We performed a comparison between Meraki MS Switches and Ubiquiti Unifi Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ubiquiti UniFi Switches finish slightly ahead of Meraki MS Switches in this comparison. Ubiquiti provides great flexibility with configurations and has excellent throughput. Some Meraki MS Switches users feel that traffic reporting needs to improve and that the switches can be a bit buggy.
"The most valuable features are ease of use and configuration. It has a cloud-based configuration that makes it easy."
"The solution is very stable."
"You can connect from the dashboard itself. It is very easy to operate."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are simple deployment and administration. You can have all your switches in one place and manage them."
"The dashboard and the interface, in general, are good features."
"We are using the MS425 series. We like the ease of use, ease of administration, and central dashboard. Meraki also has fantastic documentation and community. With its central dashboard, we can deploy a generic configuration across hundreds of switches, rather than doing it in the old school way where an individual or a group of engineers would log onto each device via CLI, which takes a long time. So, everything is connected."
"Meraki MS Switches have a very user-friendly dashboard and the policies are straightforward for sending them to the devices and blocking sites."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to segment my infrastructure between phones, security systems, and other tasks."
"We have integrated the tool for PoE switches and non-PoE switches. Its most valuable feature is SD-WAN. UniFi SD-WAN can access all statistics and performance data in one interface, enabling us to support clients across different locations remotely. Additionally, we can even restart devices remotely through the UniFi SD-WAN."
"The two most valuable features are the remote access user and the side-to-side connection."
"The GUI interface is very easy to use and the Linux-based command-line interface is also good."
"It is great size-wise and the user interface is easy to use. You don't need to be a pro to use this solution."
"The solution is very reliable and stable."
"UniFi Switches' best feature is the ability to switch voltage from 24 to 48, and it's almost the only device on the market with this feature."
"The ability to manage firmware revisions."
"The performance is good. They also have good prices."
"The lead time for delivery can be a challenge, and there is room for improvement in this area."
"We had issues with the stability, issues with the pricing, and the total cost of ownership."
"The biggest area that they fall short on is comparing the performance."
"The solution needs to improve its ability to back up the auto-configuration."
"There are some limitations in Meraki MS Switches. Other switches have more options, such as the Cisco Catalyst Switch."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"Meraki MS Switches do not offer as many features as their competitors, so we are quite limited in what we can configure on the switches and firewalls."
"The pain point for our customers is the pricing and it should be reduced to make it more competitive."
"Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is not a cheap solution."
"One area for improvement would be having a web interface directly on the device itself. That's the one thing that makes them more difficult for less experienced technicians to configure."
"The technical support for this solution could be improved."
"Ubiquiti UniFi Switches need to add DNS lookup features."
"This brand is not very popular in China."
"Functionalities can change quite quickly without notice."
"They can improve the visibility of networks to match Meraki switches, which have good visibility tools to go through the network. In a Meraki device, you get a clear picture when using the bug interface. You can also see its neighbors and have a clear picture of all connected devices. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches do not have such features that Meraki switches provide."
"Most configuration can be done on the GUI but sometimes you have to go under the hood and tweak on the CLI."
Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 46 reviews. Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti UniFi Switches writes "Offers a good controller, seamless design and easy to deploy ". Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Arista Networks Platform, whereas Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Meraki MS Switches vs. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches report.
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