Cisco Meraki MG

Cisco Meraki MG

37 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Meraki MG	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	Cisco Meraki MG cellular gateways are a cloud managed WAN solution designed to seamlessly transpose a wireless cellular signal to wired Ethernet, providing primary or failover connectivity.	N/A

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Cisco Meraki MG

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Cisco Meraki MG
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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No setup fee

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	Cisco Meraki MG
Considered Both Products	Cisco Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG We selected Meraki MG for it cloud management capabilities Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG The only other cellular provider that we've evaluated was, I think it was called Sky Link, and it was a little USB module that plugged into the Meraki MXs and we had nothing but problems with it, which is why we ended up switching to the MG 20 ones. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG Before the Cisco Meraki MG, Vodafone GigaCubes were used. They are also great devices but don't integrate into the Meraki dashboard. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG Stacks up well and integrates well with the Meraki product line. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG We checked many vendors. ALU was a primary contender. However, their acccess points are not primarily designed for cellular use case. Cellular is just an additional feature on their fully loaded APs. The fact that MEraki MG is suited for this particular use case was a major … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG Cisco Meraki MG is the first product in this domain that I have used. So may not be able to draw a comparison with competitors. However whatever I have experienced till now has been very good. I can say that it is worth it's value. Incentivized Helpful? Abhijith Menon Solutions Engineer in Information Technology at Cogniphi Technologies (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Cisco Meraki MG Although both products come from the same family, there are drastic differences between them. When it comes to the MX, it's all about security. It might not perform like the latter, but the security it provides is really good. It is a good enterprise WAN Solution, but still, … Incentivized Helpful? Jorge Ortega IT in Information Technology at Lea County Electric (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Cisco Meraki MG Both products are similar to each other, they both are flexible and have the ability to expand and downgrade. Cisco Meraki Management seems to be a more secure product, but it comes with a higher price tag. Cisco Meraki management portal seems to have more integrations with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco Meraki MG Create points are more manual to configure however they are highly configurable a lot more specific settings that can be done. Meraki MG’s are not as mobile as cradle points Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
	100% Would buy again 17 Answers
	Delivers good value for the price
	92% Delivers good value for the price 12 Answers
	Happy with the feature set
	100% Happy with the feature set 17 Answers
	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
	100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 15 Answers
	Implementation went as expected
94% Implementation went as expected 15 Answers

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User Ratings
	Cisco Meraki MG
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.6 (15 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Meraki MG
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco We utilize it for those job site trailers, so it is perfect for a small job site where you want to provide that internet coverage to those users of those job sites, especially if they're in a remote location. We've actually even used this as the secondary internet to supplement in case the primary fiber line went down. And in my experience, we've had a site go down and use this as the backup internet and most of our users didn't even know. So as far as cons, I don't really, cost depending on the job site and your budget. That would be, I guess the only thing I would say would just justify not using it, but I don't have any reason to not use it. Incentivized Michael Weber Network and Security Administrator Read full review
Pros	Cisco It's fantastic for being in the Meraki dashboard and actually looking at quality of signal. I can look at up times, down times, ease of use when it comes to if I would have to reboot the MG 21E in case it does have a problem. Overall reliability: since we switched to the MG 21 E, we've rarely have a problem with it when it comes to the cellular performance going down. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Cons	Cisco A DHCP configuration would be fine, but a fixed IP configuration seems to require a twist in the configuration. If possible, it's just a subscription. With no initials and just a subscription, I think it's a "feature product" that may convince the superior even if the price is a bit high. I am happy with wireless and all in one, but I feel that the management screen is old, so I think it is better to renew it a bit more. Incentivized Julia Maria Martinez Market Specialist Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Cisco It does what it is supposed to, with minimal issue! Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco We checked many vendors. ALU was a primary contender. However, their acccess points are not primarily designed for cellular use case. Cellular is just an additional feature on their fully loaded APs. The fact that MEraki MG is suited for this particular use case was a major factor. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Scalability	Cisco In terms of scalability, The MG Meraki is unvanquished! As it works on cellular signals, as long as you have the required signal strength, you are connected. Removes the dependency on cables to connect to our ISP. So geographical locations do not affect the scalability of MG. Which is the whole point of having a Cellular to Wired Ethernet Device. And it can also be managed with the web centrally. Incentivized Abhijith Menon Solutions Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco The ROI is excellent, over time we have been able to avoid outages even though our WAN provider may have had issues, the switch to LTE via Cisco Meraki MGwas smooth in locations where traditional lan links were not feasible, like mobile locations, this has been a saver they can be placed where mobile phone reception is best without LAN Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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