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."The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The solution is very secure."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The main features of Aruba Wireless in my country is its popularity, long hardware warranty when compared to other solutions, and it integrates well with our network access control solution."
"It has an aesthetically pleasing GUI for configuration."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Aruba Central, which offers centralized management. You can manage its switches, APs, and data access. It is easy to manage the entire switches and APs. The solution is the best in terms of security and manageability."
"Aruba Wireless is stable and we plan to continue using it in the future."
"Aruba is outstanding, especially when it comes to the hospitality sectors."
"Our wireless overhaul has reduced the number of wireless related help desk tickets by nearly 90%."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Wireless are the seamless feature and the concurrent user."
"We appreciate the integration options that are available."
"ExtremeWireless has good performance."
"The product's price is competitive. It is an impressive and reliable product."
"In terms of the most valuable features, I like the integration with the fabric. The network fabric completely integrates with wireless as well."
"ExtremeWireless offers profiles, policies, and tags."
"ExtremeWireless is a flexible solution."
"It's reliable and works well. It's pretty stable."
"The technical support from Extreme Networks is perfect."
"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."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"The solution is expensive."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"We have an issue with the integration of Aruba Wireless with our LDAP servers."
"Aruba Wireless is a little bit complex to use and operate."
"Improvements to the GUI, such as being able to search in the Mobility Master, would be nice."
"Every month Aruba has new firmware. I don't know if it's good or bad but it's not good in terms of production. We can't upgrade our firmware every month, especially an enterprise company, because if we upgrade our firmware based on the latest firmware that Aruba has, that firmware is not stable. They're not 100 percent sure about it."
"Better integration with equipment from other vendors would ease the deployment process in some cases."
"We need security features to recognize the traffic source and to apply Zero Trust security."
"The solution's documentation could be better organized in an information portal."
"Because it's cloud-based, it takes time for the floor maps and the heat map to load."
"Technical support is an area that needs to be improved."
"The main area for improvement is the company's local visibility."
"The product must be provided at a cheaper price."
"ExtremeWireless support isn't very good."
"The cost is a little high."
"The solution needs to improve its portfolio."
"The solution must include integrated IoT solutions on their wireless APs."
"ExtremeWireless should fix some general bugs and make the user interface more user-friendly."
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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...