We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and NETGEAR 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 Meraki MS Switches are their reliability and simplicity."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are ease of use, and we can find technical knowledge easily."
"It is easy to work with."
"The solution is very stable."
"he product is easy to integrate with other software tools."
"You can access a single pane of glass and configure all the devices via the same access."
"It is easy to configure and provides complete visibility of the graphic end point."
"I have found the solution to be stable."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"SFP, speed, and 10-Gigabit are the most valuable aspects of this solution. We're an architecture firm and we sometimes deal with large files. Anything we can do to eke out even a fraction of a second less time to get something done over the course of a year adds up. If I can get 10-Gigabit running in my server room, which I am right now, even though we're only gigabit to the desktop, due to the client computers we have, I can get more performance from everybody. I'm ready to start bringing in 10-Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop once I get the hardware to do that."
"The solution is reliable and it is easy to setup."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the fully functional IGMP snooping and querier, out-of-the-box, that the switch provides. With most if not all switches that we've worked with previously, at a minimum you have to enable a couple of different options... It's really a good feature to have that stuff enabled and fully functional out-of-the-box so that [AV techs] don't have to worry about configuring any of that stuff."
"It's nice, if there is an issue, to be able to go in through the remote. The fact that the remote doesn't require a static IP... is nice. They initiate the contact to the outside world, without requiring a static to get in."
"Comes preconfigured and designed specifically for AV."
"The ease of use of these switches is very good because of the Cisco CLI. If you are familiar with CLI, then you can configure the switch that way. It also has a relatively straightforward web interface. Using the web interface is good for beginners or people who aren't familiar with Cisco CLI. However, having a common command line interface method is great for some of our more advanced guys who are familiar with it."
"The firewall is not very powerful. The other week, one of the switches only gave one gigabit of output. It's become a concern for our customers."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
"One area where Meraki MS switches could improve is offering smaller switch sizes for distribution switches."
"Licensing is the only thing I can complain about. It's expensive, but everything is these days."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"I would like to add a voice capability to Meraki, to make a call or receive a call."
"The quote-building process is challenging and it needs to be simplified."
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"If they could come up with ways to look at metrics on it while the video is capping through the system, that would be nice. There could be some interesting uses for that, but it's a long way off."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"When the power does go out, or if we do a soft shutdown, some of the transceivers or the monitor don't recognize when it turns back on, so I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in and then it works. We're working with NETGEAR's engineers to figure out why that's happening."
"The security features must be improved."
"The web interface has been a little sketchy on occasion. Sometimes I have to reload the page to get things to show up properly, but the switch itself seems fine. The web user interface is a little wonky at times."
"NETGEAR Switches could be more secure. Scalability could also be better. This infrastructure is a bit old, and we need something that will be more secure. Something that will introduce WLAN, and we will need the knowledge to go with that. Some of the switches were used for more than seven years. I think it was just their lifespan that was exhausted. But other than that, there haven't been any issues that required us to complain or get concerned."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Arista Networks Platform, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Luxul Switches. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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