A Cisco route to cloud-managed enterprise networking
Meraki Solutions Specialist offers a competing cloud-managed platform path for professionals deciding which vendor ecosystem to invest in beyond Juniper Mist.
Who it suits
Engineers who already understand cloud-managed networking and want a Cisco-ecosystem route, or who must support both Juniper and Cisco environments and are choosing where to specialize first.
Key differences
- It spans design, implementation, and monitoring across Meraki wireless, switching, security, and SD-WAN, rather than the Mist-specific distributed enterprise scenarios.
- The published topics center on cloud management and monitoring, while the Mist professional credential adds dedicated automation strategy and security solution content.
- Assessment is a written exam tied to Cisco's cloud dashboard, so preparation leans on Meraki platform familiarity instead of Juniper's Mist tooling.
- Level
- Specialty
- Assessment
- Written
- Study time
- 100-220h
- Listed from
- $300