--- description: Review of Cisco Meraki Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Cisco Meraki | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Mobility Software](/directory/4238/mobility/software) > [Cisco Meraki](/software/420078/cisco-meraki) # Cisco Meraki Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/420078/cisco-meraki Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/420078/cisco-meraki?page=2) > Cisco Meraki is a firewall solution designed to help businesses in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, finance, education and government sectors secure and manage software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) across the cloud. The platform enables teams to categorize network flows and enforce access control policies to filter and block specific URLs or web content. Managers can detect and prevent intrusions, vulnerabilities or potential network threats using anomaly-based inspection methods. Cisco Meraki lets administrators track the status of detected threats, view remediation techniques and monitor historical trends on a unified interface. Additionally, it allows operators to automate the provisioning of IPsec VPN and configure VPN parameters to track appliances across networks. Cisco Meraki lets businesses integrate the system with several third-party applications including Active Directory and Snort. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, email, forums, documentation and online inquiry form. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 129 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 129 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Cisco - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$40.00 - **Pricing model**: (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Cisco Meraki sales for pricing information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Application Management - Asset Tracking - Audit Management - Automatic User/Device Recognition - Compliance Management - Connectivity Management - Content Filtering - Customisable Reports - Dashboard - Dashboard Creation - Data Connectors - Data Import/Export - Data Management - Deployment Management - Device Enrollment - Device Management - Endpoint Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Mobility Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4238/mobility/software) ## Related Categories - [Mobility Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4238/mobility/software) - [IT Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4563/it-management/software) - [IoT Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4273/iot/software) - [Remote Monitoring and Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4344/remote-monitoring-and-management/software) - [Mobile Device Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4604/mobile-device-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The support provided is timely and efficient in any circumstance, they respond in a very short time to our requests; I like the advanced security features provided, last but not least, Cisco Meraki provides a very intuitive and modern user interface, in which you can navigate smoothly. > > **Cons**: The purchase price of the equipment and licenses is expensive compared to other competing products but it is well worth the investment as the benefits are many. > > Cisco Meraki allowed us to manage and monitor securely and from the cloud about 60 access points that we have located in different specific areas of the city through a central console and in the same way we can solve in a short time any problems that may arise without the need to have to move our technicians to solve them, the user experience is really positive and beneficial. ----- ### "Expensive but overall worth it" — 4.0/5 > **Robert** | *14 August 2024* | Law Practice | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ability to manage devices from anywhere. Creating and copying configs among other devices is simple and convenient. > > **Cons**: Cost is a little high compared to other similar products. ----- ### "Lots of promise but not enough focus on the core" — 3.0/5 > **Isaac** | *5 December 2019* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: This is a beautiful MDM solution that supports all platforms which is great. There are some features not found elsewhere that make it easy to integrate security functionality with Meraki’s networking stack. Want WPA2 enterprise with TLS? Systems manager makes this seamless. > > **Cons**: Feature set prioritizes integration with Meraki stack. Features introduced by Apple or Microsoft at the OS level can take months if not years to finally be implemented. This can cause quite a lag as your user base upgrades. No real features to manage the patch level of devices aside from manually pushing updates each time. Licensing cost fluctuates frequently (it’s free, it’s paid, it’s mostly free but sometimes paid). > > This software has great promise as an MDM solution but it lags behind other solutions. If you’re looking for free and iOS/Android this is for you. If you want to manage computers you may want to consider looking elsewhere. Systems Manager doesn’t scale well and provide advanced features. ----- ### "A good solution for SMB" — 4.0/5 > **Isaac** | *20 December 2023* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is easier to install and maintain than most similar products. You can easily establish vpn's between owned devices with dynamic ip addresses. > > **Cons**: Ran into an issue recently where you can not define access for Software VPN clients to networks that are vpn connected that are not Meraki. > > It's been good for the most part. It takes a while to find things as I came from a Cisco only shop but it is usable by people who have no network experience if you need someone like that to be able to vlan a port or something like that. ----- ### "Robust MDM platform used for management of iOS devices" — 5.0/5 > **Brian** | *9 March 2021* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Setup of an enterprise MDM was made easy with Meraki SM. The web administration portal was easy to use, and offered us all of the functionality we needed initially, as well as has provided us the opportunity to increase our use over time. The platform is well designed, simple to use, and responsive. The app management solutions provided through SM are excellent, as well as the user/device options for license assignment and updating. > > **Cons**: We have found the location mapping to be unreliable in Meraki SM, despite having our mobile devices all GPS enabled and configured to make location information available to the SM app. The location tracking tends to use cellular location based on IP addressing and tower locations rather than GPS coordinates provided by the device. Policy pushing over the air is hit or miss, and it can take multiple attempts to get a client device to receive the revised policies. The greatest restrictions of the Meraki MDM seem to lie with Apple not making as many centralized management options available as they should, since enterprise use of iOS doesn't seem to be on their list of priorities. > > We started using Meraki SM when it was still being made available for free to small organizations. At the time, the system was simple, but provided us with what we needed. As the system grew and was improved upon, primarily as Apple released new management options for iOS devices, it became necessary for us to upgrade from the free platform to a paid subscription. The per-user pricing was very competitive, and the available management options were well worth the cost. ----- Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/420078/cisco-meraki?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/420078/cisco-meraki) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data