Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN Scalability
The scalability is actually fine. I thought it might not be as scalable as other brands, but it's been working well for us.
View full review »Regarding scalability, our organization primarily focuses on private network solutions for customers. Approximately seventeen percent of medium enterprises have opted for Meraki over other solutions like Fortinet or Huawei. While I have a different number of customers using Meraki within our team, we estimate around 100 customers, with their networks graded on SD-WAN technologies.
View full review »For my use cases, I am planning to use 500 APs. Our clients are planning to increase the number of users to 15,000. So, I would need more than 2000 APs. I can scale without any issues by just purchasing the license. If it were on-premise, I would have had to upgrade the hardware and purchase the license.
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN
April 2024
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Joseph Luyirika
Network Administrator at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees
The scalability is as I want it to be. The only thing I need to do is add a few licenses here and there, but it is scalable. I get a new device, add it on the dashboard, and I don't need to pay dashboard fees. Not too bad for me. It is scalable enough. I wouldn't want that to be changed.
As a rough estimate, we are about 1,200 users. That is the breadth of the network across the country. We have about 30 offices, with some more populated than others.
I do the deployment and maintenance myself - only one person.
We use it everyday. Every time someone walks into the office, they are using the Meraki Wireless at that point to connect to the internet and everyone who walks in the office needs the internet to work. It is being used 24/7.
View full review »It's highly scalable, receiving a perfect rating of ten out of ten. It is extensively used by over ten thousand users.
View full review »The solution is good and easy to scale if you keep the same settings everywhere.
View full review »It offers excellent scalability, making it well-suited for medium-sized businesses like ours, with approximately ten clients. I would rate it nine out of ten.
View full review »The solution's scalability is limitless and can meet our organization's growth. Around 200 users are using the solution in our organization.
I rate the solution ten out of ten for scalability.
The solution can scale. That said, I've never reached the limit of our deployment. We haven't tested the scalability too much.
We have about 100 users in our office.
We do not have plans to increase usage. We may decrease the number.
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Robert Jump
Information Technology Manager at jpsnetwork
It has scalability. It can be scaled depending on your business needs.
View full review »I rate Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN's scalability a nine out of ten. My company has three users.
View full review »The platform is easy and quick to scale. We can add up devices on SSIDs for every configuration or node.
View full review »We have 800 Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN users in our organization. I rate its scalability an eight out of ten.
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Tarik Kilany
Business Manager at Al-Mayssan Technical Services
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten. Less than 50 people in my company use the solution.
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Snehal Darji
Head, Computer Center at Parul University
Our ability to scale is determined by our licensing and can be easily managed through cloud consoles. However, the wireless component of our end users poses some scalability challenges.
The stability of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN has been great. I am highly satisfied.
View full review »This is not an area that I have explored as I am not a project specialist, but we would like to increase our usage.
We have approximately 300 users.
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TunjiGbola
It manager at MMA2
The scalability is quite satisfactory. I rate it around seven or eight, but not a perfect ten. I have deployed it for over 150 users.
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reviewer1364193
Engineering Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The product is easy to scale. However, the extension might be expensive compared to other vendors. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.
View full review »We only have two and didn't have any issues.
I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten.
There are no plans to expand our usage, and instead, we will opt for a single-vendor approach by replacing them with Fortinet.
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EDGARDO CRUZ
Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Scalability-wise, it's excellent. You can integrate with other products like MX, the firewall and router of Meraki, and you can also integrate with Umbrella which is cloud security from Cisco. You can also add more access points very easily.
View full review »It is a scalable solution, though I never tried to use its scalability option. I don't even know how many devices you can add to the product.
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reviewer871092
Sr. System Administrator at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is scalable. If we needed to expand, it's easy to add another WAP for a new location.
As we come back into the office, in January, we'll start out with approximately 100 users. We're going into a hybrid mode and we will not have as many users as we did, prior to COVID. We had upwards of 300 people connecting and that's mostly everybody with their mobiles or laptops that come into the office. At our highest, it is approximately 300 users but starting in January, we'll probably have approximately 100 to 200.
We do not have plans to expand our usage at this time. However, if we open up a new office then we will most likely expand usage.
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Richard Frick
IT Manager at The Museum of the City of San Francisco
You just buy more. In terms of the number of users, it is used by everyone in the organization. It is Wi-Fi, so you hook your phone or laptop. Everybody uses it.
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reviewer1303344
Network Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Because it is cloud-based, you don't have to worry about it. Once you deploy it, it's very easy. You could actually ship one to a remote office, have them plug it in and once it phones home, you register it, and then you can configure it. So in that regard, it's very easy to set up a remote office. It's very good that way.
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TimMiller
IT Manager at Kitson
It is a scalable platform. We have deployed 60 access points across our organization.
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Ravi Ramachandran
Senior Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The solution is scalable, the only problem we had earlier was the Meraki firewall did not support more than two ISC links, but I think the hardware has matured and can now support more than two ISC links. Some years ago now, Meraki used to lose many customers because it didn't support more than two ISC links.
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Husam Kabaha
CTO at Mechkar
The solution can scale quite well. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so fairly easily.
We currently use the solution in order to cover 500 users at our company.
Our company does plan to increase usage in the future.
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Alex Jenkins
Director at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is perfect in terms of scalability. I've got one system here in the UAE and one in London, and I haven't even touched the one in London, and I can do it all from here.
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Lee Tilley
Director of Information Systems at a non-profit with 11-50 employees
This is a product that scales pretty easily. We have about 1,200 people using it.
We have students and teachers and parents, and then, of course, we have staff members in general, and lots of different devices. One of the big things that I will challenge people at, and I don't think a lot of people realize this, but the challenge of some school networks is, especially for us, I'll use a final time, for example, is all of a sudden you have to have 850 to 900 people on the network at one time.
The exam starts now and all 850 students have to get on the network now. You don't see that any other school at that point in time. Kids come on, they join whenever, they've already got it on. You don't see that, but in those classes when they have to start exams, everybody has to hit that network and load a page now. Your network has to be able to be designed to handle that.
This is one of the reasons we've had to balance the wireless to make sure that we've been able to get good successful connections throughout the entire campus inside of every classroom. That way, no access points overloaded or the bandwidth is not overloaded. If you lose one in the middle, it's enough that it can withstand the fail over of another classroom in the middle of that type of exam.
It is this concept and design that has allowed us to sustain this system for more than five years without a problem.
View full review »We work with many customers using Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, with deployments ranging from small offices to large enterprises. It is sometimes deployed in principal offices, catering to a user base of 15 to 20 individuals. Additionally, there are instances where larger-scale deployments are undertaken, accommodating up to a hundred users.
I rate the platform's scalability an eight out of ten.
View full review »Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is a scalable solution.
View full review »Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
If I compare the other brands in the market, like Sangfor or Sophos, with Cisco in terms of security, I see that Cisco is not a part of the Gartner Report. Cisco is deployed in multinational companies and not in small to mid-sized organizations.
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Lu Lu Aung
Technical Consultant at Alstix
It is a scalable solution. We had 50 solution users in our organization.
View full review »It is a super scalable solution. There are no limitations to the number of devices you can add.
View full review »Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is easy to scale.
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BRETT SCHRIOCK
IT Director at Madison County
I didn't have to scale it. We had 26 users. They included secretaries and deputies to Sheriff.
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John Mc Arthur
Vice President at Radeon Technologies Ltd.
It scales well up to the larger midsize enterprise. The MX appliances are less scalable than the wifi or the switches. They're a little underpowered and so that's the point where you'd move to a different solution if you needed more scalability if you had more bandwidth requirements. We currently have 150 users.
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Thuy Truong
Administrator at SOURTHERN WAVES Solution
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reviewer1621029
Domain Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Meraki is not a very scalable solution. It has its own limitations on the number of devices you can deploy. I would say it's not a very scalable solution.
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reviewer1129581
Director of tecnology at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Its scalability is a five out of 10.
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reviewer919731
Information Technology Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees
I can add or remove without any issues. So, scalability is no issue. It is being extensively used in the organization at the moment.
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reviewer1480227
Technology Systems Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
It's very scalable. We could increase the system we have, but because of its age, we actually need to replace the entire thing at once. So instead of doing it piecemeal and having some of the older products remain while we put in a new product, we would rather replace the whole system.
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reviewer1073604
Presale Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The solution is easily scalable. There are not really any limits for the customer in terms of expanding if they need to.
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reviewer892056
Technical Services Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
From a scalability perspective, I think the tool is incredibly scalable. I assisted one of our company's customers, which is a global supermarket chain, in an evaluation, which included Cisco Meraki and the wireless component, during which, for the first time, I was exposed to the true scalability feature of the platform. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is scalable.
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reviewer941937
Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees
The solution is scalable. There are 200-300 users in our organization. There are plans to increase usage in the future.
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reviewer1672686
Virtual IT Director at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
I don't have an issue. It meets specifications.
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Dániel Halmai
Head of IT Network Division at Panorinformatika
This solution is both scalable and stable.
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reviewer1543167
Advanced IT Executive at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution can scale very well. There are not problems expanding it if you need to as an organization. It's easy enough to do. Even on an enterprise-level, you can scale.
View full review »I rate Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN a ten out of ten for scalability. 2000 people are using Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN in our company.
View full review »About 2000 employees in the organization are using the solution. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten.
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Tim Waldner
Principal at WATERTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT 14-4
It is scalable. I need to add a couple more and upgrade to four.
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Kimsin Phan
Manager, IT Infrastructure at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Scaling has not been an issue.
View full review »The Meraki products scale quite well by allowing multiple organization with subdivisions of "networks" APs can be added to networks and tagged with other information as well. I would say that it works best for organizations with many diverse locations with smaller numbers of APs.
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Ricardo Quintero
Infrastructure/Telcom Coordinator at Schnellecke Group AG & Co. KG
This solution has good scalability.
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reviewer918813
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
I would say that Meraki WLAN is scalable, but the licensing makes it a little difficult. You can't just add on more APs within your scope. You have to purchase more licenses to scale.
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Ravi_Verma
Senior Network Engineer at Saffron networks pvt ltd
This is a cloud-based product and the best thing about a cloud-based product is if you have a cloud controller and access point, then you don't have to worry about that key for licenses. If you've got 70 access points, you can register there. If you have 1,000 and 2,0000, you can also register there. There is no need to change any controller hardware as that is a cloud-based product, which makes it fully scalable. You can add to it and still maintain a single point of management.
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Dev-Patel
Consultant at Lifeline IT
It's not exactly the cheapest solution in terms of scalability, but it's very good. A lot of my clients have to look at other alternatives because of the cost and it's likely that in the end, they take Mojo even though I don't like that product as much. If I were going to choose an alternative to Cisco it would be Ubiquiti but it all comes down to cost.
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JoelGaari
Network Communication Solutions Manager at IT Solutions NV
Meraki WLAN is easy to scale. If it's a small network of around 50 access points, I think one staffer can handle the installation and maintenance. But if you go over 50 access points — about 400 clients — you would need one more staffer.
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reviewer938667
Senior Network Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The scalability of the solution is great. However, it depends on the business' needs.
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Devang Jasani
CEO at Meridian Infotech Ltd.
We cater to medium and enterprise companies. We have good experience in managing large networks.
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reviewer1522773
Emerging & Disruptive Mobile Technology Expert, Strategic Advisor at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
It's a scalable solution. It's pretty good.
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reviewer1286451
Head of Corporate Accounts at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
This is a scalable solution solution. We are based in Mauritius and since it is a small island, the scale we need fits into the range that Meraki can offer.
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reviewer1457697
Commercial Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
It is very scalable. Our customers have around 200,000 users.
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Tim French
IT Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
It is scalable, but it definitely suffers during really large implementations.
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reviewer1564494
Network Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
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YaserAltwailey
Network Engineer at Saudi Customs
This is a scalable solution.
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WaqasManzoor
Senior Product Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
This solution is scalable.
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reviewer1213317
Technical Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
This solution is scalable.
We have more than one thousand users, and we have plans to increase usage in the future.
View full review »I have not had any issues with scalability. If we need any more, it is literally just plug and play. It will immediately go in the network, because it is cloud-based. Everything from the network is on the cloud, so it just pushes right into the new device.
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reviewer981903
IT Management at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees
I agree wholeheartedly that the solution is scalable.
For the moment, we do not have plans to increase the usage.
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reviewer1606617
Network Administrator at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
The product scales well. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so.
We have 500 users who are on the solution currently.
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reviewer1644681
Founder, Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Meraki is quite scalable.
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Samrang Sieng
Senior IT Manager at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees
The solution is scalable.
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Greg Mikkelsen
Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We currently have 60-75 users on the solution. They all use it daily.
For us, the solution seems to be pretty scalable. We haven't had any issues and haven't seen any shortcomings.
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reviewer1192131
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The solution is scalable. It's very easy. If a company grows, we just have to do a few clicks and it's ready.
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Henk Uittenbogaard
CEO at AnyWi Technologies
The solution is scalable.
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reviewer1270755
IT Project Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is scalable.
View full review »This solution is scalable.
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reviewer1164288
Director at a non-profit with 11-50 employees
The scalability of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is good.
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Andre Walke
Project Co-Ordinator at Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology
We don't have any challenges with the scalability so far. From our experience, it's quite scalable.
On a daily basis, we probably have an excess of 5,000 users on this solution.
There are no immediate plans to increase usage, however, there's probably a growth rate of about 5% to 8% per year for the next year or two.
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Alexandra Cevallos
Project Engineer at CIEMTELCOM
Our clients are small and medium companies, and we didn't have any problems with scalability. Our clients may increase its usage in the future.
View full review »It's scalable.
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SeniorTe41ae
Senior Tech Support Specialist at a university with 501-1,000 employees
I would rate scalability as five out of ten. It's kind of hard to say.
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reviewer1609476
Infrastructure Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
We have scaled it. There is no problem.
We have 230 users, and they don't even know that it exists.
View full review »There is no problem with scaling. It's a scalable product.
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Henrik Kruse Lykkegaard
Network System Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scalability is more or less endless. I have not seen problems with adding 100's or 1000's of devices.
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reviewer1023120
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
This is a scalable solution.
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reviewer644592
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
It's scalable. We have between 50-100 users in my company. The users are our general employees.
We don't require any staff for maintenance. For the deployment, we required four staff members. We have plans for increasing usage. The idea is to double it in size with Wifi 6.
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reviewer1249887
IT Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is a scalable solution.
We have approximately 300 people using this solution in my organization.
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reviewer1488774
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is scalable. We have some customers that own 100 branches and they're connected. There was no issue regarding scalability.
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Mansukh Bhesania
MD and CEO at Aster Networks
Meraki Wireless LAN is a stable product.
View full review »This solution is scalable. It's good and we have no issues.
View full review »The scalability of this solution is good.
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Noorish Moosa
Digital Transformation Consultant at Teksedo Solutions
Most of our customers are enterprise companies using this solution.
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Shohidul Islam
Deputy Manager at STBL
The solution is scalable.
View full review »We have had no issues scaling.
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reviewer1192146
Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Scalability has not been a problem.
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Andres Cardenas
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
This solution is scalable.
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reviewer1533048
Founder & MD at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We have more than 40 users at the moment, but the number is growing.
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reviewer1454613
VP of IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The product is scalable and can do so on-demand. We have approximately 60 users, and we plan to continue using it in the future.
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,667 professionals have used our research since 2012.