Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs ExtremeCloud IQ vs Mojo Networks comparison

"The captive portal feature is my favorite. It allows us to keep track of how many people are entering our client's businesses."

"The solution has worked very well in our campus environment."

"Its management is most valuable. It is the major feature of Meraki."

"The most amazing part is that their Access Points have the ability to connect to multiple conference devices at different times, and it shows you the very in-depth Wi-Fi analytics through their dashboard."

"The most important feature is flexibility."

"The product is super stable. I would rate the stability a ten."

"It's simple to manage when there's a problem."

"It is very handy to have a support number to call."

"The dashboards are great and the user interface is quite intuitive."

"The cloud-based controller through HiveManager is its most valuable feature. I can manage and configure changes to my access points from anywhere."

"What's most valuable for me in ExtremeCloud IQ is easy management. It also has centralized administration, so you don't have to go to the customer site to program it. It can be programmed remotely."

"The most valuable feature is the centralized management capability."

"HiveManager is extremely easy to use for anyone with little network experience."

"ExtremeCloud offers features that not a lot of other vendors do like their data storage and the ability to swap licenses."

"It's extremely easy to deploy. Even our access points are behind the net, not using real, public IP. We can easily add to the cloud. For deployment, we just need to let the access point take the DSCP from IP and then, even if it's not a requirement, we can see the serial number from the access points and add the serial number to the cloud directly."

"The feature that I like to most is unified management in a multitenant environment, where we can manage all our customers with thousands of devices (routers, switches, VPNs, and APs)."

"We have found Mojo to be critical for us because of its patented security and its wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS). It is unique in the market."

"Initial setup was straightforward."

"The most important feature is ease of use. We can simply take an access point and plug it in, then it is automatically configured for us."

"The most valuable feature is the seamless connection between the end-user on the wireless side."

"Mojo Networks (Arista WiFi) is extremely secure with WIPS, built-in wireless."

"Security is top-notch with WIPS (Wireless Intrusion Prevention System)."

"It's scalable. You don't have to configure an access point. Literally, if I needed a new one, I just take it right out of the box, go plug it into our network. It finds our Mojo network, and then it talks to the other access points that are close to it, and then it literally adopts the policies, and meshes itself in our network."

"It has given us a huge leg-up when competing with other managed service providers who use different vendors because of the visibility it gives us to customers' traffic for troubleshooting purposes."

"The licensing isn't very customer-centric. They may have improved it, but previously, if you forgot to pay on a certain day, your service would be shut off."

"It would be nice to have licensing that stays in place while the system is being renovated or changed."

"Cisco Meraki must improve the integration between its own family of products."

"The integration options with third-party applications need enhancement."

"Initially, I liked some of the filtering features, but that's one of the components that we ran into problems with."

"Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN could improve by having more granularity in terms of the data displayed. However, I understand that with Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, you need to have a compromise point to what are the functions that you're going to provide to the users versus ease of use. More granularity in terms of the data and the things that you can do to the devices would be helpful. For example, when we wanted to make a change, restriction, or segregation within Palo Alto, we can go to the level of detail that we want. The amount of detail provided is amazing, it is very granular. However, it comes with much more difficulty, it requires a technical understanding of the environment compared to Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN."

"Cisco offers pretty expensive devices."

"The initial setup of the solution can be improved and made easier."

"A mobile app would be awesome."

"The solution will show us that there are some issues, but when we try to find those issues, we can't see them."

"We have had some mediocre to poor experiences with tech support: Conflicting information, condescending attitudes, and reluctance to work to resolve an issue."

"From our perspective, we would love to see Aerohive provide faster feature enhancement in their Virtual Appliance to match the features with the cloud solution more quickly."

"Integrating the network access control solution can be complex, as it essentially combines two separate products."

"The tool has simplified things, but it also adds a complexity that sometimes stumps some users."

"The licensing model could be improved."

"Their firewall configuration gets funky and it can be difficult to understand."

"My only complaint about this product is its availability. Not many people can stock it and ordering from overseas is a challenge."

"The distribution can be improved, particularly in this part of the world."

"The product's initial setup phase and configuration are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"Needs greater simplicity in the management portal. Currently, the Mojo portal presents different “apps” to configure the devices, create splash pages, configure security settings, and monitor the network. This can be confusing, although Mojo has made great strides in combining these into “Aware”."

"They could use more additional application security and network security features. They could add on to the WiFi as a selling point. It would be nice to be able to say to the WiFi users, "We will protect you against viruses and malware, so you don't have to purchase that.""

"Compared to other OEMs, Mojo Networks or Arista faces a little bit of coverage issues. So, if we put the same dBm, the power of the other OEMs indicates much more extensive coverage compared to Mojo or Arista."

"I would like to have a single pane of glass to better control the access point and the switching."

"Something that could be improved is the ability to easily and quickly see what speed someone is on and if there are any issues on the network. We are using the older software technology, so maybe their newest version is able to do that."

"We do a three-year or five-year license and support. Its price could be better, but overall, we get competitive prices. A lot of times, Cisco puts itself out of range, especially with Meraki. I've dealt with a lot of business development from Cisco, and they have always been accommodating, especially in dealing with hospitals or government. There is also a right time to buy it. July is when they are eager to sell a lot of things because that is the end of their calendar year."

"It is super expensive for what you get. You also have to buy a license every year. Otherwise, it stops working."

"It is an expensive solution."

"Cisco products are generally recognized for their performance and quality, which may justify the higher price point compared to other options on the market."

"The solution is pretty expensive."

"It is expensive, but it is a good product."

"Since it's been acquired by Cisco, it's an even higher cost."

"The price is good, but it could be improved."

"The price was okay."

"The pricing is so cost-effective that it leaves no room for competition with other vendors."

"It is not the cheapest product but I think that the price is reasonable because you get a lot of support of it's needed."

"Extreme licensing is based on the number of access points. When you buy the license for the first year, everything is included, such as access to mapping, etc. If you don't renew your software assurance for the second year, the access points will still work, but you can't use the cloud management tools."

"Extreme is twice as cheap compared to Cisco due to the currency exchange. Normally, I think Cisco would be a little bit more expensive, but there wouldn't be that much of a difference."

"I am not involved in the price, but I am sure that it is not cheap."

"Customers need to pay a yearly licensing fee for ExtremeCloud IQ, which is a little bit expensive."

"ExtremeCloud IQ's pricing is high."

"There are other solutions, like Ubiquiti, that have lowered their prices, which sometimes makes the argument to go with them. However, we do not bake in the WiFi for other vendors into our managed services, because they do not meet our standard offering."

"The cost is a one-time fee."

"The pricing was a good value and substantially less than some of the other products that we looked at. In some cases, with some of the big names, this product was even close to half the price."

"It requires a license and that's a recurring cost and that has a really high cheque value."

"They have been a great price competitor against some of the other big brands, like Meraki, especially for cloud-based WiFi. However, Meraki has been more expensive. They beat Meraki on features for the WiFi, which makes them a better choice even if the price is the same."

"Pricing includes the planning tools, management, security, analytics, and advanced guest WiFi capabilities. It's always better to buy the longest term available for the best ROI. However, device will continue to function without valid cloud license."

"We have a term that is renewed every three years."

"The license is provided per access point, so you buy an access point and you use it."