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    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 Meraki MX
    Editions & Modules
    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 Meraki MX
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Cisco Meraki MX
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Fortigate is almost as easy and has all the features of a traditional firewalll and more
    Incentivized
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    Ease of use and deployment
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    We have used just regular switches with regular firewalls, third party firewalls kind of do the same thing. But the problem with that is that there's a lot of configuration to be done if IP addresses changes. But with the Meraki, I don't have that problem because it's all in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Other products like Gigamon Equipment, other Cisco devices for sales providers like NCS and A SR nine K.
    Incentivized
    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
    Fortinet was too complicated for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Way better
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The Cisco Meraki MX gives us more network visibility and better layer 4 and 7 network security.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Really well. The ease of use is great
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    No comparison, Cisco Meraki MX is better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Cisco Meraki MX easier to deploy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    It shines with simplicity of Operation, but could be looked over in scenarios where more complex features are required.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The Meraki Dashboard has been a lot more intuitive than CradlePoint NetCloud. We switched from CradlePoint to Cisco Meraki MX because we were already familiar with the interface which allowed us to be familiar with a single dashboard.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The inclusion of unified threat management UTM capabilities were considered a crucial part of the deployment of this solution, which the easy cloud management permitted to build trust in a new solution that no member of the team knew, added that the Cisco is very well known and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    the feature rich unified threat management UTM capabilities were a crucial part of the deployment of this solution that the industry leading cloud management was an pivotal point (previously known by several members of the team), and the Cisco brand is very power full and a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Cisco Meraki MX and Cato Networks both offer cloud-managed networking solutions, but they take different approaches. Meraki MX is a traditional hardware-based solution backed by Cisco's established networking expertise. It provides integrated security features, SD-WAN …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Easy deployment
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Simplicity and costs
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The top capabilities of unified threat management (utm) protects the company while maintaing costs reduced with great scalability. Cisco core values of quality and resiliency also add a part in choosing Meraki.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Better wholesome solution
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    The enormous difference between Catalyst and Meraki products is the granular and simple deployment. The Cisco security appliance firewall gives one and you more granular activity whereas the Cisco Meraki MX is focused on plug and play and it gets one and you going. I like …
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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 Meraki MX
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Meraki MX
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MX
    7.9
    109 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.3104 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.7102 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.1101 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls7.5100 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP7.990 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console6.4103 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.6107 Ratings
    VPN8.8102 Ratings
    High Availability9.1103 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection7.497 Ratings
    Proxy Server6.857 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki MX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (145 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (112 ratings)