We performed a comparison between Mellanox 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."The most valuable features of Mellanox Switches are the size, power consumption, and the vast amount of features."
"From what I've been told, a valuable feature of Mellanox switches is they're quite user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Mellanox Switches are the powerful hardware and the software is open. They're using Linux operating system. You can do and install many things, and it performs well."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its functionality."
"It is a very easy-to-use product."
"The technical support is quite good."
"It helps manage multiple switches deployed in different locations with a single console on the cloud."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"Setting up a Meraki switch is fairly simple. It can be done by one manager and a senior engineer developer."
"It offers a compelling solution due to its cloud management capabilities and strong security features."
"Provides good statistics and it doesn't require teaching command lines."
"The solution is scalable and can accommodate as many devices as needed."
"The solution has been very stable so far."
"Mellanox Switches could improve by adding some features that can make it easier for integrating the switches in some managing and monitoring platforms, such as Elastic or similar software for monitoring data with the data center in a more holistic way."
"If you compare this solution with Cisco, utilization in Cisco is more popular and it is more friendly."
"Mellanox Switches were easier before Nvidia bought Mellanox and then their new version of the operating system changed. They started with Ennui, and now they only use Linux. If they returned to their previous CLI it would be a good option for starters. The new CLI is more difficult to use but more powerful than the older one. It has its advantages."
"The configuration is a bit different from Cisco, and therefore, for me at least, there's a bit of a learning curve."
"The scalability is working fine at the moment, but there's always room for improvement. As of right now, I don't know of any improvements to suggest."
"The throughputs, especially the throughput path, can be improved on the core switches. I think they should improve the throughput in the core switches to enable higher throughputs."
"Meraki MS Switches could improve the process of installing firmware."
"The cameras should be better integrated."
"Better alerting capabilities are needed because they do not provide enough notification or detail about events."
"On the switches, I don't know a whole lot that I would change. Different levels of switches have different layer 2 and layer 3 functionality. It's always nice to have layer 3 functionality across the board if you can, but that drives up the cost. They've got different lines for different amounts of layer 3 functionality. However, on their models that do include full layer 3 access, when you choose to use layer 3 on a switch, it doesn't have the full functioning routing capabilities of an MX firewall. It can be limiting in some of those aspects."
"They're definitely missing some of the higher end data center Cisco features."
"The lead times can be long in terms of actually getting the hardware."
"Licensing is the only thing I can complain about. It's expensive, but everything is these days."
Mellanox Switches is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 5 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Mellanox Switches is rated 7.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Mellanox Switches writes "Powerful hardware, reliable performance, and advantageous open-source OS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Mellanox Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Aruba Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Broadcom StrataXGS, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR Switches. See our Mellanox Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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