Aruba Instant vs Huawei Wireless comparison

"The most valuable features of the solution are in the areas like routing and VLAN."

"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 products offer a lot of flexibility. Almost everything can be configured. It works very well for providing remote services."

"Aruba Instant is a cloud-managed solution that can be managed from the cloud."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is its cloud capability, which allows us to manage it through the cloud."

"You can handle all of the access points at once virtually instead of manually handling each one. You're able to populate all of the information to all of the access points through the virtual controller as well. It transforms everything it a single access point, which simplifies things."

"I can implement it at small sites, and I can also implement it at mid-sized locations. It is very flexible. It is really nice and useful for customers who have many small sites."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The product's Wi-Fi 7 solution stands out as it offers cutting-edge technology in wireless communication, enhancing bandwidth management and coverage."

"It is based on 802.11ax, which is a new technology. There are several valuable things, such as its speed and mobility. There are options for self-organizing networking so that it can perform operations and maintain itself. Its three interfaces are very good and user friendly."

"The product is simple and easy to use."

"At the moment, I only have experience with the on-premise deployment of Huawei Wireless, but the cloud solution looks good on paper. It looks perfect. I can say that Huawei's cybersecurity is very good, stable, and works for long periods. My company has four devices running uptime for more than four years without stopping. I also like that the support for Huawei Wireless is swift, and support does precisely what you require, at least from the point of view of the technical engineer who communicated with Huawei support, as I'm more of a technical sales guy. Good technical support is vital to my company, partners, and customers. My company had this ongoing project with an ISP provider in Bulgaria that bought some routers. Still, the existing equipment was a completely different brand, so this provider wanted to migrate to Huawei Wireless and wanted help while migrating the existing infrastructure to Huawei, so the technical engineer assigned to raise the ticket with Huawei for checking and setting parameters correctly provided feedback about Huawei technical support being good quality-wise and TAT-wise. The technical engineer was also Cisco-certified and Juniper-certified and was not experienced with Huawei equipment. Still, he did mention that the Huawei Wireless router interface was straightforward, and even a person who's new to it would find it easy to configure. Huawei Wireless is user-friendly, which is another pro of the solution. It's easy to manage, and even the program language setting can be done with fewer commands than Juniper and Cisco equipment. Some of the features in Juniper need an external program, and the same features can be found in Huawei Wireless built-in, which I find remarkable."

"Installation is easy."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its simplicity."

"The solution is easy to set up."

"The meshing could use improvement but aside from that nothing else really needs improvement."

"The management component is difficult to understand and not very user-friendly which increases deployment time."

"There was only ever one case in which an access point failed, but it was reintegrated. The issue was more of a matter of oversight. One part of the network had covered ten access points."

"For on-premises, I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten. For on-prem, if I want to integrate two more controls, and I want to extend my network , and add a couple of access points that need to be integrated with my network, I have to do the configurations and all. So that will be each and every time, as and when the users expand, the Wi-Fi solution expands; I need to do the configuration settings on all other controllers."

"It is good as it is. If anything, its reporting could be improved."

"Aruba Instant should not have a limit on users for future releases."

"The tool's customer service should improve."

"The security features must be improved."

"The solution should offer more integration with third-party servers and devices."

"The security of the solution could be better in the future."

"There was one time I had a problem with their centralized licensing. I called the Indian call center, but the response was not that good. One guy attended this call and he told me, "Definitely, I am forwarding your call to the next level. I'll let you know." After that, it took between 10 to 15 hours before I got a call back. By then, we had already resolved the issue. Therefore, they could improve the local support; there should be at very good Tier 1 and 2 support in India. They should be both proactive and reactive."

"Given that Wi-Fi 7 is a new protocol, compatibility with other devices like phones and computers that lack this technology could be enhanced."

"The solution could be easier to use."

"Huawei Wireless can improve the signal, sometimes it becomes weak."

"I have already integrated the radius system with Cisco and Huawei products, but it can be further improved to be more user-friendly and easier to use."

"While technically proficient, enhancing communication skills would greatly benefit the customer experience."

"In my region right now, Aruba Instant comes with a default two-year cloud access license."

"The licensing cost is somewhere around $20,000."

"Aruba Instant is affordable."

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

"It's a one time cost, including the upgrades, but you have to pay on a yearly basis if you want support. The price is in the middle in comparison to that of competitors' products."

"We pay about $300 per access point."

"I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"Aruba Instant is a free subscription with a limited lifetime warranty."

"Huawei comes at a cheaper price than competitors like Cisco and Aruba."

"The price is good for the solution and there is a license required."

"I would rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."

"I pay monthly for the solution."

"Huawei Wireless is an expensive solution."

"Extras come with a surcharge."

"I would rate them something, like, eight to nine, on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"It is very cost-effective."