Juniper Mist Wired Assurance Reviews

I have worked with Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for three years, with general experience in Mist for wireless assurance, wired assurance, wireless insurance, and routing insurance. It is a different kind of cloud service.

I am also a consultant for Juniper Mist Wired Assurance.

Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is developed only for enterprise use. Juniper has different solutions for data center, such as Apstra, and different solutions for ISP, but Mist is only for enterprise. It may be used with SD-WAN solutions, but that is another routed insurance. There is one insurance for SD-WAN and wired assurance only for enterprise.

Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is a great solution for the enterprise area because it allows for easy and very fast deployment and easy maintenance. Juniper Mist Wired Assurance provides services such as AI assistance, which helps find different issues, and a virtual assistant that recommends what you should do to resolve these issues. It is a very scalable solution because we can deploy thousand switches in several minutes.

The capabilities of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance that I find most useful include zero-touch provisioning. We can deploy any switch from the box by only connecting the switch to the internet. Each switch has a QR code on the box that we can scan to add the switch to our organization, and the switch gets all needed configuration that we have prepared before. We can use different templates for each site or the same configuration for all switches in the organization, regardless of how many sites we have.

The real-time anomaly detection of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is effective because this solution uses AI and a virtual assistant, allowing us to decrease the quantity of problem cases. The virtual assistant quickly finds different problems on the whole network and sends messages to the administrator or system administrator with recommendations on how to resolve the problem. End users cannot open a ticket because the administrator resolves the problem.

The predictive analytics tools in Juniper Mist Wired Assurance include premium analytics as a different license. When we use this analytics, we get a lot of useful information over a long period of time. We can get information about the whole network, as well as about end users and devices, such as computers, and everything that connects to the network. This solution allows us to check the quality of network transmission. It constantly uses Marvis Minis, which is a cloud service that checks every hour if the network works properly.

The automated network health metrics in Juniper Mist Wired Assurance utilize templates that are used by automatic tools in the Mist cloud. This very simplified deployment and maintenance approach works for all networks. When we need to change one function on all switches, we can use this template to do it very quickly and automatically. We can also use settings to update all switches to the recommended JTAC version of JUNOS, and this task will be done automatically.

The impact of AI-driven insights on operational efficiency in Juniper Mist Wired Assurance helps improve network reliability and allows us to find and resolve any issues quickly.

Regarding Juniper Mist Wired Assurance, everything works perfectly. I do not know what we can improve in this solution. The interface is good, and the functionality is good.

I have worked with Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and general Mist for three years.

The reliability and stability of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance are very stable and reliable because Mist cloud uses different cloud providers, such as Google and Amazon, for redundancy. These clouds are on different continents. For Europe, we use Google cloud and Amazon cloud on the Europe data center. For North America, we use other data centers in North America with Google and Amazon. If one part of the cloud experiences an outage, all traffic is rerouted to another cloud. In my experience, I have not had any issues with Mist cloud.

I rate the scalability of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance as 10 out of 10.

I often communicate with the technical support of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and sometimes open cases. These cases are resolved quickly, and I recommend using Mist support for resolving different cases.

A specific case that I raised with Juniper Mist Wired Assurance involved a Juniper switch installed in the global cloud that needed to be transferred to the EMEA cloud. We had to ask support to delete this switch from the global cloud before we could install and deploy this switch to the EMEA cloud. If we need to transfer a switch from one organization to another organization that uses the same cloud, it is not a problem. However, if we need to transfer a switch from the global cloud to the EMEA cloud, we need to create a support ticket.

The usual initial setup process for Juniper Mist Wired Assurance requires that we first have a subscription for this service. Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is a separate cloud service. Once we have the subscription, we only need to add our devices to the profile, which can be done within several minutes. It is very quick and easy.

The pricing of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is high. However, I think it is worth the money because it simplifies maintenance for big networks. If you have a lot of sites, you need only one or two administrators on a central site, and it allows monitoring of thousand switches. This solution is not cheap.

Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is developed only for enterprise use. Juniper has different solutions for data center, such as Apstra, and different solutions for ISP, but Mist is only for enterprise. It may be used with SD-WAN solutions, but that is another routed insurance. There is one insurance for SD-WAN and wired assurance only for enterprise.

The real-time anomaly detection of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is effective because this solution uses AI and a virtual assistant, allowing us to decrease the quantity of problem cases. The virtual assistant quickly finds different problems on the whole network and sends messages to the administrator or system administrator with recommendations on how to resolve the problem. End users cannot open a ticket because the administrator resolves the problem.

I would rate this product a 9 out of 10 overall.

I was involved in providing various solutions, including a Wi-Fi solution for a large warehouse and retail company for their stores and headquarters. We provided some integration services for local Ukrainian enterprise companies.

The customer chose this solution because it helped reduce the number of trouble tickets. It’s easy to deploy and troubleshoot, as the solution uses AI to identify root issues.

Mist analyzes all information from devices to detect issues and either resolves them automatically or provides recommendations on where the problems are and how to fix them.

This cloud solution is built on microservices, and Juniper continuously adds new ones to enhance performance or introduce additional services. These updates often include new features for routers, access points, firewalls, and network access control. The solution is constantly evolving and improving.

Some customers choose another vendor because it's very expensive.

I have been using Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for about a year.

The product is stable and highly available.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

We can easily and quickly deploy and manage thousands of devices across different locations and countries.

We have 40 partners in 10 countries.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

The cloud solution uses AI, so trouble tickets are opened automatically if a network issue occurs. Junior engineers can immediately see what happened, reducing about 70% of tickets for end customers or the Mist administrators.

Deployment is straightforward and quick. This solution uses templates that simplify configuring for many devices simultaneously. If some network devices miscontribute or have a problem in configuration, I can solve this problem without an administrator. It collects many parameters from each device, and after that, we can get good reports about working equipment and the network.

With this installation process, you must first prepare configuration templates in the cloud. After that, you can easily add new devices without further configuration. Once the devices connect to the cloud, they automatically receive the configuration.

It doesn't take more than one hour, depending on the network.

I rate the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

The cloud solution operates on a subscription model. If a license expires, you can no longer configure or monitor the device, though its existing configuration works without issue. To regain the ability to monitor and configure the device, you need to renew or add a new subscription.

You can purchase multiple subscriptions from a provider like Tampa for all your devices. Adding a single activation key to your cloud profile lets you activate the subscription for all devices at once. Buying a subscription individually for each device is unnecessary, making it easy and convenient.

I rate the product’s pricing an eight or nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

This solution is excellent for educational institutions like universities and schools and large companies with multiple offices or large headquarters that require high-quality wireless services. It uses BLE, allowing you to offer indoor location services and Wi-Fi and network services, providing extra value.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten based on its features, but I would rate it five based on its pricing.

I am using Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for zero-touch provisioning for your EX platform.

That solution does have an option for organizations that have security concerns about cloud management. There is a virtual machine option for managing devices, but it would be for a specific and limited use case, such as a government organization. However, this option would limit the ability for zero-touch provisioning.

The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is zero-touch provisioning for query edge switches. You can connect the switch directly to your edge locations and then directly onboard, similar to the Cisco Meraki solutions.

The configuration aspect of the solutions is relatively new, but I have had positive experiences. However, for more advanced tasks, such as VXLANs on the EX platform, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance may not be the best option due to certain limitations. Nonetheless, it does have a CLI override feature for specialized configurations that cannot be done through the GUI.

I have been using Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for approximately two years.

The stability of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is good, I have not come across a problem.

I've onboarded over a thousand devices in environments and have had no issues.

The solution is scalable.

I haven't dealt with their tech support for this particular solution, but I've dealt with their support before and they're fantastic. They're quick and we receive a resolution.

The initial setup of Juniper Mist Wired Assurance is simple.

Once you place an order for the solution, the solution is immediately provisioned and you will receive confirmation emails. Once you receive the EX equipment, it's as simple as connecting it to the internet and onboarding it to the cloud. The process is straightforward.

I rate Juniper Mist Wired Assurance a nine out of ten.

I have had a great experience with the solution and my customers have as well. I haven't encountered any issues. The usability is excellent. I've trained people to use the solution, and even those without a lot of networking experience were able to quickly pick it up. The solution eliminates the need for a network engineer to be on-site or to configure devices on-premises before pushing them to the edge.

We use the product for campus networking purposes.

The product greatly improved our organization in terms of making configuration, deployment, and firmware upgrades easy for multiple automated devices.

The product’s most valuable feature is GUI access.

The platform’s monitoring tool is not up to the mark. It is not proactive enough and lacks some capabilities. Additionally, they should work on providing integration with other vendors.

We have been using Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for two years.

The product is stable. I rate its stability a seven out of ten because we encounter a lot of outages.

I rate Juniper Mist Wired Assurance’s scalability a nine out of ten.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

The initial setup process is easy.

Juniper Mist Wired Assurance generates a good return on investment. It saves a lot of time for the operations team and reduces the cost of operation as well. It is very well structured.

I rate Juniper Mist Wired Assurance an eight out of ten. It is too simple to use. Depending on the requirements, we can deploy it as a traditional network or campus routing.