As is typical whenever a manufacturer releases a new product line, we've been receiving a lot of inquiries about the new Meraki Go series of WiFi products. Most of them revolve around the differences between Meraki and Meraki Go. So, today we just wanted to take a quick look at Meraki vs Meraki Go, and who would be better suited for each line.
The smartphone app is similarly streamlined. It lacks many of the features one would see in the "full sized" Meraki Dashboard, or in other brands' equivalent dashboards. Users get basic control over security and user access rights, but not much else. However, everything can be deployed and set up in less than five minutes.
On the other hand, even the "entry level" model of main-series Meraki WiFi hardware, the MR33, offers significantly more features. The MR33 includes more radios for local radio environment scanning, as well as Bluetooth Beacon support. It also has a far more robust set of configuration options, including features such as segregated guest networks and plenty of scanning/monitoring/reporting options. But it costs roughly three times as much as Meraki Go.
The main Meraki line also scales upward, until you get into units intended for medium-to-large size operations, with products like the MR55 which offer the latest WIFI 6 speeds. Plus, Meraki hardware also includes other product lines which are all inter-compatible, such as security appliances, switches, and security cameras.
Meraki Go is deliberately designed to be a good fit for micro or very small businesses. It's a budget-friendly line designed to be an entry point into the Meraki brand. Meraki Go is excellent for what it is, but its usage cases are pretty limited if you have a growing buisiness. Just starting out? Perfect.
If you're not a startup or very small business, you'll want to go straight to main series Meraki products. They offer much more functionality, configuration options, and the potential to have an entire office's worth of IoT appliances which are all configured and controlled through a single dashboard.
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