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."It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"The internet traffic shaping has been very valuable."
"Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"Deployment takes no more than one working day."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"When it comes to cost, that's a pain point."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"The solution's pricing should be reduced."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"It is very expensive."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"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."
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Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th 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 and Sophos XG, 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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