We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and ThousandEyes 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."
"The initial setup process is quite simple."
"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."
"It is very stable and we have been using it for five years."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki Dashboard is we can manage our switches and access point in one place."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass that gives you multisite visibility."
"Meraki Dashboard does not require a lot of maintenance. Cisco tells communicates through the Meraki Dashboard web client, it will automatically send updates to the equipment. They will send you an email on what day the updates will take place. If you want to proceed, you can click on accept, or you can decline them and schedule the updates at another time."
"Meraki dashboard deserves an Oscar."
"The hardware of Meraki is very good quality."
"The company provides excellent service."
"The authentication overall - including to the VPN and LAN - is excellent."
"ThousandEyes gives companies better visibility."
"The most valuable feature of ThousandEyes is user-friendliness. It has been essential for us to have a solution that is easy to use."
"From our perspective, ThousandEyes stands out as an invaluable tool because of its deep and extensive capabilities."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable features are integration and ease of use."
"The installation process is not hard at all."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"Meraki Dashboard's pricing could be improved."
"The coverage has been an issue for us."
"An area for improvement in Meraki Dashboard is licensing management because it's a little complex. Product licensing can be made a little bit easier through license concurrency and a more straightforward approach to applying the license to products and services."
"We would like to be able to test the health of WAN connections."
"It is not appropriate for large, enterprise businesses."
"Meraki lacks their own software for connecting to the VPN which creates some issues."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"They could offer API functionality for Meraki Dashboard. It will help us develop software immediately using available solutions."
"They only offer synthetic requests."
"Presently, it lacks the ability to integrate with other Cisco products."
"The tool does not provide features for application-level monitoring."
"There is room for improvement in terms of customization and user-friendliness."
"I would like the product to offer more agility."
"Once I fully use the tool 100%, I'm sure I would have something to critique, however, for now, I'm happy with it."
"It would be nice if the solution covered other areas like server monitoring."
"ThousandEyes could improve the dashboards by adding more features."
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while ThousandEyes is ranked 12th in Network Monitoring Software with 11 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while ThousandEyes is rated 8.4. 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 ThousandEyes writes "Reliable. simple to set up, and offers fast monitoring capabilities". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center, Mist AI and Cloud, Zabbix and Auvik Network Management (ANM), whereas ThousandEyes is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Accedian Skylight, Dynatrace, SolarWinds NPM and LiveAction LiveNX. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. ThousandEyes report.
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