Cisco Meraki MX

Score9.1 out of 10

277 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Meraki MX?

Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring.

Categories & Use Cases

High Availability
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
Category average: 9.2
VPN
VPN's implement encryption and anonymize IP addresses
Category average: 9.1
Visualization Tools
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
Category average: 8.1

Stateful Inspection
Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets
Category average: 8.8
Firewall Management Console
Either command-line or web-based interface for centralized control and management
Category average: 8.1
Proxy Server
A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic
Category average: 8.5

#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

66 installations of 400

“So we use this product in all kinds of different verticals, whether it be healthcare, manufacturing, small business, you know, all over the different verticals. The reason that we lead with this product is because of its ease of use. It's a very easy product to configure, a very easy product to get out there to the customer.”
— Senior Systems Engineer, Synergy ITS (51-200 employees)

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#2 most frequent

Information

51 installations of 400

“Cisco Meraki MX provides out of the box security for branch offices and also enables to connect to the head office or another MX located anywhere that has an internet connection. Intercommunication can be done without the need for a leased private line, which is expensive from the ISP.”
— Senior Network Engineer, IQ (Informatica Qatar) (1001-5000 employees)

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#3 most frequent

Manufacturing

39 installations of 400

“It is an integrated Security and SDWAN Solution that interconnects all localities under an MPLS Network and VPN through the Internet in case of contingency, guaranteeing high availability and quality of services. It is a solution based on a centralized administration in the cloud.”
— Network Engineer, Toledano (1001-5000 employees)

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Mustafa Lajam View profile

Network Engineer in Information Technology at Fakeeh Medical Group (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Meraki MX is a game-changer for our enterprise and remote sites. Having a Security appliance that connects multiple WAN links provides stable connectivity and a High availability feature for your remote sites. Meraki MX connects your branch site with your HQ site while providing Firewall rules to control the traffic in the network.

We have established our Meraki MX 68 and recently connected with our Ms130. The Meraki dashboard provides a friendly GUI to manage the MX and its connected appliances.

Pros

Connect Multiple WAN links for HA and Load Balancing
Create and control your traffic with Firewall rules
Create SVI and VLANs to segregates the network and traffics.

Cons

Licensing can be a bit confusing and need focusing
Uplinks ports need sometime to be UP
Security appliance takes time to connect to cloud
Meraki Dashboard a little slow

Return on Investment

Relaying on med internet speed and let Meraki MX manage the traffic saved cost to use manager SD wan appliance.
Fast deployment and easy saved time and man power.
single GUI to manage save time to travel to remote site for support.

Alternatives Considered

HPE Aruba Networking Switches, Cisco SD-Branch and Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series

Other Software Used

HashiCorp Terraform, Cisco IP Phones, HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, Cisco Umbrella, MobaXTerm

Shayne Caffrey

Sales and Marketing Director in Sales at LeeShanok Network Solutions (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implement Cisco Meraki MX devices both in our own IT practice and in our client's businesses. Cisco Meraki MX devices are the standard firewall that we recommend for making sure that all of our client networks are protected and that our team can easily manage remotely for our clients.

Pros

The Cisco Meraki MX series is phenomenal at allowing us to remotely manage networks. So the devices usually act as the brain behind our client's networks, which makes it really, really easy for our team to take a look at what's going on in those client network environments, resolve any issues, and make sure that our client's networks are staying secure.

Cons

They are well, they're very, very easy to use. They also lack some of the more complex customizability and complex functionality that other networking devices offer.

Return on Investment

It's been a very positive impact in terms of our operational efficiency. Because we can standardize all of our clients on the Meraki platform, and because the Meraki platform is so easy to use, deploy, and manage, it's really improved our taxability to respond to tickets, reduce downtime all in a way that's very simplistic and consistent across all of our different client networks.

Alternatives Considered

SonicWall NSA Series and Fortinet FortiGate

Other Software Used

Datto Autotask PSA, Datto RMM

Eastico Culbreath

NSOC Manager in Engineering at Cox Enterprises (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FW used for remote locations.

Pros

Firewall protection for remote locations
Distribution switch for remote locations
Hub for all remote locations devices

Cons

Better syslog access

Return on Investment

Because deployment has been simple we save money

Alternatives Considered

Alchemy Catalyst

Other Software Used

CATALYST Enterprise, Cisco ThousandEyes

Jim Bouplon

Executive Director of IT in Information Technology at Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for infrastructure in 4 statess

Pros

security
uptime
ease of use

Cons

Return on Investment

greater uptime
better visibility

Alternatives Considered

Extreme

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, Adobe Advertising Cloud

Jose Madrid

Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Lucid Motors (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

These devices have been deployed for our retail network locations throughout the globe. These products make deployments easy to do using templates

Pros

The MX's are easy to use and deploy

Cons

We would like to see some more physical interface options and the ability to bridge networks across various physical interfaces

Return on Investment

This product saved us during Covid where regular Cisco gear was difficult to get.

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What is Cisco Meraki MX?

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High Availability

VPN

Visualization Tools

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Stateful Inspection

Firewall Management Console

Proxy Server

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