We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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 top feature of Meraki MS switches for me is Layer 7 application visibility. Another positive in general is that you don't need to set up a console to the switch itself; it dials in to a single dashboard where you can completely manage all your network devices."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to orchestrate the network from the cloud."
"It makes the management of SSIDs fairly easy."
"The product is very straightforward."
"I found the cloud-managed dashboard most valuable in Meraki MS Switches."
"Setting up a switch can be performed prior to having your hands on the device. Once you purchase a Meraki switch you will get an email from Meraki with a code to add to your dashboard and then you can start setting up your switch so when it arrives it will download its configuration and be all setup."
"The main features of Meraki MS Switches are integration, high quality, and hardware guarantee."
"The beauty of MikroTik is that you have flexibility with the routing parts."
"The most valuable feature is that it has better throughput than its competitors."
"It is user-friendly, reliable, and cheap."
"This solution is very similar to the on-premises version making it easy to use for those who know the architect."
"It is easy to set up."
"It's a well-rounded solution for routing."
"The wiki page that describes the scripting and other features is very good."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"Licensing is the only thing I can complain about. It's expensive, but everything is these days."
"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 product demonstrates poor price per performance when compared with its competitors."
"Meraki MS switches are great for pretty much all SMB networks and most enterprise networks. However, there are some higher-end functions that larger enterprise networks with full access, distribution, and core switch stack may find limiting."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"It can have better security. It needs more security enhancements, and in particular, a zero-trust element. If we could have external and internal users vetted in the same way as a zero-trust network, that will be handy."
"Communication of compliance risk is awkward at best and threatening at worst. It needs to be addressed."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
"The solution does not yet offer a SaaS version."
"The port isolation and VLAN need to be improved."
"Stuff that I'd like to be improved is really just training and documentation because I think the feature set is full. Another improvement I'd suggest is that their new, bigger releases should be a bit more stable."
"In medium to large sectors, there's a necessity for managing aspects like proxy firewalls."
"The bulk efficiencies and the control of traffic could be a bit better."
"The packet filtering, user log data, and user access log could all be improved."
"The user interface could improve and they should allow a license for IBS."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 14th in Ethernet Switches with 17 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. 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 MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Cisco Enterprise Routers and Arista Networks Platform. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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