We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS 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."This is a dependable switch which will help you sleep at night."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"The product is stable. It does have only one power supply. They don't have a redundant power supply."
"The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"Enables direct access to clusters."
"Meraki MS Switches is easy to use and implement."
"The product offered a lower CapEx cost for the appliance."
"The solution is very stable."
"Easy to set up, stable switches with good accessibility that makes it quicker to identify problems, find solutions, and fix problems."
"Provides good statistics and it doesn't require teaching command lines."
"Easily installable, with good scalability, stability and technical support."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are the GUI mode which is helpful for access and good dashboards."
"It is easy to set up and easy to monitor. It is also easy to check the status of the switch."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"The network connection should be improved."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"It would be great if they can get the price down for small businesses."
"I don't like some of the mobile device management options. They're a little bit hard to find in the system."
"The troubleshooting could be better."
"Its troubleshooting features need work."
"We had issues with the stability, issues with the pricing, and the total cost of ownership."
"Communication of compliance risk is awkward at best and threatening at worst. It needs to be addressed."
"One area where Meraki MS switches could improve is offering smaller switch sizes for distribution switches."
"At times, we didn't know whether the switch was operating or not so we have to take the console and we have to do some troubleshooting."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 22nd in Ethernet Switches with 9 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Nokia Ethernet Service Switch and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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