We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"Meraki dashboard deserves an Oscar."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"There is no need to swap the hardware at all the locations, and importing the APs into the Dashboard was a simple and quick process."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use and a single-pane-of-glass that allows us to identify issues across the entire network from one dashboard."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"We like how Meraki Dashboard lets you manage all the devices in a single pane of glass. The dashboard is intuitive and easy to use. They are constantly updating the functionality. Switches from other vendors have the same features for the life of the device, but Meraki is always improving."
"An excellent dashboard that is currently unique in covering both SD-WAN and SD-LAN with built-in security."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of Windows and Linux servers."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"The solution is scalable. If you want to monitor more you have to buy more licenses, but you can add on. We don't plan to increase usage."
"I like some of their newer features, such as maintenance schedules, because SCOM records SLA and SLO time."
"The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The solution can be expensive."
"Third-party switches do not necessarily integrate easily with the system and this could be improved to allow for better adaptation."
"I am concerned about the fact that once your licensing expires the devices stop working and become a brick."
"I’d like the product to allow for other solutions to be integrated with the dashboard as well."
"You can't really clone or replicate a device, that sort of feature would be useful. You can clone the site but you cannot clone the device."
"There are some issues with the NAT configuration, it is now impossible to some operations with the solution."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"The coverage has been an issue for us."
"The management of the servers could be better."
"Of course, price is always an issue with Microsoft and could be improved."
"The solution can be improved by expanding to cloud usage."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"We didn't know the solution enough, and therefore, it took a while to set everything up correctly. There was a learning curve."
"It lacks certain details that other products do better, like granular access and better application monitoring."
"The interface is a little bit cumbersome and certain actions could be simplified."
"SCOM needs to improve its usability."
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Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SCOM report.
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