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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Cisco Routers

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco routers support secure, reliable enterprise connections. These enterprise routers help users implement an intent-based, future-ready WAN that is constantly learning, adapting, and protecting. Deploy routers for the branch, cloud, co-location, or the data center with any type of connectivity, including MPLS, Internet, and 4G LTE. With over 30 years of experience and an end-to-end portfolio, Cisco routing solutions can deliver for today’s networking needs. The vendor promises to help…N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Meraki MXCisco Routers
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki MXCisco Routers
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki MXCisco Routers
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Certainly easier for a junior or administrator to work with that isn't great with the CLI which is desirable depending on your staff.
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Routers
    In my opinion, we do not like the Meraki MX compared to Cisco Routers. It is not flexible enough for our needs and is only really viable for very simple east to west traffic. From my experience, for a "Firewall" it has an awful policy management interface that manages to be so …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Routers
    For small office, we may use the Cisco Meraki product. But for big enterprise environment, the Cisco ASR router would provide the capacity and flexibility (connection options) that we prefer.
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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 MXCisco Routers
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Meraki MX and Cisco Routers
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MX
    7.9
    109 Ratings
    Cisco Routers
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    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.3104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.7102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls7.5100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.090 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console6.4103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.6107 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN8.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.1103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection7.397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server6.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki MXCisco Routers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (145 ratings)
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (112 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)