We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Aruba Wireless 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 simplicity is great."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"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 AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The central management of multiple devices is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"When users want to migrate from one location to another, they face no problems with connectivity."
"I like that the solution is not complex."
"The deployment guides that we get from Aruba are excellent."
"The most valuable feature of this product is that it is easily deployed."
"You don't have to deal with licenses."
"I like the Instant On switches and the AP22"
"Aruba is outstanding, especially when it comes to the hospitality sectors."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Aruba Central, which offers centralized management. You can manage its switches, APs, and data access. It is easy to manage the entire switches and APs. The solution is the best in terms of security and manageability."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"Clearpass solution from Aruba."
"When support is needed, the Aruba engineers are normally quick to respond to problems."
"Aruba allowed for the detailed control and management of an entire WiFi network from a single screen backed by a support team with local SEs who work with business partners to ensure the product's success."
"The solution is quite stable and very robust."
"Aruba is easier than Juniper."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"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."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The Central cloud management (optional) is far behind the competition in features, ease of use, and dependability. I have tried Aruba Central a few times over the years and, in my option, it is not where it needs to be for serious consideration in production environments."
"The management component is difficult to understand and not very user-friendly which increases deployment time."
"Aruba Instant is a simple and scalable solution that works well, but the costs you incur from access points could be cheaper."
"The captive portal through Facebook doesn't work."
"Although built-in troubleshooting tools are available, they are not at all intuitive to use. Aruba Instant lacks decent documentation to use for troubleshooting wireless issues (fortunately there aren’t many)."
"The tool needs to enhance its security features."
"The solution should be able to support more users on the access points."
"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 long queue whenever we reach out to support, and we have to wait for them to answer calls. Once we get in touch with them, we have to coordinate with different teams, so our engineers struggle to understand who are the correct team members. I think support is another area where Aruba needs to improve."
"We need security features to recognize the traffic source and to apply Zero Trust security."
"Our customers ask for a security portfolio, which the tool doesn't have."
"The initial setup is more complex than other solutions."
"The Return Material Authorization procedure is time-consuming and needs improvement."
"I wish the APs had the ability to enter in notes about a specific AP."
"We have an issue with the integration of Aruba Wireless with our LDAP servers."
"The reliability could be improved."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 43 reviews while Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4. 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 Aruba Wireless writes "The portal for centralized management and virtual controller for APs are very valuable". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and D-Link Wireless. See our Aruba Instant vs. Aruba Wireless report.
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