We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Ubiquiti WLAN based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Although it may be less cost-effective, users feel that Aruba is a more mature, robust product and provides better reliability and better service and support. Aruba consistently provides seamless trusted connectivity and an excellent secure user experience. Aruba works well for both SMBs and large business enterprises, making it a very versatile desired solution.
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The simplicity is great."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) is the ability to troubleshoot ports on the network. Additionally, when there is an update on the APs they are able to reboot quickly reducing downtime. Other solutions have a longer downtime when updates are done."
"The solution is stable."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"I think Aruba Wireless' Wi-Fi 6 capability is something that really makes a difference. We used to have bottlenecks. Each user has one laptop on one mobile device, so that equals 40 devices connecting to one AP. The Wi-Fi 5 series couldn't handle the traffic during peak hours, and when I say "peak hours," I mean Monday at 11 a.m. We used to see a lot of packet drops, but we haven't seen that problem at all since we moved to Wi-Fi 6."
"The stability is the best. It's very reliable."
"The solution is quite stable and very robust."
"Price is one of the most important factors. We have a solution that's reasonably cost-effective when balanced against all the areas we need to cover."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"Although there are other solutions available and some with a lower initial cost, they don't offer the same level of integration with IoT as this solution without having to add additional hardware, which ends up costing more."
"The performance and the application monitor. You can select the applications you want to use and block on your network"
"Aruba Wireless offers a good user experience."
"Ubiquiti WLAN has good performance."
"You can save backups of this controller locally and then I can export it to wherever I want."
"Ubiquiti WLAN's best feature is the free controller system software."
"I have found Ubiquiti WLAN scalable. We have approximately 200 users using the solution in my organization and do not plan to increase usage."
"The pricing is very competitive and the feature sets are very good. It compares well against more expensive options."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the workflow-driven setup for the infrastructure component."
"Ubiquiti WLAN has been stable and is easy to install."
"The product is simple to use in terms of GUI and dashboard."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"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 price could be better."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The coverage, concurrent user life, and visualization are the most valuable features of these solutions."
"Aruba is missing some features that are available in other solutions, such as the email notifications. It's a bit complex to configure the notification part. Mainly I'm talking about the rogue WiFi detection. This email notification is crucial for us, but it isn't possible to configure with the built-in software. You need something else, like an external system log collector or another Aruba software. These notifications are essential in hospitality for PCI compliance. My colleagues in famous luxury hotel chains need that report."
"Lacks a heat map analysis and a cloud-based wireless controller."
"What I would like to have with these kinds of devices is the most enhanced security. For example, if I could apply security from wireless devices, that would be great. I would also like more enhanced reports on user adoption, who is getting what bandwidth."
"Access point mounting options could be better."
"The price could be better. In the next release, I would like to have more analytics features."
"Aruba Wireless is a good product, but it still has some issues, especially at the beginning, where there's inconsistent syncing between the cloud and the APs. Sometimes, there's also a little lag when accessing the query."
"There are some issues we occasionally have. However, they are easily remedied."
"The coverage could be increased."
"The room for improvement is in the controller levels."
"The logs are not detailed enough. You can't clearly see what is being blocked in Ubiquiti WLAN, making the troubleshooting process a little bit harder."
"The statistics you can get on it are a bit limited from what I have seen so far."
"The support needs improvement. The official support is kind of complex. It's not that straightforward compared to Cisco and Aruba."
"The product’s bandwidth could be better."
"The solution needs to improve robustness, security, and stability."
"The downside is the interface changes, where they are constantly doing firmware updates."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while Ubiquiti WLAN is ranked 5th in Wireless LAN with 38 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti WLAN is rated 7.4. 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 Ubiquiti WLAN writes "Helps to build VPNs but improvement is needed in stability ". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Huawei Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Ubiquiti WLAN is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Huawei Wireless, Omada Access Points and WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Ubiquiti WLAN report.
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