We performed a comparison between Meraki Dashboard and SCOM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Monitoring Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"We've been spending a lot less time on tickets and deployments, so we have more time to do other things."
"The dashboard itself is very simplified and easy to navigate."
"There is no need to swap the hardware at all the locations, and importing the APs into the Dashboard was a simple and quick process."
"We greatly utilize the network because we can plug it into the DNS, VPN, or equipment. It's very good. Meraki Dashboard enhances wireless network management. We appreciate its flexibility, as it allows for easy suite configuration. We can handle everything on there when there's a policy or any other requirement."
"Meraki Dashboard does not require a lot of maintenance. Cisco tells communicates through the Meraki Dashboard web client, it will automatically send updates to the equipment. They will send you an email on what day the updates will take place. If you want to proceed, you can click on accept, or you can decline them and schedule the updates at another time."
"The most valuable feature is the single pane of glass that gives you multisite visibility."
"We like the visibility this solution gives us of the infrastructure."
"It is very easy to manage. It has good security, and it is working well with our firewall."
"The most valuable feature of SCOM is real-time alerts."
"The advantages of SCOM are that it is definitely user friendly and a more appropriate solution for what we need."
"SCOM's most valuable features are the network path feature, reporting, and integration with business intelligence."
"We are able to do problem determination on runaway processes."
"They have great integration with the active directory."
"The monitoring features are the most valuable. We have seen a major benefit from that so far."
"I enjoy its integration with the Microsoft Active Directory functions, which means users, computers, or other group policies can connect with Windows Active Directory."
"I like the historical reporting of observer metrics."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The price could be lower because the license for access points is expensive."
"You can't really clone or replicate a device, that sort of feature would be useful. You can clone the site but you cannot clone the device."
"There needs to be more improvement on the device-connected interface."
"I would like to see an alert event feature to monitor what users are downloading and how to block some applications."
"It would be nicer if the dashboard was lighter."
"There is a bit of a problem when you try to log in and you don't have a fixed IP address. If you're granting access, you need to log in by using the IP address. If your administrator's IP address is not a fixed IP address and it has changed, you might need to update the changed IP address in the interface. For this, you need to log in to the interface to update the IP address. This issue might not have so much to do with Meraki interface."
"The initial setup is complex and can be made more straightforward."
"The downside to the simplicity is that you can't get as granular as you could with the Cisco APs."
"The end-user components, including the dashboards, the administration console, and the web console, need to be improved."
"The dashboard features are not user-friendly for our management team, only for the technical department."
"Stability and some performance issues exist and they need improvement."
"It'll help if they can provide real-time or closer to real-time monitoring."
"Application monitoring must be improved."
"The GI is difficult to work with and the reporting servers are also difficult."
"In a future release, they should add email notification alerts."
"Direct integration with third-party tools, like ticketing systems, is lacking but would be beneficial."
Meraki Dashboard is ranked 9th in Network Monitoring Software with 51 reviews while SCOM is ranked 10th in Network Monitoring Software with 78 reviews. Meraki Dashboard is rated 8.6, while SCOM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Meraki Dashboard writes "Incredibly easy to use, great troubleshooting and prevention of malicious events". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCOM writes "Has a good reporting engine, but its monitoring of the cloud-based environment could be improved". Meraki Dashboard is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds NPM, ThousandEyes, Mist AI and Cloud and Zabbix, whereas SCOM is most compared with Dynatrace, Zabbix, Datadog, Nagios XI and AppDynamics. See our Meraki Dashboard vs. SCOM report.
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