We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and ExtremeWireless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The access points support a high number of connected clients."
"Its graphical user interface is designed to be user-friendly, making work more efficient."
"The dashboard tells us who is using most of the bandwidth, and how many APs are not in good range, or that do not actually have good security. It shows us which users are trying to hack or how many users are trying to use BitTorrent. So it gives us very good visibility into the user."
"Stability and its ability to handle more devices has been an improvement for our organization."
"It's been running for the past three years with no default configuration."
"We have three wireless networks: One for employee use, one for guest use, and one for our warehouse use, which uses MAC authentication. These wireless networks just simply work, they do not fail. The IAP-205 devices are very strong with great range. Very durable equipment; it always works."
"All features are useful for me. It lets me perform some specific configurations depending on the site or the client. All WAN features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that it can work with many devices. It supports everything that we need it to."
"ExtremeWireless has good performance."
"It's reliable and works well. It's pretty stable."
"The security is very good."
"In terms of the most valuable features, I like the integration with the fabric. The network fabric completely integrates with wireless as well."
"The stability of the solution has been fine."
"I like Cloud IQ, ExtremeWireless' cloud controller and analytics platform. It's full of information, easy to use, and provides excellent visibility into my network."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-managed aspect."
"ExtremeWireless provides us with enterprise-level authentication methods at an excellent cost. It supports all the latest authentication methods. Another advantage is the built-in DHCP server. We don't need third-party DHCP servers to get the IPF."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"The solution is expensive."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The initial setup is more complex than other solutions."
"There were some settings which were confusing and unlabeled when trying to use the online help with the newer firmware."
"Improvements to the GUI, such as being able to search in the Mobility Master, would be nice."
"I believe it would benefit from more reporting, other than just a dashboard. It needs some type of report builder so you can have PDFs to show upper management what is going on in the wireless network."
"There is a long queue whenever we reach out to support, and we have to wait for them to answer calls. Once we get in touch with them, we have to coordinate with different teams, so our engineers struggle to understand who are the correct team members. I think support is another area where Aruba needs to improve."
"MAC authentication against an external Radius server while using 802.1X. This feature will help the L2 devices to authenticate via external Radius servers."
"I believe more security options are needed."
"Aruba Wireless has room to improve the connection from one AP to another."
"Technical support is an area that needs to be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see more security features."
"The current product line is very high-level and is well suited for enterprise-level organizations, but they need a more cost-effective solution for smaller businesses."
"The solution needs to improve its portfolio."
"ExtremeWireless should fix some general bugs and make the user interface more user-friendly."
"The ability to integrate with network devices from other vendors would be helpful."
"The solution must include integrated IoT solutions on their wireless APs."
"ExtremeWireless support isn't very good."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while ExtremeWireless is ranked 13th in Wireless LAN with 21 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while ExtremeWireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "The portal for centralized management and virtual controller for APs are very valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeWireless writes "An easy to deploy solution that can scale and expand". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and D-Link Wireless, whereas ExtremeWireless is most compared with Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, ExtremeCloud IQ, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Cisco Wireless. See our Aruba Wireless vs. ExtremeWireless report.
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It also depends on the integration with your LAN network and Network Access Control. Both have campus and cloud-native solutions.
One single pane of glass for all your end devices is very advisable. So be sure to integrate your LAN with your WLAN and NAC, and if possible with your firewall gateway and endpoint security.
Aruba Wireless has a very rich feature set and integration possibilities. Extreme has a very high level of automation and easy to deploy virtual services on their SPBM fabric.
So it all depends on your expectations and business case...