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."You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"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."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides a redundant wireless connection for a client."
"It's a good solution for small businesses because it's easy to figure out. It's simple to set Aruba up in any configuration, like link aggregation or static loads. It's suitable for less complicated configurations, whereas Cisco devices are bigger and more difficult to implement."
"I like the notifications. I really like that it gives me those reports in terms of whether those access points are on or off."
"The quick setup and automatic code embedded in one access point is really useful."
"Aruba Instant's best feature is the ability to manage it in the cloud."
"The deployment is easy."
"Aruba Instant is easy to manage."
"The big draw is the ease of installation. It's easy to manage, and it's easy to implement."
"Cisco Meraki is HIPAA compliant."
"It's simple to manage when there's a problem."
"I like the record that is being kept and multiple SSDs."
"The functionalities are quite professional and complete. It offers good integration with other Meraki products, like switches and the firewall. You can get an overview of all networks and the host. It's really great; nobody else can do that."
"Cloud managed wireless LAN product that's stable and scalable. It's an easy to deploy and easy to troubleshoot solution."
"Meraki is a decent solution for a small company, and we use it in a pretty typical way. We need Teams and Zoom to work, and we need a high level of security because we want our business to remain confidential."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The solution is expensive."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The price could be better."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"The solution should be able to support more users on the access points."
"The connectivity of the solution can use some improvement."
"It uses a different portal and has limitations from the customer side as it's not refined for MSP."
"The security features must be improved."
"The management component is difficult to understand and not very user-friendly which increases deployment time."
"It is good as it is. If anything, its reporting could be improved."
"The only issue we've had is getting equipment supplies. The availability of the APs that I want to use has been an issue. It took almost two months to get them the first time. I've ordered a few more for another client, and they're still on back order. It has been over a month now."
"Aruba Instant should not have a limit on users for future releases."
"The throughput of the switches for wireless could be improved."
"The issue primarily revolves around failure to renew the license on time, leading to service termination."
"The wireless infrastructure scalability has room for improvement."
"Its price should be reduced."
"In the future, I would like to see IP telephony in Saudi Arabia."
"The way Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN groups certain things, as far as the devices for either monitoring and or configuring them should be done better. They should be grouped a little bit differently because if I want to configure something, a different setting on an SSID, I have to go to their specific area where I would have thought it should be clumped as a dropdown menu in another area."
"Our only concern at this stage is how it's licensed."
"There should be better Spanish-language technical support."
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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, Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Ruckus Wireless and Cambium Networks Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Instant vs. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN report.
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