We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless and Ruckus Wireless based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ruckus Wireless has an edge over Cisco Meraki Wireless in this comparison. It is easy to deploy and high performing. In addition, Ruckus Wireless has an impressive ROI and is less expensive than Cisco Meraki Wireless.
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The simplicity is great."
"The solution is stable."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The solution has worked very well in our campus environment."
"We rarely encounter any issues. The solutions have been very stable."
"The automatic VMware update is very useful because you don't have to worry about outages and planning for VMware updates. It is very advantageous from a management point of view. The ability to restrict and review the clients connected to each of our segments. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The monitoring device enables you to see the network health."
"The fact that Cisco Meraki is cloud based and is reasonably priced has been most valuable."
"I think the IoT integration is the most valuable. I started applying IoT solutions 12 years ago on location-based services. Aruba had implemented this at the time. So I think the integration, particularly into the applications and stuff, is pretty interesting in Meraki."
"Cisco's technical support is very good and better than other vendors."
"The emailing of statuses is the most valuable feature."
"It's reliable wireless equipment."
"We rarely had access points fail in the field. They were rock solid, durable, and had the best signal penetration from any we tested."
"The setup is very straightforward."
"The solution provides superior coverage."
"Once we got it set up and configured we've had little issues and it's been relatively stable. We use it across all seven of our offices and they all have the exact same wifi setup so when I go into any office I can get on the network and access resources."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable is the central administration. Provides quick views of activity, from the number of clients online to signal and noise readings."
"Tremendous throughput and easy installation, configuration, and monitoring."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"The solution should be more secure."
"It lags a bit in providing reports for Wi-Fi performance."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The only thing that always causes problems with Meraki is the license. It's a bit of a bugbear with Meraki, and it remains today. So it's an unusual concept compared to the other products in the marketplace, but then it does cause a bit of a nuisance from time to time."
"Its price could be improved."
"The ease of use is average. It could be more user-friendly."
"The cost of the devices and the solution itself could be more competitive."
"Cisco offers pretty expensive devices."
"The solution needs to have some sort of security offering, like a firewall, for example."
"The Ruckus platform in general could be improved — it could be more user-friendly."
"Some customers have issues with the price because it's more expensive than Ubiquiti, but they can accept the cost because it's reliable and has more features."
"I would like to see more detailed network performance, monitoring, and reporting tools or information. This would improve the deployment of multi-site networks and help administrators to progress on a timely efficient manner."
"APs should be more adaptable to denser client regions and, most important, the logs on the ZoneDirector should be classified into groups, such as type of logs and alerts."
"They could add more flexibility for switching over to another radio if a radio is poor. I am not able to change the radios from 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz. I am yet to figure it out. I want it to be a bit more explicit or a bit easier to change radios. When you shut it down, you lose some of the information. It would be good to have a controller where I can store the information, and later on, I can retrieve the information. There should be some form of small storage to keep the information. Its price should also be improved. Its price is currently quite high."
"I would like to see more location-based services on the Smart Cell Insight on access points."
"Its interface could be a little bit more user friendly."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 97 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco Wireless and Huawei Wireless, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, ExtremeWireless and Omada Access Points. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. Ruckus Wireless report.
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