We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and Observer Apex based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"We like the visibility this solution gives us of the infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is their support, they get better every day."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity in navigating through the dashboard. It's well set out, and the layout is nice and user friendly. A lot of clients enjoy seeing layer 7 visibility. They get a good indication and insight into what is happening in their network and what applications are being used the most. They can then customize and give preference to business-critical applications."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The dashboard itself is very simplified and easy to navigate."
"We greatly utilize the network because we can plug it into the DNS, VPN, or equipment. It's very good. Meraki Dashboard enhances wireless network management. We appreciate its flexibility, as it allows for easy suite configuration. We can handle everything on there when there's a policy or any other requirement."
"Easy to configure with great troubleshooting feature."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass that gives you multisite visibility."
"Network visibility is the most valuable feature."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"You can't really clone or replicate a device, that sort of feature would be useful. You can clone the site but you cannot clone the device."
"The cost of the solution is high and can be improved."
"For instance, you should be able to see if something has been blocked by a firewall rule by looking at a live log of traffic moving through the device. It helps you troubleshoot issues and understand if your rules are working. You need to ensure the firewall is blocking the right things. That's unavailable in the Meraki Dashboard. You have to send the logs to a log server. We use SolarWinds locally, but it's not natively built into Meraki. We're also using Cisco ISA and another tool called Smoothwall."
"The solution can be expensive."
"What needs improvement in Meraki Dashboard is its configuration. It'll also be better if the tool has more functionality, and that is what I'd like to see in its next release."
"Meraki Dashboard could improve the user interface by making it more user-friendly. The configuring can at times be difficult."
"I would like to receive decent notification alerts regarding the license's expiry. Or any help on correcting or optimizing licenses, because in certain circumstances you can add a license but it's the wrong licensing. However, the Dashboard adds the license in some way, and you do not utilize it. You can simply extend the license's expiration date."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
"The pricing and AI can be improved."
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while Observer Apex is ranked 93rd in Network Monitoring Software with 1 review. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while Observer Apex is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Observer Apex writes "Has good network visibility ". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco DNA Center and Zabbix, whereas Observer Apex is most compared with .
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