We performed a comparison between Huawei Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is pretty straightforward to set up."
"It is a stable product. I rate it a nine out of ten...It is a scalable solution."
"The functionality is basically the same as Cisco."
"So far, so good when it comes to stability."
"The Huawei switches are stable, easy to set up, and cheap."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its network monitoring system."
"The solution is scalable."
"The CLI syntax."
"It is easy to set up and easy to monitor. It is also easy to check the status of the switch."
"The switches are very stable."
"The solution is very stable."
"The switch supports various automation testing tools, and it's quite helpful for network troubleshooting as well."
"The cloud part of Meraki Switches is very good. They also have a good GUI. It's a complete solution. I like the switching and the monitoring part."
"I like the portal, it's really interesting."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to segment my infrastructure between phones, security systems, and other tasks."
"The technical support is very good. They offer some of the best support on the market."
"The solution needs to provide GUI commands."
"There needs to be more documentation. If they opened up a bit and shared more information and maybe allowed for YouTube videos about their products and how to work them, it would benefit the users quite a bit."
"The licensing cost attached to the solution is atrocious, so from an improvement perspective, it should be made cheaper."
"We would like to see additional backup solutions, since we have several degrees of backup."
"Integration could be improved. The price could also be lower."
"The technical support is a bit difficult to work with if you don't speak Mandarin."
"I would like to see more training opportunities available."
"The performance has been slow at times."
"When we do any changes to the core switch it causes the devices to reboot."
"The reporting could be improved and could be more granular."
"The solution needs to improve its ability to back up the auto-configuration."
"Licensing is the only thing I can complain about. It's expensive, but everything is these days."
"There are some limitations in Meraki MS Switches. Other switches have more options, such as the Cisco Catalyst Switch."
"It would be great if they can get the price down for small businesses."
"The price for this product could be cheaper. For a low-budget school or institution, scaling up and implementing more switches could take longer because of budget constraints."
"We had some dashboard licensing issues, maybe because their method of collecting data from the user needs to be more streamlined."
Huawei Ethernet Switches is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Huawei Ethernet Switches is rated 7.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Huawei Ethernet Switches writes "The solution is power efficient, stable, and provides free-of-cost batch upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Huawei Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Huawei Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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