We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) is the ability to troubleshoot ports on the network. Additionally, when there is an update on the APs they are able to reboot quickly reducing downtime. Other solutions have a longer downtime when updates are done."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The solution is very secure."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The solution is stable."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"When users want to migrate from one location to another, they face no problems with connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is security."
"The solution is stable, and we are satisfied."
"The central management of multiple devices is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"If you don't need heavy-duty filtering and things like that, it's a cheap solution. And, you have central management, and it works."
"The coverage of the solution is great."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Captive Portal, which we employ for our guest network. It enables us to create a separate virtual subnet for guests, ensuring their network traffic remains isolated from our office network. Another valuable feature is its role-based access control. This functionality allows us to assign different access privileges to users based on their roles within the organization."
"The solution is easily scalable. There are not really any limits for the customer in terms of expanding if they need to."
"The solution provides good coverage and identity management. Additionally, the user interface is straightforward."
"I can control any number of sites globally with a lean IT team."
"The ability to manage it remotely is the most valuable. If it has an internet connection, you can get to it. It is a great product for remote clinics. We kind of thought about doing this kind of standalone technology. Meraki is easy to manage. From a management perspective, it is the easiest to use, especially in the cloud. I like Meraki. I even have it in my home."
"The most valuable thing to me is the stability of the product."
"It is cloud-based. It has a GUI rather than a command line, and it just works."
"This product has allowed us to easily create custom SSIDs for clients and carve out the necessary bandwidth for clients needs."
"The solution is fast."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The product can be improved by adding a clear interface."
"The connectivity of the solution can use some improvement."
"The product’s GUI must be improved."
"Aruba Instant's visibility, firewalling, L3 functionality, and DHCP services could all be improved."
"In a corporate environment or a larger network, where more advanced filtering or MAC-based filtering is needed, I don't think the IAPs would be sufficient."
"There is a problem in the preferred portal access points when I'm using the portal."
"It is a software characteristic, and it is during the reboot. During the startup of the AP, the AP tells you that you are using the wrong password. However, I have realized that this is not true."
"It is good as it is. If anything, its reporting could be improved."
"Meraki should share their viability roadmap. It is really hard to know which functionality will appear or when they will be available. It is also hard to know which features are available now but are not visible on the dashboard."
"The licensing isn't very customer-centric. They may have improved it, but previously, if you forgot to pay on a certain day, your service would be shut off."
"They should introduce a grace period of 60 days after license expiry because as it is now, it automatically goes down and there is no grace period."
"There could be more functionality."
"It would be better if they enable full integration with Cisco's cloud-based network in the next release."
"The logging sometimes doesn't give us the granularity needed. Some of the rules are a bit more complicated. The switch ports on the routers are not individually addressable, in the sense that with a switch you can tell what MAC address is on what port but with the security appliances, you can't, which would be beneficial for troubleshooting."
"It is not a very stable solution."
"if there is a better feature, they write it as beta so you have to be careful."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 43 reviews while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cambium Networks Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Instant vs. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN report.
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