We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar and Aruba Instant 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."It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The solution is very secure."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The solution is stable."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"One feature that differentiates Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar from some other vendors is the fact that on-premise OmniVista licenses are perpetual."
"I have worked with different solutions in the past and switched to Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar because of its quick installation time. It requires no additional preparation. The product is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten. The support of this solution is great. The timeliness of their responses is crucial for me. When I raise an issue, I can count on receiving a prompt reply, eliminating the need for extensive online searches or phone calls."
"The solution allows you to see the SNMP packets, the DPI packets, and the SNMP server."
"We are very satisfied with the performance."
"There is a definite ROI with this product. This product creates a baseline of technology that will be a means to grow from five to ten years from now. By using this solution, it is an investment on the installation of that baseline."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Express in default configuration mode with first turn-on is easy to set up and deploy from a medium installation standpoint."
"The features aren't much different than those in Aruba, but deployment is easier to configure and the pricing is better."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Captive Portal, which we employ for our guest network. It enables us to create a separate virtual subnet for guests, ensuring their network traffic remains isolated from our office network. Another valuable feature is its role-based access control. This functionality allows us to assign different access privileges to users based on their roles within the organization."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is security."
"The deployment guides that we get from Aruba are excellent."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Instant are management and performance."
"Aruba's mobility features, which facilitate seamless switching between wireless access points, are also quite impressive. Users don't even notice the transition, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted experience."
"If you don't need heavy-duty filtering and things like that, it's a cheap solution. And, you have central management, and it works."
"Aruba Instant is cloud-based, and thus, it improves wireless network performance on cloud platforms. The solution allows network monitoring through devices like mobiles and desktops, which is a feasible option. The tool also has Bluetooth settings so a user can deploy Aruba Instant through a serial number or the Bluetooth option."
"You can handle all of the access points at once virtually instead of manually handling each one. You're able to populate all of the information to all of the access points through the virtual controller as well. It transforms everything it a single access point, which simplifies things."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"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."
"It needs to be faster in order to process and transmit bigger packets."
"I would prefer to have the integrated heat map feature provided by the basic controller in the Solution instead of purchasing an external one. Accessing this capability directly within the controller's access point would be convenient."
"If the customers plan to go on the cloud side, they need encryption and daily communications from a security perspective."
"The current implementation of our Guest Access network in isolation for Express mode is very complicated in comparison with leading market solutions."
"Better integration with third-party systems is what our customers are expecting in the future."
"It is not possible to integrate Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar with third-party software like Opera, a property management system (PMS)."
"Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar's radio management side could be improved."
"There are occasional OS bugs."
"It is a software characteristic, and it is during the reboot. During the startup of the AP, the AP tells you that you are using the wrong password. However, I have realized that this is not true."
"The restart time should be improved."
"Technical support needs improvement. We use the forum for technical support assistance, but it's not enough. If you're talking with a technician, they're in India. They cannot give you the service that you need. Sometimes have problems with some personal services and technical support is not helpful in this area."
"The tool needs to enhance its security features."
"There is a problem in the preferred portal access points when I'm using the portal."
"Aruba Instant is a simple and scalable solution that works well, but the costs you incur from access points could be cheaper."
"It is good as it is. If anything, its reporting could be improved."
"Aruba Instant should not have a limit on users for future releases."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is ranked 22nd in Wireless LAN with 13 reviews while Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 44 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is rated 8.6, while Aruba Instant is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar writes "An Easily Deployable and User-Friendly Solution with Rapid Installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and Ruckus Wireless, whereas Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless and Cisco Wireless. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar vs. Aruba Instant report.
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