We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and Ubiquiti Unifi Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ubiquiti UniFi Switches finish slightly ahead of Meraki MS Switches in this comparison. Ubiquiti provides great flexibility with configurations and has excellent throughput. Some Meraki MS Switches users feel that traffic reporting needs to improve and that the switches can be a bit buggy.
"We are using the MS425 series. We like the ease of use, ease of administration, and central dashboard. Meraki also has fantastic documentation and community. With its central dashboard, we can deploy a generic configuration across hundreds of switches, rather than doing it in the old school way where an individual or a group of engineers would log onto each device via CLI, which takes a long time. So, everything is connected."
"Overall, the switches are really good."
"The top feature of Meraki MS switches for me is Layer 7 application visibility. Another positive in general is that you don't need to set up a console to the switch itself; it dials in to a single dashboard where you can completely manage all your network devices."
"To me, this is a product that meets all of the needs that anyone could possibly have for a networking device."
"This is a sophisticated product with easy configuration that can save time and effort."
"I found the cloud-managed dashboard most valuable in Meraki MS Switches."
"The technical support is quite good."
"It helps manage multiple switches deployed in different locations with a single console on the cloud."
"Good price point and very simple to use."
"The ability to deploy quickly and then having one central location for all the settings are its most valuable aspects."
"The tool's most valuable feature is port security, which allows blocking/disabling ports. The ports also have PoE capability."
"It is very easy to deploy. The deployment time for a single device is a near instant."
"The performance is good. They also have good prices."
"The user interface makes it simple to configure and manage."
"I can see which ports are connected and which ones are disconnected."
"I like the control one has with this solution."
"Doesn't enable a local configuration without internet access."
"Management from a single dashboard is what I want to see from Meraki MS Switches."
"There is not much training available for this solution."
"It would be great if they can get the price down for small businesses."
"It could be more advanced and secure. Meraki MS Switches are ideal for a mid-sized enterprise. But you can't work with this appliance if you need more security or want to do complex or advanced things. Technical support could be better."
"The licensing model needs to be improved."
"We aren't missing any features."
"The solution does not fit all use cases."
"The price could be lower."
"Ubiquiti tends to end-of-life things faster than other companies do. Cisco tends to be in the 8-, 10-, 12-year time frame, and Ubiquiti tends to be in the 4- or 5-year time frame."
"It would be nice if there was a way to label all of the ports on it so that I could include information about where the various connections go."
"There is room for improvement in terms fo customer service and support."
"It would be helpful to have better visibility into exactly what is going on in the network."
"Ubiquiti UniFi Switches’s pricing could be less expensive."
"They can improve the visibility of networks to match Meraki switches, which have good visibility tools to go through the network. In a Meraki device, you get a clear picture when using the bug interface. You can also see its neighbors and have a clear picture of all connected devices. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches do not have such features that Meraki switches provide."
"Ubiquiti UniFi Switches can improve by putting more effort into security. There are not many options in security. Other solutions, you can filter, do access control, and functionality. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches provides all the basic network security where it's all about the password for someone to access the SSID on the network, but it doesn't go beyond advanced network features of packet filtering, monitoring, and managing users."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 89 reviews while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 46 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is rated 8.2. 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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switches writes "Offers a good controller, seamless design and easy to deploy ". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, NETGEAR Switches and Arista Networks Platform, whereas Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches report.
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