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."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Great network monitoring, looking at anomaly detection and evaluation."
"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."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"It's a dependable product that is able to pinpoint where we have vulnerabilities if they occur."
"It has been pretty stable since we deployed it, and everything seems to be working fine."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow. The beginning of any security investigation starts with NetFlow data."
"An excellent dashboard that is currently unique in covering both SD-WAN and SD-LAN with built-in security."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"The feature I find most valuable is the single pane of glass where you can configure a monitor view, all from one dashboard. For example, on the wireless side, you can configure it under the configuration panel, and then view statistics like location analytics, user analytics, etc."
"The most valuable feature is knowing the wireless and switch are healthy."
"Meraki Dashboard centralizes control of all our equipment into one cloud-based console, so we can manage it from anywhere. We can resolve problems remotely outside of business hours because it is on the cloud. You can use the dashboard to change security settings or configure routers and switches."
"Great visibility on the dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The overall visibility into the actual device itself would be helpful. I don't just want support-specific data, but also to be able to see information such as CPU and other internal components or usage of the devices."
"One update I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently StealthWatch is network based."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"We determined that Stealthwatch wouldn't provide the machine learning model that we required."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"If I am a user and I have a seat on the fourth floor, if I move across the building, the system should be able to track me and should be able to figure out my whereabouts or my position within the building if I'm connected to the wireless. That would make the administrator's life easier in terms of reachability."
"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."
"One area that could use improvement in the Meraki Dashboard is user-friendliness when navigating to port configurations."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"Price could be reduced."
"More integration would be an improvement."
"Not a lot of training is available."
"The price could be lower because the license for access points is expensive."
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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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