Aruba Airwave vs Juniper Mist Wired Assurance comparison

"The most beneficial feature for network monitoring in Aruba Airwave is the Live Heat Map. It helps identify interferences, coverage issues, and user connectivity issues. The device management capability of Aruba Airwave is good. It provides end-to-end visibility from the user to the access point, the switch, and the internet breakout. From a monitoring, management, and orchestration standpoint, it is very effective and can manage any scale of deployment."

"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."

"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."

"This solution is definitely stable."

"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."

"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard.​"

"AirWave definitely helps us troubleshoot and get to the root cause of the issues. It gives you an excellent indication of what's going on within your network at different locations. You can get to the area, take a look at the AirWave analysis, and make informed decisions."

"It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."

"The product greatly improved our organization in terms of making configuration, deployment, and firmware upgrades easy for multiple automated devices."

"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is zero-touch provisioning for query edge switches. You can connect the switch directly to your edge locations and then directly onboard, similar to the Cisco Meraki solutions."

"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."

"Its pricing and support could be improved."

"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."

"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."

"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."

"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."

"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."

"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."

"The platform’s monitoring tool is not up to the mark. It is not proactive enough and lacks some capabilities. Additionally, they should work on providing integration with other vendors."

"The configuration aspect of the solutions is relatively new, but I have had positive experiences. However, for more advanced tasks, such as VXLANs on the EX platform, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance may not be the best option due to certain limitations. Nonetheless, it does have a CLI override feature for specialized configurations that cannot be done through the GUI."

"AirWave is a very expensive solution. If you implement it in a wide range network, it will cost a lot. There is no option to sell it outside that price segment, which is a problem."

"The licensing cost for Aruba Airwave increased from $72 to $210 within a few months. It would be better if the pricing for the solution were cheaper."

"The cost is perfect because the devices have a lifetime warranty, and the licensing is good as well."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The licensing is on an yearly basis."

"Run a 90 day free Proof of Concept (PoC) for each product by implementing and using it fully in your environment. This way you will be educated on its features, functionality, and manageability."

"This product is not expensive."

"We must buy a new license to connect more devices to scale up the solution."