We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SolarWinds Network Device Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The most valuable feature is their support, they get better every day."
"The initial setup was easy."
"We like how Meraki Dashboard lets you manage all the devices in a single pane of glass. The dashboard is intuitive and easy to use. They are constantly updating the functionality. Switches from other vendors have the same features for the life of the device, but Meraki is always improving."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"What I found most valuable in Meraki Dashboard is that it's well-organized, easy to use, and practical."
"The ease-of-use and the analytics are really effective tools."
"The ability of the product to perform with simplicity of deployment make it a valuable solution."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity in navigating through the dashboard. It's well set out, and the layout is nice and user friendly. A lot of clients enjoy seeing layer 7 visibility. They get a good indication and insight into what is happening in their network and what applications are being used the most. They can then customize and give preference to business-critical applications."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is monitoring."
"I like the mapping that you could do and the dashboards were very pretty."
"Link monitoring is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it shows you the utilization of devices to allow you to take proactive action before something goes down or reaches the saturation point. You can take proactive action to fix the problem before it occurs."
"The most valuable features of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor are the reports. We are configuring the reports, and the first reports are only about the devices. We are configuring the thresholds in order to monitor all the devices."
"In terms of general network monitoring features, I find SolarWinds Network Device Monitor very flexible and comfortable to use. The software itself is extremely useful when it comes to monitoring how our data moves between different networks and environments."
"I rate the product's initial setup process a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one means it is a difficult phase and ten is an easy process."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is it can alert you when a device is not working."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The product is missing a VPN and it is a major issue when it comes to deployment."
"Some features could be added."
"The pricing for this solution needs to be improved."
"Lacks an alert notification when there are IP or DNS issues."
"The solution can be expensive."
"They could offer API functionality for Meraki Dashboard. It will help us develop software immediately using available solutions."
"The solution has a limited routing table and needs improvement by increasing the numbers as well as providing a summarization for the table."
"If I am a user and I have a seat on the fourth floor, if I move across the building, the system should be able to track me and should be able to figure out my whereabouts or my position within the building if I'm connected to the wireless. That would make the administrator's life easier in terms of reachability."
"The security could always be improved."
"The reporting feature needs improvement because we are unable to configure reports that were included during initial implementation."
"If everything were in the package so that everything was ready to go out of the box, that would be ideal."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The security needs improvement, which is why we are moving away from Solar Winds. We have security concerns."
"There is no mobile version of this product, and our team should be able to access it using a mobile device."
"The way they are presenting the map of our devices needs to be improved."
"In terms of price, it could be less expensive."
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Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is ranked 43rd in Network Monitoring Software with 16 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Device Monitor writes "An elaborate solution that fully integrates for easy monitoring and troubleshooting". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is most compared with FortiMonitor, IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM), ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic and Motadata Network Management System. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor report.
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