We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Meraki Dashboard 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."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"It has improved our internal knowledge of what's going on with the network, and that's helpful."
"Stability is the most valuable feature we have seen in this solution."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"Able to drill down into a center's utilization, then create reports based on it."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"It's easy to set up. The deployment takes one or two days. You need to collect the data from a device and then direct it to the portal."
"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."
"It has improved my organization in the way that we've got a much better wireless coverage than we had before, and secondly, we have the visibility of all the users."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity in navigating through the dashboard. It's well set out, and the layout is nice and user friendly. A lot of clients enjoy seeing layer 7 visibility. They get a good indication and insight into what is happening in their network and what applications are being used the most. They can then customize and give preference to business-critical applications."
"It is a reliable product. It provides a lot of information that is easy to read."
"We like the visibility this solution gives us of the infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is their support, they get better every day."
"It can analyze the traffic that it is picking up from what may be a rogue access point, and it is able to identify those and send relevant notifications."
"What I love most about the Meraki Dashboard are its user-friendly features."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
"This solution can be quite complicated to configure and manage, unless you have a technical person with specific knowledge working on it."
"It would be helpful to have the ability to create a floor plan based on an existing PDF or JPEG, which is automatically converted into a usable network map."
"The tool needs to incorporate more integration platforms. Integrating technical support features directly into the dashboard would be highly beneficial. This would allow technicians to troubleshoot issues more efficiently."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"The wait time to speak with a Meraki support engineer is always long, but they get the job done."
"I think this product could be improved with a CLI for more directives."
"I would like to receive decent notification alerts regarding the license's expiry. Or any help on correcting or optimizing licenses, because in certain circumstances you can add a license but it's the wrong licensing. However, the Dashboard adds the license in some way, and you do not utilize it. You can simply extend the license's expiration date."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve integration with non-Cisco platforms."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Auvik Network Management (ANM). See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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