We performed a comparison between Cradlepoint NetCloud and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to set up and requires a single administrator to maintain it."
"Cradlepoint NetCloud is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the automatic failover."
"The solution is a whole vertical solution, so it doesn't need any other components in order to provide basic features."
"In my experience, Meraki is very easy, simple, and clear to set up and use."
"This product contributed to a huge benefit in our bottom line on operational costs."
"I'm not directly involved in SD-WAN monitoring and maintenance, but based on what I've heard from our infrastructure team, it's working well."
"The most valuable features of this solution are load balancing and the security possibilities you have."
"The Meraki interface is really well driven and very mature."
"They're known for their ease of use and ubiquitous management platform that covers everything. Meraki really excels in plug-and-play solutions. You just plug it up, and everything works. All of the components—the firewall/router, the switches, the access points, the cameras—work very nicely together, and they all can be managed from one platform. That is probably their biggest selling point. Everything comes in one ubiquitous package, and you don't have to manage different components from different platforms. You can see everything from one platform."
"The solution's ability to prioritize traffic is its most valuable feature."
"In our situation, the initial setup was complex."
"The performance of group-based clouds should be enhanced."
"It is missing important settings options."
"Meraki is more or less intelligent load balancing, although a lot of features are missing that our SD-WAN solutions will have."
"The interface in the VPN management system can be a bit complex for users to understand."
"People are struggling a little bit with the lead times right now. It’s hard to actually get the hardware."
"With Meraki, it's more of a basic connectivity. It doesn't have all the feature sets that a Cisco SD-WAN solution has. It's limited."
"From the vice perspective, they just are not as robust as some of the other vendors. They have limitations in throughput and the number of circuits that they can support on a wide area network. Their higher-end security is all cloud-based. They have some capability with the premise-based solutions, but the higher ends are all cloud-based, and that's via Cisco Umbrella."
"The only area for improvement in Meraki SD-WAN is its licensing model, as well as its cost structure."
"I would like to see more flexibility in our choices of customization for our needs."
"The solution is scalable for mid-tier deployments, but not for major ones."
Cradlepoint NetCloud is ranked 7th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 3 reviews while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 60 reviews. Cradlepoint NetCloud is rated 7.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cradlepoint NetCloud writes "Simple to install and reliable, but technical support should improve their response time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Cradlepoint NetCloud is most compared with Peplink SpeedFusion, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco SD-WAN, Abiquo and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Prisma SD-WAN and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Cradlepoint NetCloud vs. Meraki SD-WAN report.
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