We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"This is a dependable switch which will help you sleep at night."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"The product is stable. It does have only one power supply. They don't have a redundant power supply."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"The solution has a very good web interface. It makes it easy to manage everything."
"The technical support is very good. They offer some of the best support on the market."
"The technical support is quite good."
"Easy access to the solution is the most valuable feature."
"The product is very straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the cloud management, the monitoring, and the visibility available on the report's facts on the cloud controller."
"To me, this is a product that meets all of the needs that anyone could possibly have for a networking device."
"Meraki's site-to-site VPN function is phenomenal, and the VLAN is simple to use and set up. If you need the VLAN to sort the networks out, that works very well. The performance is also excellent."
"I found the cloud-managed dashboard most valuable in Meraki MS Switches."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"The network connection should be improved."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"The cameras should be better integrated."
"The stability of the solution isn't ideal. We've had a lot of problems with the switches. They are unstable and unreliable. We need to reboot them often."
"The MS Switches are incapable of doing trunking."
"This is quite an expensive solution."
"In my opinion, there's room for improvement cost-wise. With Meraki's licensing terms, you're required to pay an annual licensing fee, which can be for a one-year license or perhaps a five-year license. But if you analyze the costs involved, there are huge expenses incurred as far as the licensing is concerned."
"If they added the option to manage it locally, not in the cloud, it would be better."
"We had issues with the stability, issues with the pricing, and the total cost of ownership."
"They need to work on prioritizing different types of data on the network, whether it's voice, data, video, et cetera. Video needs to be prioritized in a much better way, for example."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 22nd in Ethernet Switches with 9 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Nokia Ethernet Service Switch and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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