We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Zscaler Internet Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"Its ease of configuration and management is very useful for us and for other companies that don't have an onsite IT person. It is easy to configure and easy to manage. It is easy to configure the VPN with the Auto VPN feature."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"MX is easy to manage, configure and install."
"In terms of WAN optimization, it's completely cloud-controlled. Anyone can manage their network environment from a mobile phone."
"You can use your web browser to do the configuration which is easier than Cisco CLI transcripts."
"Meraki makes it easy to be secure and know where the holes are to fix them. We have been fixing anything that we have ever found for 20 years. We keep up-to-date with firmware upgrades. We just try to stay on top of everything for security, like maintaining updates and getting rid of old systems. I feel like we're on top of it."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"Zscaler Internet Access's roaming user feature is most valuable and is much better compared to other secure web gateways."
"The solution is scalable and stable."
"The data loss prevention feature is the most valuable. It stops our users from inadvertently leaking our customers' data to the Internet or anywhere else it shouldn't go."
"I like the granularity of the control of all the traffic, including SSL inspection. I also like the fact that the user interface is intuitive. The latencies with Zscaler are minimal compared to those of any other competitor. Other competitors do not really have the global scale that Zscaler has and cannot promise low latencies."
"All internet access flows through the Zscaler proxy, regardless of whether people are in office or remote. I have greater control site access and I minimize the number of compromises that we experience to almost none."
"The solution offers a distributed organization to master and to control all of the endpoints."
"Whether you are in a hotel somewhere, or in Africa, it does not matter. You will get the Zscaler protection presence anywhere."
"The VPN is valuable, as the whole technology is very different from a traditional VPN."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"When it comes to cost, that's a pain point."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"We can’t access GUI management and CLI opening features when the Internet is unavailable."
"It also needs better integration with other applications as well. There are some restrictions."
"They block Zscaler IPs when the traffic origin is from Zscaler IPs. They've been blocked by certain government organizations so the end users are not able to visit those websites unless we ask them to unblock those IP. This is a bit problematic."
"Do not expect to pay for the service and start using it, like Gmail. Zscaler requires a proper implementation to be done to make it successful."
"The pricing is an issue. It is expensive if you have all of your users in the same location. It is expensive compared to other firewalls on the market."
"Zscaler Internet Access could improve by adding a VPN feature."
"They could provide more time for the onboarding the training of an IT person."
"We'd like for them to include some sort of antivirus tool."
"If they can also integrate with the multi-factor authentication to prompt users to do another, second-factor authentication, that would be ideal."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Meraki MX is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and FortiSASE . See our Meraki MX vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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