they have a lot of customer performance classes, the visibility, and the auto VPN features.

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

I know that they have improved the security and have taken that off and that to me is critical on the MX. That's where they lack.

The reporting needs to be looked at. It needs to be more granular. The reporting on the actual solution isn't what the customers are wanting to get.

Scalability could improve to accommodate a larger enterprise.

In the next release, I would like to see the WAN optimization.

This solution is stable and I have not found any issues in particular.

This solution is scalable. It is not complex. On the Mx side, it could be a room for a high-end device and the highest you get is MX 450. It is scalable but it could improve for a larger enterprise.

The initial setup of this solution is easy. It is very intuitive when it comes to setups.

The deployment is very quick. We managed to roll out one hundred and sixty branches in a matter of a couple of months.

I don't deal with technical support directly, as I am on the design and retail side of things. As far as I understand, the technical support has been fairly competent. There haven't been any issues.

The Meraki SD-WAN solution is simple to deploy.

You have to plan well and look at creating policies and create your templates prior to the installation.

What we found, was that while we were doing the implementation we were doing a lot of work. If we had planned before the actual implementation, then the entire rollout would have been much simpler.

The setup is simple but it terms of deployment, it is better to create your policies and the planning needs to be done prior to the actual deployment.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I have been using this solution in my house for testing security devices.

I have found the dashboard very useful, you can configure all of your devices at the same time by just changing some menus. It is configurated virtually on the cloud and it can send the information to the device when it connects to the internet.

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

When comparing this solution to Fortinet, the firewall and reports that you can deliver and control relating to blocking and access are better on Fortinet. Additionally, you can only have two WANs on this solution and with Fortinet, you can have at least six. However, I prefer this solution.

I rate Meraki SD-WAN an eight out of ten.

The centralized console manageable from the cloud is one of the advantages.

There should be a few more options for security parameters. It is currently not very customizable. It should be a little bit more customizable. 

I have been using this solution for around four years. I am currently using its latest version.

It is very stable.

It is scalable.

Their support is good.

It is very simple.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Our primary use case is to break out the traffic at the local location and for the center line management. We want to have these two main objectives, breakout traffic, local traffic, and single management.

The most valuable feature is the single management plane dashboard. Our organization has a global site, we have separated the area, and we have more than five hundred small sites around the world.

I would like to see more flexibility in our choices of customization for our needs.

I have been using Meraki SD-WAN for several years.

There is definite stability with good performance.

There is good scalability. We have a variety of users. Generally from five to two hundred.

When we consider technical support I would rank them an eight out of ten.

The initial setup is straightforward and easy.  The deployment could take anywhere from one day or longer depending on the integration that was necessary.

We did the implementation through the in-house or internal team.

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

I think Meraki SD-WAN is good for five hundred end users or smaller. If they are larger than this I would recommend other solutions for enterprise scenarios. I would rate Meraki SD-WAN an eight on a scale of one to ten.

We are a reseller and Meraki SD-WAN is one of the products that I design and offer to my customers.

Meraki SD-WAN is used to connect office branches.

When I design solutions for my customers, I prefer to offer them a Meraki product to use in their environment.

In my experience, Meraki is very easy, simple, and clear to set up and use.

From my clients, I've heard that the most valuable feature is the simplicity.

There is a point in a very large organization where you hit the VPN limit, or tunnel limit.

I have been working with Meraki SD-WAN over the course of approximately five years.

The feedback that I have received is that it's a pretty stable solution.

When you log a support case with Cisco, they provide quick assistance.

I have not dealt with technical support myself but from the technical staff that we have, it sounds like the support is good.

The feedback that I have received is that it's pretty easy to deploy.

The orchestrator is hosted by Cisco and the platform is hosted by Meraki.

We have an in-house team that is responsible for deployment.

The licensing model is a fair one, although having the hardware means nothing without the license. You need to continue to pay licensing fees.

My advice for anybody who is considering this product would vary depending on the environment. I would make sure that if the customer is using a more mature firewall capability, to verify that Meraki can address some of those features. I would want to see what the customer is accustomed to in terms of functionality and that they don't downgrade.

I would rate Meraki SD-WAN and eight out of ten.