We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Meraki Dashboard 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."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It has definitely helped us improve our mean time to resolution on network issues."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"The most valuable part is that Stealthwatch is part of a portfolio of security devices from Cisco. Cisco literally can touch every single end point, every single ingress and egress point in the network. Nobody else has that."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"It's easy to set up. The deployment takes one or two days. You need to collect the data from a device and then direct it to the portal."
"Visibility. The ability to look East and West. To see what is passing through your circuits, where it is coming from, and how big it is."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"I value the feature which enables me to detect devices talking to suspect IPs."
"The feature I find most valuable is the single pane of glass where you can configure a monitor view, all from one dashboard. For example, on the wireless side, you can configure it under the configuration panel, and then view statistics like location analytics, user analytics, etc."
"It's a simple, functional solution."
"It has improved my organization in the way that we've got a much better wireless coverage than we had before, and secondly, we have the visibility of all the users."
"The initial setup process is quite simple."
"The product can scale if you need it to."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and technically very complete. I can configure, do advanced troubleshooting in the dashboard, and reboot access points remotely."
"The ability of the product to perform with simplicity of deployment make it a valuable solution."
"The dashboard itself is very simplified and easy to navigate."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"We've run into some issues with the configuration."
"I would like to see it better organized when I'm looking at it."
"I would like Cisco to make it easier for the administrators to use it."
"The usability of this solution needs to be improved."
"If they can make this product more web-based, that would be amazing."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
"One area that could use improvement in the Meraki Dashboard is user-friendliness when navigating to port configurations."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"I’d like the product to allow for other solutions to be integrated with the dashboard as well."
"I think this product could be improved with a CLI for more directives."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve integration with non-Cisco platforms."
"The solution can be expensive."
"Third-party switches do not necessarily integrate easily with the system and this could be improved to allow for better adaptation."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Auvik Network Management (ANM). See our Cisco Secure Network Analytics vs. Meraki Dashboard report.
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