Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs Huawei Wireless comparison

Cisco and Huawei are both solutions in the Wireless LAN category. Cisco is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2, while Huawei is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.2. Cisco holds a 11.6% mindshare in Wireless LAN, compared to Huawei’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Huawei users who would recommend it.

Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN

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96% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Huawei Wireless compete in the wireless LAN market, with Cisco Meraki offering superior centralized management and analytics, while Huawei emphasizes affordable pricing and robust performance.

Features: Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN provides excellent cloud management with centralized control, making it easy to set up access points and monitor network usage. Its Layer 7 security features enhance network security and visibility. In contrast, Huawei Wireless focuses on delivering high performance and functionality at a lower cost, including Wi-Fi 6 and smart antenna technology.

Room for Improvement:Cisco Meraki could enhance its support services and expand its feature set for greater customization and compatibility. Additionally, better integration and smoother license management are needed. Huawei Wireless could improve its technical support and appeal to the SMB market while addressing setup and stability issues.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Cisco Meraki offers versatile deployment options with good customer service, although technical support can be inconsistent. Huawei Wireless, primarily deployed on-premises, is known for straightforward deployment but may benefit from a stronger support infrastructure.

Pricing and ROI: Cisco Meraki is seen as a high-value yet expensive option due to its subscription-based licensing, which impacts ROI perceptions. Huawei Wireless is a budget-friendly alternative, offering significant savings and enhancing ROI by avoiding hefty subscription fees.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN

Ranking in Wireless LAN

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Huawei Wireless

Ranking in Wireless LAN

11th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Wireless LAN category, the mindshare of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is 11.6%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei Wireless is 6.1%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Wireless LAN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN	11.6%
Huawei Wireless	6.1%
Other	82.3%

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RezaPradipta

Sr. Officer Network Managed Service Product Management at PT. Indosat Tbk

Streamline network management with a unified dashboard for seamless device integration

The primary use case for Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is mostly for enterprise wireless, including guest Wi-Fi and enterprise Wi-Fi. I use it across various industries with a focus on retail Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN offers a single pane of glass management. It only comes with a controller on the…

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Shahnawaz Nusrat

Head Of Technical Operations at International Technology Exchanger

Effective and extensive campus Wi-Fi with room for better frequency management

We have deployed Huawei CCTV solutions at multiple universities in Pakistan. This includes Huawei Wireless for Smart Campus projects, where we provide blanket Wi-Fi coverage and Safe Campus projects, where we deploy security cameras and multiple devices to monitor the campus Huawei Wireless has…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is cloud-based. You can manage it remotely from anywhere in the world, and you don't have to be on-site, which is a very big advantage."

"The single dashboard of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is the most valuable feature for me."

"The cloud manageability feature is valuable."

"Allows for cloud-based management of your Wi-Fi network."

"It is more robust for me to deploy networks. And because of the field we are in where offices open up and others close, it helps my turnaround time to deploy these networks for the customers."

"It enables quick deployment within all branches for the users."

"I have found the scalability to be very good."

"The solution is fast."

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"We can use an access point to broadcast multiple SSIDs, assign dynamic VLANs, and configure dynamic access control lists (ACLs)."

"Huawei Wireless's most valuable feature is smart antenna, a combination of informative capabilities and advanced technology."

"Installation is easy."

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

"Huawei Wireless has controllers inside the switches."

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

"The reliability has had a positive impact on our operations."

"I think it's a good technology. I like that it transparently connects with LDAP. The technology has a lot of capacity for WiFi six. It provides notifications, and there are many ways to connect with fiber. There is an electrical tool, and you can put an SFP transceiver. There are also many ways to implement antennas."

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Cons

"We'd like to have better mapping to showcase low-coverage areas."

"The wireless infrastructure scalability has room for improvement."

"It is not a budget-friendly solution."

"The stability could be better. We have experienced many instances where we have experienced a lag in our network, and I am not sure if it is due to their devices or our network."

"Its price should be reduced."

"I would like to see Cisco Meraki improve the accessibility by region level here in Latin America."

"There is only one particular thing that needs improvement. Sometimes, for example, when you need to open a ticket, although it's under the umbrella of Cisco, you still need to go to the Meraki support."

"Some of their first level support staff does not seem to be well-versed in the solution, so support for Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN needs improvement."

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"The scalability could be better."

"The manageability of radio frequencies to avoid overlapping needs improvement."

"Huawei Wireless has a small technical problem. When you use a power injector, it needs to be specially configured for the switch to which it is connected. It tries to take power not from the power injector but from the switch. The funny thing when you look at it is that you have three switches or maybe four or five that are theoretically capable. However, the port on these switches is disabled. When you connect the access point to a power injector, the access point checks for features from the switch, but on this port, the switch doesn't do power. So, the access point changes these features to energy save mode and cuts off some features, especially WiFi 6. It took me two weeks to find out what's going on and how to mitigate this sort of problem. It is very easy to fix. You need to disable LLDP on the port on which you connect the access point to the power injector. Power injectors aren't quite commonly used, but I have 54 access points, and I have used about 27 power injectors. So, about half of the access points were working at reduced speed, not full speed, for two weeks."

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

"The manageability could be improved."

"The technical support needs to be improved. They also need to produce some more technical guides."

"I have encountered connectivity issues with the tool. I am not sure if it is due to Wi-Fi inference. I would like the solution to include some marketing analytics features like evaluation of user behavior."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"When compared to other vendors, Cisco's pricing is higher."

"Having a good price is important when we are providing quotations for projects."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"It is expensive."

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

"The platform is expensive."

"The solution is overpriced and more expensive than Hauwei."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

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"Its price is very good. This wireless system totally costs about 30,000 euros, and some of the other solutions cost about 45,000 euros. It is a difference of 15,000 euros, which is quite a lot of money."

"It is not monthly. It is a kind of perpetual licensing. We pay once depending on the kind of services we need to deliver. There are no licensing fees."

"Huawei Wireless is an expensive product. I'm rating it as one out of ten, price-wise."

"Its price is reasonable."

"I rate Huawei Wireless' pricing a five out of ten."

"Huawei Wireless is one of the cheapest options in the marketplace."

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

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	68
Midsize Enterprise	26
Large Enterprise	31

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

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Cisco Wireless is very robust, very rugged, and can handle indoor and outdoor coverage extremely well. We found it to be very reliable and to consistently run very efficiently. Cisco Wireless helpe...

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How does Ruckus Wireless compare to Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN?

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Which wireless solution would you choose - Huawei or D-Link?

Huawei wireless is a strong and solid product that has a lot of features - and for all that it offers, it happens to be very cost effective. As a wireless solution, it is simple and its user interf...

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What do you like most about Huawei Wireless?

The reliability has had a positive impact on our operations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei Wireless?

For SMB customers with limited wireless users, Huawei Wireless may not be suitable due to the lack of multiple access points and the need for a centralized SSID. However, for large-capacity custome...

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Comparisons

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Compared 12% of the time

Fortinet FortiAP vs Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN

Compared 6% of the time

Omada Access Points vs Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN

Compared 3% of the time

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D-Link Wireless vs Huawei Wireless

Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

MR18, MR26, MR32, MR34, MR66, MR72, Meraki Wireless LAN, Meraki WLAN

Huawei WLAN

Overview

Cisco Meraki access points are built from the highest grade components and carefully optimized for a seamless user experience. The outcome: faster connections, greater user capacity, more coverage, and fewer support calls. The Cisco Meraki dashboard gives visibility into the network users, their devices, and their applications. Armed with rich analytics, administrators can quickly create access control and application usage policies, optimizing both the end-user experience and network security.

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Huawei WLAN products are compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac standards to establish high-speed, secure, and reliable wireless network connections for indoor and outdoor applications.WLAN products can be used in enterprise offices, schools, hospitals, large shopping malls, exhibition centers, airports, and more.

Huawei

Sample Customers

Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins

Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), China Everbright Bank

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