Cisco Meraki MV Reviews

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MV is physical security and day-to-day monitoring of workplace areas, making it useful for keeping an eye on office spaces, entrances, and other important locations without having to physically check every area throughout the day. I find particularly useful the cloud-based management, which makes it easier to access camera feeds and review recorded footage when something needs attention, allowing me to manage cameras through a centralized dashboard, check device status, and review footage remotely when authorized. It can make routine monitoring more organized and help teams investigate incidents more efficiently.

I find useful that Cisco Meraki MV can make routine security monitoring easier to manage without having to constantly check cameras manually. Having camera feeds and footage accessible through a centralized dashboard can save time when someone needs to review a specific incident or verify what happened in a particular area, making monitoring more organized, especially across multiple locations. For me, the main value is having a clearer view of what's happening and being able to find relevant footage when needed, rather than treating surveillance as something that only matters after an incident occurs.

The biggest positive change has been that monitoring and reviewing security incidents has become much easier and less time-consuming, as earlier checking footage could mean going through multiple recordings manually, especially when I needed to figure out what happened at a particular time. With Cisco Meraki MV, I can access the cameras remotely, narrow down footage using motion search, and get a clearer picture of what's happening without spending so much time on it. It is also helpful when monitoring different areas because everything is accessible through one dashboard, and when an issue comes up, it's easier to go back to the relevant footage and understand the situation before deciding what needs to be done. Overall, it has made our monitoring processes much more convenient, helped improve our visibility across different areas, and reduced the effort involved in investigating incidents.

The biggest difference has been the time saved when reviewing footage and responding to incidents, as earlier finding a specific event could involve manually checking recordings from different cameras, which was quite time-consuming. With Cisco Meraki MV, I can narrow the search by time and location and use motion search to find relevant footage much faster, and for routine checks, remote access means I do not always need to be physically present to see what's happening in a particular area. I haven't tracked exact cost savings or response time percentages, so I wouldn't put a specific number on it, but the improvement in convenience and the time spent investigating incidents has been noticeable.

The best features of Cisco Meraki MV are its AI-powered motion detection, smart video search, remote monitoring, built-in storage, and real-time security alerts. I particularly find the smart search and analytics useful because they help save time when investigating incidents and monitoring activity.

The AI-powered motion detection and smart video search have been quite useful for saving time during daily monitoring, as if someone reports that an item went missing or there was some unusual activity in a particular area, I can narrow down the footage by location and time instead of manually going through hours of recordings. The motion detection also helps identify relevant activity without having to constantly watch the cameras, making it easier to investigate incidents quickly and keep track of what's happening across different areas.

One feature I use quite often is the ability to check live camera feeds remotely through the Meraki dashboard, allowing me to quickly pull up the camera feed without having to physically go there if I need to check whether an entrance is clear or see what's happening in a specific area. I also find motion search useful when reviewing an incident because I can narrow down the footage to a particular time and area instead of scrolling through hours of recordings, and having cameras managed from one dashboard makes routine monitoring and following up on security much more convenient.

I think that covers the main features I use regularly, and overall, I find the remote access and motion search the most useful in my day-to-day work, making monitoring and reviewing incidents much quicker, with the dashboard being fairly easy to navigate so I do not have to spend much time figuring things out.

Overall, it works well for day-to-day monitoring, but I think there are a few areas where it could be better, as the smart search is useful but sometimes finding the exact moment you need can still take a bit of time, especially when there's a lot of activity in the footage. It would be helpful if the AI could understand more specific search descriptions and identify relevant events more accurately, and I would also appreciate seeing more customization options for alerts, so I can get notified only about the activities that actually matter instead of receiving unnecessary notifications. Another useful improvement would be a simpler way to export and share specific clips with the team when investigating an incident, as these changes would make the system more efficient and reduce the amount of manual work involved in monitoring.

One small thing that would make my experience better is having more control over the motion alerts, since sometimes not every movement is important, so being able to set more specific rules for different areas would help avoid unnecessary notifications. I would also find it useful to have a quicker way to search for an event using simple descriptions rather than having to adjust the time range and review multiple clips.

Things that can make my experience better are having control over motion alerts, being able to set specific rules for different areas to help avoid unnecessary notifications, and a quicker way to search for an event using simple descriptions rather than having to adjust the time range and review multiple clips. I gave it a nine out of ten so that the improvements can be made much faster and it can be smoother and help us get things done faster.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for three years.

It has been stable and reliable for me as of now.

Scalability is one of the more convenient aspects of Cisco Meraki MV, as if I need to expand coverage to another area or add more cameras, the centralized dashboard makes it easier to manage everything without having to work with each camera separately. The cloud-based setup also means I can access and monitor cameras remotely, which is useful when managing multiple areas or locations.

I haven't had to contact their support team directly for any major issue, so I cannot comment on the actual resolution time from personal experience. However, one thing I found useful is that Cisco Meraki has documentation and troubleshooting resources available online, which can help with common setup and configuration questions. Since the cameras are managed through a centralized dashboard, it is also easier to identify which camera or setting needs attention when something isn't working as expected.

Before using Cisco Meraki MV, I relied more on traditional CCTV setups where reviewing footage was mostly a manual process. If I needed to investigate something, I had to locate the right camera and time and then go through the recordings to find the relevant activity. The main reason for moving to Cisco Meraki MV was the convenience of cloud-based access and features such as motion search, which make finding specific footage much easier, and being able to manage multiple cameras through one dashboard is another advantage. The biggest difference for me is that monitoring and reviewing incidents feels less time-consuming, although I cannot speak to exact cost differences between the two systems.

I haven't personally tracked exact ROI figures or direct cost savings, so I cannot give a reliable percentage. However, the main benefit I noticed is the time saved when reviewing footage and investigating incidents, as instead of manually checking hours of recordings, I can use motion search to narrow down the relevant footage and find what I'm looking for much faster. Over time, these small efficiencies can reduce the effort spent on routine monitoring and help the team respond to issues more quickly, and I wouldn't say it has directly reduced staffing costs, but it does make better use of the team's time and simplifies the overall surveillance process.

From my experience, the main thing with Cisco Meraki MV is that the upfront cost can be a bit high compared with traditional camera setups, especially if I am planning to install multiple cameras. The setup is relatively straightforward because the cameras are managed through the cloud dashboard, so there's less need to deal with complicated onsite configurations. I also appreciate having everything managed in one single place, which makes ongoing monitoring easier, and in terms of licensing, I would say it's important to understand the subscription terms, available features, and renewal costs before committing because these can affect the overall budget. I haven't personally handled the purchasing or licensing negotiations, so I cannot provide exact figures, but overall I can say the convenience and centralized management need to justify the initial investment.

I wasn't directly involved in the final purchasing decision, but some common alternatives in this space are traditional CCTV systems and cloud-managed solutions from brands such as Verkada and Axis. The main things worth comparing are video quality, AI-powered search, remote access, storage options, and the overall cost of ownership. Cisco Meraki MV stands out for its centralized dashboard and integration with the broader Cisco Meraki ecosystem. I cannot say for certain which alternatives our organization formally evaluated, but these are the main factors I would consider when comparing solutions for day-to-day monitoring.

I think the AI capabilities are useful, especially for motion detection and finding relevant footage, but security and privacy are equally important when dealing with video surveillance. I appreciate that Cisco Meraki MV allows me to manage cameras through a centralized dashboard with controlled user access, so not everyone needs to have the same level of permissions. From a governance perspective, I would want clear control over who can view or download recordings, how long footage is retained, and how access is monitored. Since the system uses AI to identify activity, it is also important that alerts are reviewed in context rather than treated as automatically correct every time, and overall, I feel the approach is practical but having transparent privacy controls, clear audit logs, and flexible access permissions is essential for using these AI features.

Overall, I would say the AI features are fairly reliable for everyday monitoring, especially when it comes to detecting movement and narrowing down footage during an incident, making it much easier to find relevant activity without having to review hours of recordings manually. However, I wouldn't say the output is always perfect, as busy areas, changing lighting conditions, or multiple people moving around can sometimes make it harder to identify exactly what's happening. That's why I still prefer to review the actual footage before drawing conclusions or taking actions, as for me, the AI works best as a tool that speeds up the investigation process rather than something that replaces human judgment, making it useful and time-saving, while having the ability to verify what it detects is equally important.

My advice would be to first understand what you actually need from a camera system and whether the additional features justify the cost for your setup or not. Cisco Meraki MV is worth considering if you want centralized camera management, remote access to live feeds, and an easier way to search footage when something happens, rather than spending time reviewing manually. I would especially recommend comparing the total cost including cameras, licensing, and any additional infrastructure before making a decision, and overall, I would say it's a good option for businesses that value convenience and easier day-to-day monitoring, but it's worth comparing it with traditional CCTV and other cloud-managed solutions before committing. I provided this review with a rating of nine out of ten.

I was building the whole structure of Cisco Meraki MV in some places where security is mandatory, so I placed Cisco Meraki MV for surveillance such as monitoring people passing by or monitoring queues to determine if they are long or short.

My thoughts on the centralized dashboard of Cisco Meraki MV are that it is a very good feature from our perspective as we have a few staff in IT, allowing us a global view of everything and granting read-only access to security guards.

The cloud-based remote access has always been improving how I conduct surveillance management because there are new features adapting mainly for customers' needs, and I have learned that Cisco is going to have one dashboard for everything including Cisco Meraki MV, which will be a very good improvement.

The best feature I appreciate most about Cisco Meraki MV is the image recognition where I can have good readings of things such as plate numbers or digits, and I can set conditions on this if it changes.

I appreciate that it is a good feature having Cisco Meraki MV in the same dashboard as the network.

I do use the intelligent motion analytics; however, I did not put it in production, but I tested it with the Cisco team here in Geneva, Switzerland, and I find it to be a very good approach to motion, though I did not have time to put it into practice.

The importance of encrypted storage for compliance needs is a very good feature because for audit and security, as well as data protection, it is better to encrypt it, and I am favorable to this.

My thoughts on real-time insights or real-time management is that it is not exactly real-time, but it is about one or two seconds, which is meaningful for protection and security, providing alerts that I find to be a very good approach.

There is room for improvement in the compression of files I can download, as currently it is still quite large. I need data transferred to the dashboard where I have a live connection and want to download things such as instant camera readings, so compressing files and streaming videos would be something to investigate.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for about the last five or six years.

I rate the stability of Cisco Meraki MV an eight.

Currently, about 200 or more users use Cisco Meraki MV in my company, operating on a hub-and-spoke model with SD-WAN. Before, when I was using it, it was around 25,000 or 30,000 users worldwide, which was very substantial.

For scalability, I would rate Cisco Meraki MV a seven.

I rate Cisco Meraki MV technical support an eight.

Regarding pricing, I would say Cisco Meraki MV is not the most expensive but is quite expensive because they are good products, and I often see them positioned well according to Gartner, so if you want good products, you definitely have to pay the price.

In comparing Cisco with other vendors, I mostly use Cisco Meraki or Cisco devices mainly for networking and compare them with Palo Alto, FortiNet, and recently UniFi and Ubiquiti, which are good options but not as intuitive and integrated as Cisco Meraki MV.

The deployment of Cisco Meraki MV has involved nearly all three models; I first used on-premises, then hybrid with cloud solutions, and I currently find cloud-based to be a very good approach, although I prefer a hybrid model where I have hands-on involvement.

For advice to others looking to implement this product, if you are searching for a big mesh solution to centralize connectivity for VPN or SD-WAN, I would strongly recommend Cisco Meraki MV, especially if you have a few IT staff; it can depend on your specific solution needs. I rate Cisco Meraki MV a seven overall.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for three years.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MV is that I do not use it for day-to-day operations, but I have been able to use it occasionally to configure it for customers. After that, I find someone to manage it for day-to-day operations. My major work is to design and implement it in a new environment.

For a customer, we use Cisco Meraki MV to support the access point for the user and to segregate communication within the company, especially enterprise communication.

We use Cisco Meraki MV to support the main purpose of it sometimes; most times we use it in the distribution layer of enterprise communication.

In my opinion, the best features Cisco Meraki MV offers include the performance and functionality in terms of how it handles traffic compared to any other product.

The specific features of Cisco Meraki MV that stand out to me as really valuable or unique include the fact that deploying it gives you more output and better throughput during communication. Cisco Meraki helps with IP cameras by improving the throughput of communication within the distribution layer, resulting in better performance and better features to manage IP cameras, IP phones, and others.

I would like to add that the ease of use, integration, and security of Cisco Meraki MV is also superior to any compared product because it has more features in terms of integration, such as integrating all kinds of communication, and the security that it has over other products.

The impact of Cisco Meraki MV on my organization is noticeable because I see the security and robustness of communication during the implementation of all these IPs and other items on Cisco Meraki MV, and the efficiency is better compared to any other product, involving the features and how you can manage the security through the dashboard.

Regarding how Cisco Meraki MV can be improved, I think with the recent advent of AI, adding AI to it to improve thoughtfulness is also something that can help Cisco Meraki MV in terms of features, especially concerning security and countermeasures to give more details about the kind of security breach that can be seen.

Regarding Cisco Meraki MV's AI capabilities, I think the governance is good and helpful, but definitely with time, there will be a point where we will want to give some ethics or probably some policies for incidents and risk assessment; so definitely, the capability is awesome for now.

Regarding Cisco Meraki MV's AI capabilities, I believe the accuracy is also good and the reliability is fantastic, but I see that with the feedback I gave about improving it, it might also improve the accuracy of Cisco Meraki MV, and possibly add some features to what has been existing before.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for three years.

Cisco Meraki MV is very stable in my experience; in fact, that is one of the advantages that I should add to it; it is very stable and very reliable.

The scalability of Cisco Meraki MV is also awesome; although at one point we can expand more than what the system is designed for, the scalability is efficient in scaling to any size you want to implement.

We did not evaluate any different solution before Cisco Meraki MV, because since the solution has been implemented, the problem has been solved for the past two years and it has been fantastic; there are no other options for now.

I have not automatically saved money with Cisco Meraki MV; in terms of employees, we still maintain the number of employees that we have. The only change is the number of employees that we put in place to manage the network and everything else. Now we have a limited number of employees to manage the whole system at once.

Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cisco Meraki MV, I find licensing to be expensive, but for the type of company that we run, it is better to license it. I can say pricing is fair overall, although for a company that is not at the same level as ours, it might be more expensive for them. Additionally, I consider the setup cost to be quite good as well.

I rate Cisco Meraki MV overall an eight out of ten.

I chose the number eight for Cisco Meraki MV because there is always room for improvement, and although I do not find any immediate improvement right now, it does not mean that there will not be any place to improve on it.

Cisco Meraki MV was not purchased through AWS Marketplace; it was purchased from Cisco and was deployed.

My overall rating for this review is eight.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MV was to manage our office internet and ensure connectivity for all users. Cisco Meraki MV provided the interface to manage all connected users and to manage and set up the networks in general.

I remember that we had the network divided into different areas, and since Windfall Bio is a biotech company, one setup was the main office with three access points configured, allowing us to see the different zones of our network through Cisco Meraki MV.

I did not do the setup of the network, so my role was limited to maintenance in case of issues, ensuring that we had a network with acceptable connection speed.

Cisco Meraki MV offers great features including a visual understanding of the network topology, a user-friendly dashboard indicating connected users and their bandwidth consumption, and solid support for VPN setup.

The dashboard of Cisco Meraki MV becomes very helpful after a learning curve, as it allows you to understand who is connected to the network, especially when addressing slow network speeds to identify which access point may need to be restarted or require user reassignment.

Cisco Meraki MV positively impacts my organization by providing hardware to connect employees wirelessly to the network, allowing for mostly stable connections, and facilitating straightforward remote access to the Cisco Meraki MV user interface for maintenance.

Initially, I had issues finding features and configurations with Cisco Meraki MV, so I think having an AI assistant would be a good improvement for user interactions, enabling direct queries about feature locations and configurations instead of relying solely on internet searches.

I do not have experience using Cisco Meraki MV's AI capabilities, as I did not encounter any AI features during my usage of the version available to me, which is why I suggested that Cisco Meraki MV support AI in future versions.

During my time at Windfall Bio, I used Cisco Meraki MV on and off for approximately eight months.

I believe Cisco Meraki MV is stable.

We did not capture any metrics about availability or downtime; my focus with Cisco Meraki MV was mainly on keeping things running without being involved in the setup. Occasionally there were issues with connection speed, but after educating colleagues on access point connections, the wireless setup became stable.

Regarding scalability, I cannot offer much insight since our setup never exceeded the acceptable number of supported IP addresses, and the VPN usage worked well within the contractual limits.

We did not use any different solution prior to Cisco Meraki MV; we started out with it.

Cisco Meraki MV is installed on-premise, with a Cisco Meraki MV box in our system setup that I accessed via a web interface.

I cannot provide much insight on pricing, setup costs, and licensing since I did not work on the installation of Cisco Meraki MV box, but I believe the pricing for the company was acceptable compared to other solutions.

There are no metrics available regarding return on investment, as nothing such as fewer employees or time saved was captured during my usage.

I cannot provide much insight on pricing, setup costs, and licensing since I did not work on the installation of Cisco Meraki MV box, but I believe the pricing for the company was acceptable compared to other solutions.

I came into using Cisco Meraki MV solely for maintenance and was not involved in evaluating other options prior to its adoption.

My advice for others looking into using Cisco Meraki MV is to compare it with other solutions since my experience is limited to Cisco Meraki MV; understanding the competition can help in determining the right functionalities for your setup. I would rate my overall experience with this product as seven out of ten.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MV is to use it as a master firewall and slave firewall in two Meraki firewalls, and I use it precisely as a firewall.

I use Cisco Meraki MV in combination with Meraki as a firewall, and we use Duo Mobile integrated with Meraki for VPN matters, where accesses are tracked by the firewall, allowing us to grant access and see the tracking of all inbound and outbound activities while managing several devices related to portals with the opening of some ports, management of forwarding, and everything that may be the request from other vendors for port openings or system management.

A specific example where Cisco Meraki MV proved particularly useful for my company is to manage all the inbound traffic, really all of it, to manage all the devices or access to our internal devices and our internal network.

The best features offered by Cisco Meraki MV, based on my experience, are the Cisco logs, specifically to see how certain things behave and certain calls, and we also have it for the switchboard; we had to query the traces to see what was happening because there were problems initially when we changed the switchboard, and with the logs and the traces, we were able to get to the solution, making it very useful.

Cisco Meraki MV has had a positive impact on my organization primarily in terms of operational efficiency, as we have many other tools for security, including antivirus and Darktrace to monitor unusual operations on connected devices, allowing operational efficiency to manage the whole infrastructure and understand where the problem is.

A specific case where the operational efficiency of Cisco Meraki MV made a difference occurred when we migrated to a new switchboard, and initially, there were connectivity problems; we were able, through the logs, to see the incoming and outgoing calls and understand where the bottleneck was, and in the end, the problem was with the telephone provider which, having a standard configuration, didn't fit our specific use cases, so through this, we were able to provide a custom configuration to the provider, and in this way, everything then worked.

In my opinion, Cisco Meraki MV doesn't need improvements; it's a tried and tested, working, excellent product, and even those who don't know it can learn it right away.

There's no need for further optimization; it's already excellent as it is.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for a year and a half.

I don't have anything else to add about the integration or how I use Cisco Meraki MV together with other solutions.

That's it; I don't want to highlight anything else regarding the features or other technical characteristics.

I implemented Cisco Meraki MV in my organization with an on-premises installation.

Managing printers and other devices through Cisco Meraki MV platform is simple and effective, and I remember a practical example where this feature proved useful.

I gave this review an overall rating of 10.

My main use case for Cisco Meraki MV is centralized camera management. I register my cameras to the Meraki system and then monitor and manage my cameras throughout the infrastructure.

Regarding my main use case, it is a better way to manage devices in the infrastructure.

The best features Cisco Meraki MV offers is that it is very available from anywhere in the cloud. Being able to access it from anywhere has helped me in my day-to-day work because sometimes I have freelancer jobs that are not my main job, so I can multitask and do two things at once, which has better usage overall.

Cisco Meraki MV has positively impacted my organization by helping us to deal with problems way faster than other cloud structures. While I cannot tell specifically how it helped us deal with problems faster, the interface and the user-friendly features most of the time help us to solve the problems better and faster.

Cisco Meraki MV could be improved by having more data storage in the VM so that we can save some video recordings there.

I have been using Cisco Meraki MV for more than two years.

Cisco Meraki MV is stable.

The scalability of Cisco Meraki MV is perfect.

Customer support for Cisco Meraki MV is good.

Before Cisco Meraki MV, I used a different solution, which was a Cisco Catalyst switch and Hikvision cameras.

We bought Cisco Meraki MV from Cisco.

We did have a return on investment, as we saved a lot of time using a centralized system in Cisco Meraki MV, and that's how our investment was returned as saved time.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been good as I had no bad experiences; it is an okay price and setup cost is okay, and the licensing is all right.

I did not evaluate other options before choosing Cisco Meraki MV; I only considered Meraki.

My advice for others looking into using Cisco Meraki MV is that it is very productive and very reliable, and I would recommend it to anyone who would want to use a centralized management system. I gave this review a rating of 9.