Cisco Meraki MX

Score9.1 out of 10

340 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

Visualization Tools
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
Category average: 7.7
VPN
VPN's implement encryption and anonymize IP addresses
Category average: 8.9
High Availability
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
Category average: 8.9

Stateful Inspection
Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets
Category average: 8.6
Proxy Server
A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic
Category average: 8.2
Reporting and Logging
Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns
Category average: 7.8

#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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Kirk Steinklauber View profile

Principal Network Consultant Architect in Information Technology at Kyndryl (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Meraki MX to support and enable our clients on their journey to go with a simplified solution that are typically more complex compared with other vendors that competes on the same space.

The central management and easy of use are one of the main value proposition to manage large distributed networks.

The SD-WAN, Next Gen Firewall and Assurance features provide a complete package for a robust and secure SD-WAN And a Next Gen Firewall

The single pane of glass from the Dashboard makes easier to remotely manage and administer all the Cisco Meraki MX stack components like the MX appliances.

There are also improvement areas like support of multiple VRF, NAT between LAN interfaces and more complex routing scenarios.

Specifically to business problems is enable our clients to simplify legacy and complex network setups with a technology like the Cisco Meraki MX that provides very easy and straightforward technology for Edge Routers (SD-WAN) and Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and also replacing expensive MPLS solutions with cheaper Internet circuits with 10X time the Bandwidth for less financial costs.

Pros

SD-WAN Application Steering (Dynamic Application Routing)
Network transport agnostic and encrypted (Network Overlay)
Next Generation Firewall (IPS/IDS, Content Filtering, AMP)
Router Mode and Concentrator Mode
VPN Remote Access (L2TP/IPSec & Cisco AnyConnect)

Cons

NAT between LAN interfaces for LAN-to-LAN Firewalling
Continue improving BGP
Multiple VRF Support

Return on Investment

Allows to double or triple the Bandwidth by switching from expensive MPLS to Internet
No license cap tiers based on connections or Bandwidth Limits.
Easy to scale and manage with less people and less network skills.
Visibility of network traffic
Automatic Failover (High Availability) to reduce downtime that can impact operations

Other Software Used

Cisco ThousandEyes, Splunk AI Assistant for SPL, Cisco Umbrella

Alexandre Fasquel

senior network engineer in Engineering at Sunrise (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

MSP

no problems

Pros

SDWAN for retail
Auto VPN

Cons

I think there is room for improvement in Cisco Meraki MX with Poe (power over ethernet) on WAN (wide area network) interface

Return on Investment

positive: easy to deploy
negative: datasheet shows capacity on mixed traffic, load with UDP traffic only kills the MX

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points and Cisco Meraki MS

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MS, Cisco Meraki MV, Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points

Juan Brunette View profile

IT Executive in Information Technology at Adcock Ingram (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we user Cisco Meraki MX for Ease of use. Simpler network config and basic network understanding needed,

Pros

Simple
Easy
Cloud Backup

Cons

Cloud config push can be a bit slot

Return on Investment

Ease of use

Josmar Tuszik

Principal Strategic Partner Lead in Information Technology at Vodafone (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Meraki MX for Securing and managing my overall internet connectivity, separating cliennts from IOT devices

Pros

Easyness of deployment
Dashboard
Platform approach with integrating other Meraki products

Cons

Performance of dashboard

Return on Investment

With MX68CW I have reduced downtimes through failover to LTE

WJ Foo

IS Coordinator in Information Technology at BASF Australia Ltd (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The product is used as a routing agent for the network. It is used for controlling the network security also. It is connected to a Cisco Catalyst switch, with Cisco AP, etc. Basically, it is used for our head office network. It also used for Cisco VC.

Pros

Control AP
MAC Address authentication
VLAN
Dashboard

Cons

More POE ports
Radius Server

Return on Investment

Licensing is a major issue. Need renewal regularly
Good thing is resetting the network is much easier
Configuration can be standardize across

Alternatives Considered

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Other Software Used

Webex App, Microsoft Teams Rooms, Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Usability

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Cisco Meraki MX

What is Cisco Meraki MX?

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VPN

High Availability

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Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Reporting and Logging

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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