Cisco Catalyst Center vs. Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Cisco Catalyst Center

440 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco Meraki Dashboard

26 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Catalyst Center	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Cisco Catalyst Center provides an intent-based platform for managing enterprise networks across campus, branch, and edge environments. It combines automation, analytics, and assurance to streamline IT operations, improve security posture, and reduce manual tasks. With integratedAI/ML-driven insights, policy-based controls, and end-to-end visibility across wired and wireless infrastructures, Catalyst Center empowers IT teams toproactively detect issues, enforce compliance, and accelerate…	N/A
Cisco Meraki Dashboard	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	As a cloud-managed network management solution, the Cisco Meraki Dashboard enables users to provision, configure, and troubleshoot global networking and IoT deployments.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco Catalyst Center

Cisco Meraki Dashboard

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Pricing Offerings
Cisco Catalyst Center	Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Cisco Catalyst Center	Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Considered Both Products	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Catalyst Center We are still deploying to Meraki. The dashboard does have many similar features but not a 1:1 Incentivized Helpful? Loganathan Kandasamy Network Manager Expert in Information Technology at CGI (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Cisco Catalyst Center As my enterprise is completely on Cisco 9000 series catalyst series switches I preferred Cisco DNA for Unified Network Management so that it Offers end-to-end visibility and control across campus, branch, and WAN networks with a single pane of glass. Also this provides me with … Incentivized Helpful?	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki Dashboard Closest thing would be Cisco Catalyst Center and we use that for our switch infrastructure. It's mainly configuration backup and firmware updater at this point, like keeping everything provisioned and up to date. We haven't really started pushing configs through there yet, but … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki Dashboard Meraki Dashboard is a better product but has limits due to being cloud managed. Missing full CLI and config backups Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki Dashboard The Cisco Meraki Dashboard is of course the most user friendly and the NDFC is being modified to look similar to the Cisco Meraki Dashboard as of today. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	Cisco Catalyst Center	Cisco Meraki Dashboard
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (185 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.9 (16 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (31 ratings)	- (0 ratings)