We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"MX is easy to manage, configure and install."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"In terms of WAN optimization, it's completely cloud-controlled. Anyone can manage their network environment from a mobile phone."
"It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"I am happy with the technical support for the solution. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"It is very easy to configure."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"Meraki tech support staff have a lot more visibility into your network than you do, which is frustrating at times. I understand the approach is to keep the dashboard easier to understand. This will frustrate more advanced users at times."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"We have been having a problem with the VPN. When the energy goes down and is back again, the VPN link doesn't get established. We have to manually turn off the modems and other pieces of equipment and manually establish the VPN. It has been around one month since we have been having this problem, and we don't have enough support from Meraki to solve the problem."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 14th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Meraki MX is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and SonicWall TZ, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Meraki MX vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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