We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Ruckus Wireless 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 the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The solution is very secure."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"I like that the solution is not complex."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is its cloud capability, which allows us to manage it through the cloud."
"The most valuable feature of this product is that it is easily deployed."
"Aruba Instant's best feature is the ability to manage it in the cloud."
"The solution is stable, and we are satisfied."
"This is a very solid product. It is very powerful."
"The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server."
"Aruba Instant is easy to manage."
"Unproblematic"
"The solution is used for public Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi solution provides internet connectivity in the public platform."
"The most valuable feature is the signature feature from Ruckus; the feature is called the BeamFlex. BeamFlex adaptive antenna technology takes a more adaptable approach allowing the access point to continually sense and optimize for its environment. The signals can be sent in a particular predetermined direction as desired. The technology allows for electrically manipulated antenna properties creating optimal antenna patterns for each device with which they communicated: the signal is focused, where the user is positioning."
"The speed between client to client is really nice. It is better than any other vendor, but officially, I cannot say that to people."
"The APs themselves have been pretty solid. We haven't had too many of them go bad or anything like that. The wireless performance seems pretty good. The ability to provision the devices is pretty good, and the back end is also pretty good."
"The connectivity of the product is amazing."
"The setup is very straightforward."
"The product has some very awesome patents on their radios and their antennas and antenna patterns and how their signaling works. That's why nobody can touch them. If they go head to head with anybody."
"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."
"The price could be better."
"The solution is expensive."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"The meshing could use improvement but aside from that nothing else really needs improvement."
"The restart time should be improved."
"The reach of the solution could be improved. It could be a bit stronger."
"There is a problem in the preferred portal access points when I'm using the portal."
"They could provide a centralized system to manage switches incorporated into multiple branches."
"The support offered by Aruba is slow."
"They should enhance reporting and add more features."
"The only issue we've had is getting equipment supplies. The availability of the APs that I want to use has been an issue. It took almost two months to get them the first time. I've ordered a few more for another client, and they're still on back order. It has been over a month now."
"I recommend enhancing flexibility for administrators within the Partner Domain."
"The pricing is okay, however, it could be a bit lower."
"They lack in some hardware stratification."
"The price could be improved."
"It could be cheaper."
"The delivery time of the hardware needs to be improved."
"The price has room for improvement."
"One complaint that we have is the lack of cloud-based management."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 44 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 97 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Cisco Wireless, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and NETGEAR Insight Access Points. See our Aruba Instant vs. Ruckus Wireless report.
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