We performed a comparison between Cisco Linksys 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."My work is able to continue because the switches are reliable."
"The most valuable feature is basic networking functionality."
"Ability to expand connections."
"The installation is straightforward. We did not face any problems."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are pretty good overall."
"The product offers a very professional experience."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The pricing of the solution is very good. It works well within our network."
"It is easy to work with."
"The dashboard and the interface, in general, are good features."
"The product is very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature about Meraki is the console. The second most valuable feature, to me, is the technical support and the infrastructure behind the console."
"Being able to look at every port and see what it is connected to is very useful. Everything seems to be running really well. They've got everything covered. They have a really cool mounting system at the bottom and an access point that you can use to level up your device. It is kind of cool."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MS Switches is user-friendliness."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are the GUI mode which is helpful for access and good dashboards."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches’s stability and pricing needs improvement."
"We haven't had any issues with the solution."
"It would be nice if they can provide support for local authentication protocol, which is a security feature. It is not supported right now. They already support security features, so adding some local authentication features would be very nice. Currently, they only support external databases for the stuff for the authentication feature. If they could improve the existing feature or add a feature to support local databases, local username, password authentication, I think it would be very amazing."
"The manageability could be improved."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are stable but could be better."
"Having the option for a web-based interface would be an improvement over being forced to use the CLI."
"I would like to see more manageability. That's primarily the reason why Linksys switches don't work in the enterprise space. They don't have the management and capabilities of other switches."
"The documentation should be improved from Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches. Although it hints or refers to being able to do certain operations, they try to get you to load the software instead. They need to be more open with their documentation on using the web interface and give the client the option to use the software or not. This improvement is not on the switch itself, it is in the packaging."
"They could lower the price."
"It is not compliant with the requirements of specific industries that want to set it up within a particular region or country."
"Less flexibility than in some other solutions."
"Meraki MS Switches do not offer as many features as their competitors, so we are quite limited in what we can configure on the switches and firewalls."
"The pricing needs to be more competitive with other products on the market."
"This is quite an expensive solution."
"In reference to an area of improvement sometimes the switch does not connect to the internet initially."
"On the switches, I don't know a whole lot that I would change. Different levels of switches have different layer 2 and layer 3 functionality. It's always nice to have layer 3 functionality across the board if you can, but that drives up the cost. They've got different lines for different amounts of layer 3 functionality. However, on their models that do include full layer 3 access, when you choose to use layer 3 on a switch, it doesn't have the full functioning routing capabilities of an MX firewall. It can be limiting in some of those aspects."
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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is ranked 9th in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is rated 8.0, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches writes "An advanced, sophisticated solution that allows for segmentation within networks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is most compared with NETGEAR Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches 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 Huawei Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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