We performed a comparison between Mellanox 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 most valuable features of Mellanox Switches are the powerful hardware and the software is open. They're using Linux operating system. You can do and install many things, and it performs well."
"The most valuable features of Mellanox Switches are the size, power consumption, and the vast amount of features."
"The tool is very configurable because it runs on a Linux operating system."
"It is a very easy-to-use product."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its functionality."
"From what I've been told, a valuable feature of Mellanox switches is they're quite user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the granular visibility that they provide with a single pane of glass."
"To me, this is a product that meets all of the needs that anyone could possibly have for a networking device."
"It is easy to configure and claim the switches by their serial number directly from the portal."
"The interface is great. It's easy to understand for the customer."
"Console of the dashboard is well integrated."
"Easy access to the solution is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The product provides a single-pane-of-glass in for management of wireless, security, and switching from multiple devices."
"The configuration is a bit different from Cisco, and therefore, for me at least, there's a bit of a learning curve."
"If you compare this solution with Cisco, utilization in Cisco is more popular and it is more friendly."
"Mellanox Switches could improve by adding some features that can make it easier for integrating the switches in some managing and monitoring platforms, such as Elastic or similar software for monitoring data with the data center in a more holistic way."
"The scalability is working fine at the moment, but there's always room for improvement. As of right now, I don't know of any improvements to suggest."
"Mellanox Switches were easier before Nvidia bought Mellanox and then their new version of the operating system changed. They started with Ennui, and now they only use Linux. If they returned to their previous CLI it would be a good option for starters. The new CLI is more difficult to use but more powerful than the older one. It has its advantages."
"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."
"Less flexibility than in some other solutions."
"The troubleshooting could be better."
"They're definitely missing some of the higher end data center Cisco features."
"The solution needs to improve its ability to back up the auto-configuration."
"Better alerting capabilities are needed because they do not provide enough notification or detail about events."
"I've had some hardware failure issues on the POE side on several switches across the years. There seems to be a problem with the POE ports of their unit system."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
Mellanox Switches is ranked 18th in Ethernet Switches with 6 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Mellanox Switches is rated 7.8, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Mellanox Switches writes "Powerful hardware, reliable performance, and advantageous open-source OS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Mellanox Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Aruba Switches, Broadcom StrataXGS 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 Mellanox Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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