We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"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 artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The access it grants to wifi is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It is easy to use, manage, and implement."
"The cost is low, and there is controller-less architecture."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The central management of multiple devices is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"I like the Instant On switches and the AP22"
"In terms of stability, Aruba Instant is the best on the market."
"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."
"Very easy to use and can be managed remotely."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"It uses a different portal and has limitations from the customer side as it's not refined for MSP."
"They should enhance reporting and add more features."
"The product can be improved by adding a clear interface."
"The tool's support quality has changed since HPE acquired it. It is also impossible to tell the log dates."
"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."
"The meshing could use improvement but aside from that nothing else really needs improvement."
"Aruba Instant can improve by increasing the gigabit range of the switch or by adding additional management features and tools. It can be helpful."
"Initial integration with the cloud was problematic."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 42 reviews while SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager is ranked 29th in Wireless LAN. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager is rated 0.0. 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 SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager writes "Extremely easy management of access points; user friendly dashboard". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager is most compared with Omada Access Points.
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