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Aruba Networks Wireless WAN vs HPE Wireless WAN comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Wireless WAN category, the mindshare of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is 4.0%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Wireless WAN is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Wireless WAN
 

Featured Reviews

Joseph Colly - PeerSpot reviewer
Reasonably priced and offers a good GUI
The product is very scalable. When it comes to some schools, they start with the solution's proof of concept in certain sections. My company aims to improve the throughputs in the schools where the product is installed. If the rest of the School wants the product, it is easy to set up the solution. My company uses Aruba Networks Wireless WAN for schools and warehouses but not in the retail sector. The product offers reliability and uptime twenty-four hours and seven days a week. My company gets notified if the reliability offered by the product goes down. My company also gets notified if we are getting hacked.
SunilNair2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable wireless connectivity supports seamless hospital staff mobility
We use HPE Wireless WAN for hospital purposes. In our hospital, all the staff have laptops and move around, hence the need for wireless connectivity. We also provide guest access to patient rooms, including ICU rooms, where patients stay HPE Wireless WAN provides reliable connectivity. We use it…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I rate the stability an eight out of ten."
"The GUI offered by the product is good."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is that it is easy to configure. Additionally, with the same configuration with Cisco and Ruckus, we can receive 55 to 60 percent more out of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN."
"I believe their Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) in its current form provides the best automated management of transmit power and channel. It does a really good job of managing proper design and wireless environment."
"The GUI is user-friendly and the dashboards are good."
"The installation process was easy."
"I appreciate the ease of deployment and management through the centralized console."
"An engineer with enough experience can tune the network however they want. It's crucial. It's good to customize our information security how we like it and configure the solution to achieve the level of stability we need."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility."
"Setting up the solution initially is very easy."
"The most valuable features of HPE Wireless WAN are high quality and capability."
"HPE Wireless is easy to use. Integration is not an issue. It is easy to integrate HPE Wireless with any operating system and other brands of switches."
"The tool is easy to manage."
"It's easy to use."
"HPE Wireless WAN provides reliable connectivity."
"The performance is good."
 

Cons

"Aruba Networks Wireless WAN could improve the solution availability. The selection of mounting hardware for the various radios is limited and poor. Often, you have to create and manufacture your own mounting hardware in certain situations."
"The solution should be cheaper."
"Its technical support service could be better."
"It works. We don't look at it any deeper than that and don't find any features ar missing."
"Sometimes, the configuration part of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN can be complex, and if you fail to understand the product at once, you may not even know about some features that you can apply to your network, and they may go unused."
"The solution would be improved with a better interface."
"The product should improve Aruba Central."
"The initial setup has a lot of options, which makes it very versatile yet very complicated to install. There should be two modes: a basic mode and then a more advanced mode to help make implementation easier. Most of the time, if it's a small installation, you don't need the complexity. You shouldn't need higher expertise in order to install a couple of access points in a single place."
"The solution works smoothly unless more than twenty users connect to a single access point, at which point it becomes overloaded."
"The tool must warn the management about unwanted traffic."
"The scalability is good, but it could improve."
"The license cost of the product is an area where the prices are neither expensive nor cheap, leaving a scope for the prices to be lowered further."
"The sales sync should connect with and sync up with the customers."
"I would say that the integration with other vendors in areas such as management or the visibility of other vendors in the management tools could be improved."
"Technical support could be improved. They could respond a bit faster."
"Integration might be improved, particularly with a single sign-on for Active Directory."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's price is within range since it has a lower price."
"The price of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN depends on how you buy it. From a pricing perspective, if you choose to buy Aruba Networks Wireless WAN as an MRC, it's dependent upon the radio and the solution that you choose what your MRC is. If you choose to buy it outright, they're competitive with their competitors, and they're probably four percent or five percent lower than their largest competitor."
"The price of this solution is better than some other vendors."
"The solution is expensive."
"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest ,and ten is the highest."
"The price of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is less expensive than Ruckus and Cisco."
"It is a costly solution."
"The licenses are available as both perpetual or yearly."
"We don't pay a licensing fee, we purchased the product."
"The price is perfect for me."
"The price of HPE Wireless WAN is high."
"There is a license for this solution and the license is normally paid annually but this depends on the contract."
"Customers pay for HPE Wireless WAN based on the contract. It's usually paid yearly. There's an additional cost, particularly for the hardware."
"We have been satisfied with the price."
"The solution is quite expensive. You have to pay for every node and it can get expensive fast, it is approximately £3,000 per month."
"I find the price to be reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Aruba Network Wireless WAN?
I recommend Aruba Networks Wireless WAN. I have been using Aruba for approximately a decade. It has a great centralized management system, which means we don’t need wireless LAN controllers at ever...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN?
I am not paying anything more apart from the licensing. The only thing I am paying for is the implementation cost.
What needs improvement with HPE Wireless WAN?
Stability is an issue, as the access point becomes overloaded with more than twenty connections. Additionally, the current product uses two antennas. Increasing to four antennas could benefit us.
 

Also Known As

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Wireless WAN, HP Wireless WAN
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

The Pittsburgh Golf Club, Rio Rancho Public Schools, Amwaj Rotana - Jumeirah Beach Residence - Dubai, Trevecca Nazarene University
Bell Canada
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