We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is stable."
"The solution is very secure."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The fact that Cisco Meraki is cloud based and is reasonably priced has been most valuable."
"We're able to automate as well as manually control as necessary."
"The solution provides good coverage and identity management. Additionally, the user interface is straightforward."
"The interface makes it easy to manage."
"The product's cloud controller is easy to use."
"It is easy to manage and configure. The dashboard of Meraki is easy to use."
"It makes the process much easier by providing visibility and centralized control over the network."
"I really love their cloud-based dashboard which allows me to see all my locations from one location."
"It makes it easy to obtain all information about the client experience."
"They're very easy to set up and get running."
"Cloud analytics that provide all its attributes."
"The Wi-Fi security features of this solution have been great for our customers who need to strictly control access to their network."
"The solution has been stable."
"We like that WatchGuard works and integrates directly with the firewalls we use."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"We would like the solution to work on the pricing of the solution. It would be ideal if it could bring the overall costs down."
"It is expensive. Juniper seems to have a lot more to offer for future expansion. Juniper has some features that are not there in this solution."
"Recently I have seen that the Meraki access point, maybe due to congestion, just kicks off my customers, mostly when they are in Zoom meetings or Teams meetings and they have to reconnect."
"The logging sometimes doesn't give us the granularity needed. Some of the rules are a bit more complicated. The switch ports on the routers are not individually addressable, in the sense that with a switch you can tell what MAC address is on what port but with the security appliances, you can't, which would be beneficial for troubleshooting."
"The commercial version of the solution could be cheaper."
"The licensing could be a bit better."
"Despite being enabled, I've encountered an issue where the alert main dashboard fails to detect when any of the devices go down. Hence, the tool's notification feature should improve. We have also faced issues with integration."
"Cisco offers pretty expensive devices."
"I don't think they're available at the best price."
"The solution can be scaled but it has limitations from my experience."
"If a client device had issues with authentication due to out of date browser or similar difficulties, it would be nice to have the ability to migrate the client onto the portal via one click."
"The price of this solution needs to reviewed, as it is currently high enough to deter customers from trying it."
"One of the things is if you buy it with a certain subscription, you can't easily change the subscription level."
"Inability to import a user with one click."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi is ranked 24th in Wireless LAN with 6 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi writes "A solution that offers excellent support and makes it easy to manage networks". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cisco Wireless, whereas WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi is most compared with Ubiquiti WLAN, Aruba Instant, Ruckus Wireless and Aruba Wireless. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi report.
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