Cisco Meraki MX Series Comparison Guide
Cisco Meraki Routers & SD-WAN
MX SERIES
Cisco Meraki delivers industry-leading security and SD-WAN through a powerful, all-in-one hardware appliance: the Meraki MX. The MX series is designed with built-in advanced security that contributes to a Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, which improves network protection across locations and devices. Organizations can take advantage of the increased reliability of low-cost WAN links such as broadband and fiber to provide additional bandwidth at branch sites at a fraction of the cost.
Recommended Use Cases
Recommended max clients
Interfaces
Stateful firewall throughput
Maximum VPN throughput
VPN tunnels
Web caching
Redundant power
Small Branch
50
5 × GbE USB 3G/4G
250 Mbps
100 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
5 × GbE 802.11ac WiFi USB 3G/4G
250 Mbps
100 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
12 × GbE (2 PoE+) USB 3G/4G
250 Mbps
100 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
5 × GbE USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
5 × GbE CAT 6 LTE Modem USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
5 × GbE 802.11ac/n Wave 2 WiFi USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
12 × GbE (2 PoE+) USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Recommended Use Cases
Recommended max clients
Interfaces
Stateful firewall throughput
Maximum VPN throughput
VPN tunnels
Web caching
Redundant power
Small Branch
50
12 × GbE (2 PoE+) 802.11ac/n Wave 2 WiFi USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Small Branch
50
12 × GbE (2 PoE+) 802.11ac/n Wave 2 WiFi CAT 6 LTE Modem USB 3G/4G
450 Mbps
200 Mbps
50
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Medium Branch
200
10 × GbE 2 × SFP USB 3G/4G
500 Mbps
250 Mbps
100
✓
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Medium Branch
500
9 × GbE 2 × SFP USB 3G/4G
750 Mbps
500 Mbps
250
✓
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Large Branch, Campus / Concentrator
2,000
2 × 10G SFP+ (WAN) 8 × GbE (RJ45) 8 × GbE (SFP) 8 × 10GbE (SFP+) USB 3G/4G
4 Gbps
1 Gbps
1,000
✓
✓
Large Branch, Campus / Concentrator
10,000
2 × 10G SFP+ (WAN) 8 × GbE (RJ45) 8 × GbE (SFP) 8 × 10GbE (SFP+) USB 3G/4G
6 Gbps
2 Gbps
1,500
✓
✓