We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and NETGEAR 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 technical support is very good. They offer some of the best support on the market."
"I like the portal, it's really interesting."
"The interface is great. It's easy to understand for the customer."
"The most valuable features are the cloud and throughput visibility, the ease of configuration, and being able to implement them into our umbrella DNS solution."
"The product is very straightforward."
"Easily installable, with good scalability, stability and technical support."
"Setting up a switch can be performed prior to having your hands on the device. Once you purchase a Meraki switch you will get an email from Meraki with a code to add to your dashboard and then you can start setting up your switch so when it arrives it will download its configuration and be all setup."
"This is an OK solution for small to medium-sized businesses with no IT staff."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"The solution is reliable and it is easy to setup."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The pain point for our customers is the pricing and it should be reduced to make it more competitive."
"Doesn't enable a local configuration without internet access."
"The licensing model needs to be improved."
"It could be easier to use and easier to implement."
"I don't like some of the mobile device management options. They're a little bit hard to find in the system."
"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."
"In my opinion, there's room for improvement cost-wise. With Meraki's licensing terms, you're required to pay an annual licensing fee, which can be for a one-year license or perhaps a five-year license. But if you analyze the costs involved, there are huge expenses incurred as far as the licensing is concerned."
"The scalability and integrative abilities with on-premises systems could stand improvement."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"This product lacks a CLI interface."
"The product's scalability has certain shortcomings that can be improved."
"The ‘how-to’ guides could do with some improvements. We got in trouble following the stacking and Dante set-up guides. If these would have been accurate, we would not have lost three days."
"When the power does go out, or if we do a soft shutdown, some of the transceivers or the monitor don't recognize when it turns back on, so I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in and then it works. We're working with NETGEAR's engineers to figure out why that's happening."
"One area that has room for improvement, and I know NETGEAR is working on it, is adding more features to the products lines in terms of what we can manage through the Insight portal... not all Layer 2 or Layer 3 settings are there yet."
"There is a lot of delay in the data coming to the servers."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Arista Networks Platform, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Luxul Switches. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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