Compare Broadcom RoboSwitch vs. Meraki MS Switches
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"This product is more than the competition, but you get what you pay for."
"With the solution that we currently have, I think it costs about 1,200 pounds a year. They bill on a yearly basis."
"This is not a cheap solution."
"The DNA subscription is a three-year minimum term."
"The pricing is high and it is where we get the most pushback from customers."
"We paid for our switches outright, at a cost of between $15,000 USD and $18,000 USD."
"Its price is definitely competitive."
"Meraki is a little bit expensive, but when you compare the pricing with others, Meraki is a good option."
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Top Answer: This product has QoS, decent visibility of what's going on, and it's a managed switch.
Top Answer: The yearly maintenance fee is $100 and you can purchase used switches for about $200 each.
Top Answer: Mandatory maintenance is an area that needs improvement.
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MS220, MS320, MS420
Offered in 5-24 port configurations supporting both Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), Broadcom's RoboSwitch Ethernet Switching solutions are highly integrated, cost effective, and smart-managed based on a field-proven, industry-leading architecture. These Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions combine all of the functions of a high-speed switch system including packet buffers, PHY transceivers, media access controllers (MACs), address management, port-based rate control, and a non-blocking switch fabric into a single CMOS device.
The Cisco Meraki MS brings the benefits of the cloud to networks of all sizes: simplified management, reduced complexity, network wide visibility and control, with lower operational cost for campus and branch deployments. Cisco Meraki access switching is available in both Layer 2 and powerful Layer 3 models. Mission-critical features like deep, Layer 7 application visibility, network topology, virtual stacking, QoS for business critical applications, 802.1X access control, and more are present in all models.
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Computer Software Company23%
Comms Service Provider15%
Financial Services Firm8%
Integrator8%
Comms Service Provider26%
Computer Software Company18%
Government5%
Educational Organization4%
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Small Business68%
Midsize Enterprise21%
Large Enterprise11%
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Broadcom RoboSwitch is ranked 31st in Ethernet Switches while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 34 reviews. Broadcom RoboSwitch is rated 0.0, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "Pushing out policies from a single location is an easy way of leveraging utilities and resources ". Broadcom RoboSwitch is most compared with Broadcom StrataConnect, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, NETGEAR Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access.
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