We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Many PeerSpot users feel Aruba Switches is the better choice. Aruba switches are stable, easy to manage, and support stacking. The Aruba Switches audit feature gives full transparency of the network and the layer three switches are reliable and easily scalable.
"Very easy and quick to setup and provide a nice dashboard providing a view of everything."
"All of the networking products that we use are Aruba, so we use Aruba Central to manage them."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Switches is its performance."
"The most valuable Aruba switch feature is the lifetime warranty. It is a plus point in the budget."
"We can scale as needed."
"We have found that the command line interface is very useful and very similar to Cisco devices."
"The technical support is fantastic!"
"Aruba is very easy to use, the GUI is very good and the command line is quite similar to Cisco, so it is very easy to configure."
"The product offered a lower CapEx cost for the appliance."
"The technical support is quite good."
"Meraki MS Switches is easy to use and implement."
"Quality of Service is easy to deploy. The ease of deployment, in general, is valuable. It is easy to do port configuration and VLAN assignments."
"The technical support is very good. They offer some of the best support on the market."
"We found the initial setup to be easy."
"I found the cloud-managed dashboard most valuable in Meraki MS Switches."
"The most beneficial features of Meraki MS Switches are the visibility and convenience they provide."
"I am forced to consider changing products because other solutions have a better dashboard and a user-friendly interface."
"My experience with Aruba's account manager hasn't been the greatest."
"We had an issue with the hardware where one or two interfaces went down after one and a half years. This issue impacted only one or two interfaces, not the whole hardware."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"I think that the performance is getting better but they need to have more powerful switches on the market so that they can capture medium and large businesses."
"Aruba's operating system changes with every version."
"Aruba Switches cover lots of areas and support automated and IOPS and with the central products, but I think when we look at the solutions overall, IOPS devices are not covered so much in Aruba Central. We are in Croatia and it is a small country, I don't know how its situation is in Europe, America, or Asia."
"There is a long delay in receiving Aruba Switches when ordered. There should not be a long delay in receiving the solution. Additionally, there should be a lifetime warranty to compete with other solutions."
"The lead time for delivery can be a challenge, and there is room for improvement in this area."
"It would be great if the switch can identify the IP address connected to the network port. It seems most of the switches cannot identify the IP address. They can identify the MAC address but not the IP address."
"It could be easier to use and easier to implement."
"Doesn't enable a local configuration without internet access."
"Sometimes the controller in the cloud that controls the access points does not have the most accurate information. There is sometimes a glitch in keeping the management controller that is in the cloud up to date."
"Technical support hold times seem to be getting longer."
"The pricing needs to be more competitive with other products on the market."
"The lead times can be long in terms of actually getting the hardware."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, NETGEAR Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Aruba Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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