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 management is cloud-based so you do not have to be on-premises to work with it."
"It offers a compelling solution due to its cloud management capabilities and strong security features."
"The product is very straightforward."
"These switches are not expensive and their configuration is very easy. You can provision them on the dashboard, then you just connect them to everything."
"We found the initial setup to be easy."
"The most valuable feature is cloud management."
"This product has QoS, decent visibility of what's going on, and it's a managed switch."
"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."
"Out-of-the-box, it works for our main use case. When passing multicast video across the network, our technicians don't have make any changes. Then, if we do need to make configuration changes for a custom scenario, the web interface is user intuitive so it's easy to use and change."
"The initial setup is easy."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"You are not limited in terms of stacking ports, and especially, if you're using the 96X as a core switch, the scalability, I could see this being very large. If you're using a type of a hybrid topology with a core switch going out to multiple switch stacks, or something like that, I could see the scalability of this being very good, especially considering the kind of backplane switching capacity on the 96X."
"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."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I have not faced any issues with the product whatsoever."
"If they added the option to manage it locally, not in the cloud, it would be better."
"In reference to an area of improvement sometimes the switch does not connect to the internet initially."
"The traffic reporting should be better in Meraki MS Switches. We want to be able to see all the traffic and where it is going. Additionally, detailed device utilization information would be very helpful for the security personnel."
"Meraki MS Switches could improve the process of installing firmware."
"The quote-building process is challenging and it needs to be simplified."
"The pain point for our customers is the pricing and it should be reduced to make it more competitive."
"They could lower the price."
"It could be easier to use and easier to implement."
"They need to continue moving forward with their consulting in the AV realm to find out what is needed. They are some differences in the M4300 line and the larger M4500 line right now. They could produce a 1 Gigabit variety that could be a bit cheaper that might fit into that, since the majority of the projects that we see are still in that 1 Gigabit bandwidth threshold. Along with that, a great option would be if it would provide the same modular ability on a lower level."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
"I'd like to see a little bit of slowdown on the firmware updates. They've been doing a lot of them. I don't know if that's just because it's such a new product line, but the firmware updates have been a little annoying because they've been coming once a week. For a switch, that's a little extreme."
"What I'd like to see is more compatibility with virtual stacking, so that 4300-series switches and 3300-series switches will actually stack together and that virtual switch stacks, themselves, are not limited to just six devices, so that they can create larger loops with more bandwidth and more redundancy."
"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."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
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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