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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs. Cisco Meraki MX

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers a network-based approach for adaptable, trusted access everywhere, based on context. It gives the user intelligent, integrated protection through intent-based policy and compliance solutions.N/A

    Cisco Meraki MX

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring.

    $595

    per appliance

    Pricing
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Meraki MX
    Editions & Modules
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    MX64
    $595
    per appliance
    MX67
    $695
    per appliance
    MX68
    $995
    per appliance
    MX84
    $1,995
    per appliance
    MX100
    $4,995
    per appliance
    MX250
    $9,995
    per appliance
    MX450
    $19,995
    per appliance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Meraki MX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Meraki MX
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Works and integrates really well with the secure firewall for RAVPN user authentication
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Forescoute and Cisco Identity Services Engine shared similar capabilities and deployment methods. Regarding the radius authentication with an administration license, Cisco Identity Services Engine gives easy and widely compatible solution than the Forescoute. We have faced some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    These are two completely different products however there is some cross-over in terms of tracking endpoints on the network. These products would complement each other in as much as the Cisco Prime would be used to manage the network (and use ISE credentials to access network …
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The closest thing would be just a traditional Cisco router with a DMVPN network set up, but I haven't really interacted with anything on Meraki's level. The closest thing would just be a traditional Cisco router with a VPN network.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    To Fortinet very similar, I always sell the easy patching and secure development.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    I've used traditional ASAs with and without firepower, newer firepower only Cisco firewalls, and Fortinet FortiGate firewalls. I think Meraki stacks up pretty well to them with most features. I think managing the Meraki is much easier than all of them because of the …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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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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    Features
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Meraki MX
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco Meraki MX
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
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    Ratings
    Cisco Meraki MX
    7.9
    109 Ratings
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.3104 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings8.1101 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings7.5100 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings6.4103 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.6107 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.8102 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.1103 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings7.397 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings6.957 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Cisco Meraki MX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    9.3
    (145 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (112 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)