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."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The deployment was a breeze. It is a very innovative and robust platform that allows us to bi-directionally stitch together data elements from Netflow-enabled devices to provide a context for network utilization."
"The most valuable features provided by this solution are visibility and information."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"It provides good visibility to the customers. People are still evaluating it, but it provides visibility and helps them to take action to remediate and mitigate the issues that are highlighted on the dashboard. It has good integration with the Cisco switching platform."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"There is no need to swap the hardware at all the locations, and importing the APs into the Dashboard was a simple and quick process."
"Meraki Dashboard centralizes control of all our equipment into one cloud-based console, so we can manage it from anywhere. We can resolve problems remotely outside of business hours because it is on the cloud. You can use the dashboard to change security settings or configure routers and switches."
"An excellent dashboard that is currently unique in covering both SD-WAN and SD-LAN with built-in security."
"Meraki dashboard deserves an Oscar."
"I would say the ease of use is the most valuable feature. It's very easy to set up and get up and running."
"We have found the client dashboard to be very simple to use, especially in our Meraki environment."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"The most valuable feature is knowing the wireless and switch are healthy."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"At my company, we might not be using it enough with other applications that we have that can integrate with it."
"The GUI could use some improvement. Being able to find features more easily would be a great improvement if it was simplified."
"Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"Complexity on integration is not so straightforward and you really need an expert to help build it out."
"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."
"Meraki Dashboard's pricing could be improved."
"I’d like the product to allow for other solutions to be integrated with the dashboard as well."
"This solution can be quite complicated to configure and manage, unless you have a technical person with specific knowledge working on it."
"If I am a user and I have a seat on the fourth floor, if I move across the building, the system should be able to track me and should be able to figure out my whereabouts or my position within the building if I'm connected to the wireless. That would make the administrator's life easier in terms of reachability."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"The solution can be expensive."
"What we would like from the IT perspective is a lot more granular control, more visibility into the packets, into the routing, and things of that nature."
"Price could be reduced."
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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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